Is Tijuana a dangerous city? (bridges, trip, cities, tourists)
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They aren't targetting innocent tourists. Mexico is only dangerous if you have cartel connections of some kind. Especially if you've given them reason to be mad at you or owe them money you don't intend to pay back.
Malamute, please refrain from giving out bad advice when you clearly know nothing of the issues going on in Tijuana and Juarez right now. Or don't even bother to check your facts.
OP, yes, most border towns are dangerous and have been for quite some time. When I lived in El Paso, Americans were freqeuntly getting stabbed and robbed when trying to cross back into the US as that little area no one seems to have any jurisdiction over. My 2nd trip crossing the bridge back into El Paso I watched paramedics tend to a white american male who had been stabbed and robbed.
Tijuana's crime rate isn't high compared to some US cities based on size, and plenty of people travel there without an incident. But there have been numerous articles on the escalation of violence, killings and kidnappings in Tijuana involving tourist. Mexico has statistically become the world leader in kidnapping for profit. Exercise caution, don't wear any expensive jewelry, travel with someone, pay attention to your surroundings and use common sense and you should be fine.
Malamute, please refrain from giving out bad advice when you clearly know nothing of the issues going on in Tijuana and Juarez right now. Or don't even bother to check your facts.
OP, yes, most border towns are dangerous and have been for quite some time. When I lived in El Paso, Americans were freqeuntly getting stabbed and robbed when trying to cross back into the US as that little area no one seems to have any jurisdiction over. My 2nd trip crossing the bridge back into El Paso I watched paramedics tend to a white american male who had been stabbed and robbed.
Tijuana's crime rate isn't high compared to some US cities based on size, and plenty of people travel there without an incident. But there have been numerous articles on the escalation of violence, killings and kidnappings in Tijuana involving tourist. Mexico has statistically become the world leader in kidnapping for profit. Exercise caution, don't wear any expensive jewelry, travel with someone, pay attention to your surroundings and use common sense and you should be fine.
I live right on the border. When did you live in El Paso? If you lived here when people were getting stabbed on the bridges, that was actually some time ago *before* Juarez got so bad. People get stabbed and robbed in El Paso all the time yet it's ranked the safest city in the world.
99.9% of the people killed in the cartel drug war are associated in some way with the cartels. Sometimes innocent children of a drug trafficker that were brought along as shields in a bad drug deal but you cannot name a single non-hispanic American or Canadian who has been killed in Juarez in the past few years. Yes some US citizens -- born in the USA to Mexican parents have been involved - and killed or have been arrested as carjackers and sicarios but they are connected.
The cartels are not going after innocent American citizens. The war is between members of the cartels. If they wanted to target American citizens, they could easily pick them off I-10 or paisano st. in the morning commutes.
Normal street crime is a problem - and always has been even when these cities were called safe. If you take a big 4x4 chevy truck over there, you can end up losing it - but that's just as true in El Paso - again the safest city.
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