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Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts)
Thu Oct 13, 2022, 10:05 PM Oct 2022

Tourist Kidnapped In Mexico Had Foot Hacked With Machete Before Being Left For Dead

By Sol Prendido 10/13/2022 09:14:00 AM

One man is sharing his story of survival after he was mugged, kidnapped and left for dead in Cancun, Mexico.

Dustan Jackson and his wife were waiting for their flight home after the perfect vacation in Cancun. With hours to spare, Jackson hopped in a cab to head to a store to get chewing tobacco, but the nearby gas station didn't have any. That's when he said his taxi driver kidnaped him.

"I'll never forget that feeling," Jackson said. "It was the scariest feeling in the entire world."

Jackson said that the driver told him he knew a place where they could go, a grocery store. But that's when things got much worse.

More:
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2022/10/tourist-kidnapped-in-mexico-had-foot.html

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Tourist Kidnapped In Mexico Had Foot Hacked With Machete Before Being Left For Dead (Original Post) Judi Lynn Oct 2022 OP
And that folks gay texan Oct 2022 #1
Guarantee you will never find me anywhere Polly Hennessey Oct 2022 #2
Did you hear the one about the Uber driver who was picking up customers in-between mass shootings? ColinC Oct 2022 #4
Sure, sure....except.. EX500rider Oct 2022 #5
I guess we are discussing Cancun specifically ColinC Oct 2022 #6
Touristy areas tend to be safer. EX500rider Oct 2022 #7
Yeah. Generally stay away from certain areas at night -or don't leave hotel premises at all ColinC Oct 2022 #8
And that folks is why I don't chew tobacco!! texasfiddler Oct 2022 #3
I think this is the real moral of the story ColinC Oct 2022 #9

ColinC

(8,300 posts)
4. Did you hear the one about the Uber driver who was picking up customers in-between mass shootings?
Fri Oct 14, 2022, 01:42 AM
Oct 2022

What a mess of a country Mexico -err (checks notes) Michigan(?) is!

ColinC

(8,300 posts)
6. I guess we are discussing Cancun specifically
Sun Oct 23, 2022, 02:44 PM
Oct 2022

...which is en par with the 7 most dangerous cities in the US.

https://thecancunsun.com/cancun-joins-7-u-s-cities-on-top-50-most-dangerous-in-the-world/



I have visited Cancun, and can successfully confirm that my life was never in jeopardy at any point as far as I know.

EX500rider

(10,849 posts)
7. Touristy areas tend to be safer.
Sun Oct 23, 2022, 02:48 PM
Oct 2022

However I have stayed in downtown Medellin Colombia and didn't feel my life was in danger but that does not mean it is not dangerous.

ColinC

(8,300 posts)
8. Yeah. Generally stay away from certain areas at night -or don't leave hotel premises at all
Sun Oct 23, 2022, 04:39 PM
Oct 2022

(at night).

Good rule of thumb for a lot of places even in America.

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