Archive for the ‘Danger’ Category
June 11, 2009 – I’ve been re-reading this entire website as I transferred all the articles to the new format, and I noticed that the levels of danger that people talk about now weren’t on my radar at all several years ago. That is, questions of drug cartels and the like that the American press […]
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August 23, 2007 – Last night, Kelly and I walked down to the center of San Juan Cosala for a meeting to discuss the numerous thefts that have been going on here. We were told about the the meeting by Gerardo Tolantino, a middle-school teacher (English and computers) who is also active with the sports […]
Jan 18, 2007 — Shortly after we moved into our house almost a year ago, some tools were stolen from our patio de servicio, which is a locked, roofed small space with closely-spaced metal grillwork for two walls and the other two of brick. It’s where we keep our washing machine, lawn mower, tools, and […]
July 15, 2006 — some Americans we’ve met had their laptops stolen from their home on a weekend afternoon while they were out. This is theft against property, but it has had far-reaching emotional implications for them. They lost the computers with some valuable files, but they also lost the feeling of being safe at […]
May 7, 2006 — A reader recently emailed me these questions: How do you find the crime where you live? Is there a lot or a little? Are the Americans “hit” more since people think they are rich? I don’t think I am an expert on crime anywhere, but I’ll have a try at this […]
April 30, 2005 — A couple of days ago, Kelly and I were returning to the small town of Bernal in central Mexico, where we are living, from the city of Queretaro, an hour’s bus ride away. Queretaro has a huge and quite new bus station. If you drove into it thinking you were in […]