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My short answer on “Is Mexico safe” is still “yes.”

Jim and I have made some good Mexican friends in Mexicali. They tell us that we are safe in Mexico, because we are recognizable as Americans. It seems that crimes in Mexico against Americans have more severe consequences than crimes against Mexicans in Mexico.

While this may not seem just, our experience validates this safety for Americans.

When Americans do get into trouble in Mexico, they are usually Americans of Mexican origin. This is also unfair, but I guess they look more like Mexicans, and probably even speak Spanish very well, so folks mistake them for Mexicans.

Sure there is crime in Mexico, just like there is crime in the U.S., or anywhere.

I read that the U.S. sends $62 billion to Mexico for illegal drugs – that works out to close to $200 for every man, woman and child in the  U. S. Just recently, I read that Mexico admits it has a problem with Mexican’s consuming illegal narcotics – at an estimate expense of $430 million per  year. That works out to about four bucks per Mexican. The fact that Americans take 50 times more illegal drugs than Mexicans might show that America is not too safe.