[84Sovereign]

Originally Posted by CrawfordGene

A machine gun if you run into an drug gangs. I wish I were kidding, but the Mexican/US border area can be dangerous and there are places south of Mexico, DF, that would make me nervous—Chiapas for one. Nogales appears to be a place to avoid. On the other hand, friends of mine have been to Chiapas, Puerto Vallarta area, and the Baja without any problems.

I'd love to tour Mexico, but have avoided it, partly because I don't want to put my wife in the slightest bit of danger. Maybe I'm overreacting to what I've read.

Gene

My wife and I are San Diego natives and have travelled extensively through Mexico, oftentimes on vacation. We have also visited orphanages and have built homes for the homeless there with my Rotary Club. My Rotary Club has worked with Thousand Smiles for years, performing free cleft palate surgeries and other surgeries on children with facial birth defects.
This year we have cancelled all trips to Mexico because of the random murders and kidnappings that occur on both sides of the border every single week. We cannot get volunteers nor can we get surgeons to travel through the Mexican border.
You really should educate yourselves on just how bad things are in and around Tijuana. Read the San Diego newspaper articles like this: http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/10/23/backpage/z9e09e45eaff70552882574eb0075bfe1.txt
Please be careful…