Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:25:34 -0700
Reply-To: Jeff <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jeff <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: HIJACKED - update
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I suppose if one scrolls down far enough, you can find some Vanagon content...
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Dave Mcneely
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 5:19 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: HIJACKED - update
Mexico is full of great people. It's government is one of the most corrupt in the world, so that despite having a plethora of rich natural resources, many people are dirt poor. I've enjoyed all the time I've spent there, including field trips that I took students on deep into the country. Met some of the most generous, most friendly, and most fun loving people I've ever known anywhere. Never ran into the bozo criminals who have become more prevalent in recent years. And why have they become more prevalent? The drug lords control the government, the police, much of the countryside. Why are the drug lords so powerful? U.S. drug money. If we want Mexico to become a functional country again, all we have to do is control drug traffic in this country. No market, no industry. Something for some to think about.
DMc
---- pdooley <psdooley@VERIZON.NET> wrote:
> Apparently bandits down there also use logs or debris to block the road.
> Basically anything to get you to stop.
> The book I'm reading tells a story of a traveling salesman who was robbed by
> a man with an AK-47 riding on a donkey..
> Interesting place, that Mexico. I love to read about it but would never go
> there.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Scott Daniel - Turbovans
> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 5:52 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: HIJACKED - update
>
> I hope at the minimum, people in Mexico will realize now ...
> if they see vehicles parked by the side of the road in any kind of remote
> area like this ..
> turn around and head back the other way pronto !
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank Condelli" <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 7:06 AM
> Subject: HIJACKED - update
>
>
> > Folks, here are links to two articles published in the Canadian press
> > about the two couples that were hijacked in Mexico.
> >
> > _http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2010/04/11/13548401.html_
> > (http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2010/04/11/13548401.html)
> >
> > _http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2010/04/07/pf-13504646.html_
> > (http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2010/04/07/pf-13504646.html)
> >
> >
> >
> > Please note that I will be away from my business travelling in the USA
> > and
> > Mexico from November 18, 2009 until April 30, 2010. Parts orders will be
> > processed although not as quickly as usual. I will always be available
> > by
> > E-mail. If you phone, your call will be addressed by Greg T. Brown here
> > and he will either call you back or advise you to contact me directly by
> > E-mail. See my _www.frankcondelli.com_ (http://www.frankcondelli.com/)
> > website for complete details. Travel Blog at _www.westfaliatravels.com_
> > (http://www.westfaliatravels.com/)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Frank Condelli
> >
> > Almonte, Ontario, Canada
> > '87 Westy & Lionel Trains (_Collection for sale_
> > (http://frankcondelli.com/trainsal.htm) )
> > _Frank Condelli & Associates_ (http://frankcondelli.com/busindex.html) -
> > Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
> > _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_
> > (http://frankcondelli.com/exhaust.htm)
> > _BusFusion_ (http://www.busfusion.com/) a VW Camper camping event,
> > Almonte, ON, June 10 ~ 13, 2010
--
David McNeely
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