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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
gay texan
(2,453 posts)Is why I'll never step foot in that country
Polly Hennessey
(6,798 posts)near that country.
ColinC
(8,300 posts)What a mess of a country Mexico -err (checks notes) Michigan(?) is!
EX500rider
(10,849 posts)Mexico is ranked 12th worldwide in homicides and the US is ranked 59th.
28.4 per 100,000 Vs 6.3
4.5 times worse.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate
ColinC
(8,300 posts)...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)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)(at night).
Good rule of thumb for a lot of places even in America.