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Originally Posted by Figmo Bohica
DufferTom, having just spent the last 15 years living on the Border, prior to moving to TV, Mexico was once a point of travel for lots of things, visitors, meds, a good meal, cheap booze, etc. Five years ago we stop going to Mexico, Ciudad de Juarez, across from El Paso because of the violence. Also stopped going to Agua Prieta and Palomas, a little dusty cross border town close to where we lived. Anyone thinking of going to Mexico these days really need to catch up on the news and see what is happening there. Don't go, is saving 75% worth your life. Take it from someone who moved away from the Border, its not a nice place to be anymore.
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I lived in New Mexico for many years. I used to go down to Tilley's in Palomas to buy liquor while in college at UNM, have a Zombie at Pete's and then recross the border returning back through Deming. NB. A while back I revisted Palomas while hunting Javalina in SW NM. The Federales had put Pete in prison for drug traffic related issues. I also used to fish out of Zihuatenejo(sp?), Puerta Vallarta, Manzanito and Los Cabos, motorhome with my family down through Agua Prieta and Hermosillo to Kino Bay and Guaymas, drive around the Yucatan (never after dark) - BUT NO MORE!!!
Two of the people who work for me in NM recently went to one of the Juarez clinics for dentures. The van picked them up in El Paso, took them to the clinic where the work was done, both rapidly and well, and returned them back to EP. They experienced no problem. The clinic is set up for an American clientel and the staff speak English well
My gardener in California who is a naturalized US citizen with family in Mexico gets all his dental work done in the U.S. He does not trust Mexican dentists.