11,998 of those deaths were Mexicans. 10,000 of them were involved in the drug trade, the other 1,998 were inoccent Mexican's caught in the cross fire. The drug trade is no where near these resort areas (Puerto Vaharta, Cancun, etc). Its up north near the consumers of the drugs (USA).
I have been to mexico multiple times, including recently in October with a group for my wedding. Spent some time in Playa del Carmen - beautiful beaches and nice shopping strip there. If you're not an idiot, you'll not get in trouble.
I echo the comments here - If you question the local Mexican cops (not the federales) and get into an argument, you're likely to end up getting roughed up - this isn't Canada, why the hell would you, as a non-resident, argue with the local law enforcemnet, knowing that they are not up to your standards?
The rest of their store smacks of a lie - She is forced to suck a bunch of cops wangs, and then the fiance tries to commit suicide? All over getting, essentially, put in the drunk tank?
I think it went like this
1) Guy gets into an argumeent with the cops
2) Guy and girl get taken to Mexican-equivalent of the drunk tank
3) Drunkenly, girl offers to suck officer to get out of jail
4) Cop, being corrupt mexican local cop, accepts
5) other prisoners find out, as the article says, and then fiancee finds out
6) Girl comes up with story to protect her relationship with fiance. "
Honey, I didn't suck 4 wangs to get out of jail, I promise! It was raaaaaaaaaaaaape"
Explains the situation to a tee and I would be pretty shocked if the truth isn't close to the above.
Coles notes:
- Expecting Canadian-level law enforcement in Mexico is like hugging a wolf and being supprised when it bites your ear off. A domesticated dog is worlds apart from a wolf, and you're an idiot for not knowing how to behave around something that looks similiar, but acts differently. There's no difference to how these dolts acted around Mexican locale cops vs. expecting canadian-style treatement. Mexican locale cops are still backwater (federales are better), so act accordingly, goof
- Don't offer to suck a local mexican cops dick in an effort to get out of jail and let your fiancee find out about it
