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I entered exico without a passport stamp
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Sgt Killjoy



Joined: 26 Jun 2004
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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It sounds to me like "Paul" wasn't the brightest crayon in the box. Of course, one could argue that "Paul" assumed his sister-in-law was in Mexico legally and/or that he didn't know it was against the law to transport an illegal. Pleading ignorance of the law usually doesn't quite cut it though, does it?


Dead on, but what does the Mexican government always tell the US government when the US is trying to enforce immi law? No one would guess that Mexico has such draconian laws, would they? Heck, most of you here think it is impossible to go to jail if you ain't got a visa here, ain't that what ls and guy are saying?

"Paul" , his wife and baby were arrested. The sister was deported after her statement was taken. Paul was stuck in a jail in Tapachula, so was his wife in the women's prison that is adjacent to the men's prison in Tapachula. Where did the baby go? In prison with the wife. Where did the rental car go? To the impound lot where it continued to rack up daily charges...for how long? 8 months.

"Paul" was in jail for 8 months. "Paul" was acquitted of all charges. Me? Well, aint that for another time and another place?
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M@tt



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 6:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
this is a really interesting thread, i hope it stays alive for awhile. i kind of feel like i'm watching a flashback on Lost about Sawyer's life before the island.

has anyone else been jailed in mexico?
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Sgt Killjoy



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 6:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
yeah, I was in jail in Mexico for six days, but maybe that is worth its own thread.........
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MELEE



Joined: 22 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 2:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've been to a jail in Mexico. The inmates make the nicest hammacas and sell them cheap! Cool
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Sgt Killjoy



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 3:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
They are very enterprising places......you are right about the stuff you can buy there in the jails.

There is even jail to jail commerce, in fact once a week, single female prisoners could get a pass to visit the male prison.
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Ben Round de Bloc



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 6:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Are you guys using jail and prison as synonyms? In Merida, they aren't the same.
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ls650



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sgt Killjoy wrote:
most of you here think it is impossible to go to jail if you ain't got a visa here, ain't that what ls and guy are saying?
Mmm, not exactly. I wrote, "I find it hard to believe. I can't see the Mexican gov't bothering to keep them in jail for long; it's too expensive!" That's not quite the same thing as saying it's "impossible to go to jail", though I could see how you might read it that way.

Unfortunately I have to say I'm still not convinced that you're right. So far the only evidence we've seen are a couple of anecdotes; your claim still seems a bit shaky to me.

Pardon me for being a bit of a skeptic; if you have any more evidence I'm more than willing to admit you may be right.
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Guy Courchesne



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I said impossible, so I'll back off on that and say very very highly unlikely, especially since we were talking about the OP's situation in which I make the following assumptions:

1. He is not stupid enough to be carrying drugs or a crate full of Hondurans when he visits migra or the airport

2. He will behave with migra officials

3. He will take care of the issue in Guadalajara or Cancun, neither of which is a border area

Of course, if my assumptions are wrong, then jail, prison, the tank, the Dropped Soap Hotel - call it what you will - becomes a likelier possibility.
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