Calgary woman brutally assaulted in Mexican resort

[Rhettzky]

Question for anyone. What happens if they find him guilty of aggravated assault? Does he rot in a Mexican prison until his trial there? or does he come back here and have a trial? I'm not sure how these things work.

[OutOfTheCube]

Originally Posted by getbak

That means they think her husband did it.

A pretty significant allegation to make without providing evidence, no?

[jayswin]

Wow, they came right out and stated it was the husband. I wonder if they realize that if they're wrong, it's actually worse for them to make this claim in an attempt to make Mexico look safe, than it is to just say nothing.

If I'm a canadian traveller and I hear that things happen sometimes in Mexico, I may be a little leary of going there. But if I'm a traveller and I hear stories of police blaming significant others in cases like this (and it somehow comes out later that they were wrong), I'd scratch that country off the list so fast.

They can literally ruin the rest of your life, with their incompetent/corrupt police, and with a vested interest to keep their country looking safe for their billion dollar tourist industry, it's a recipe for disaster.

[woob]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

This is, after all a talkboard

[Mike Vernon]

Originally Posted by Rhettzky

Question for anyone. What happens if they find him guilty of aggravated assault? Does he rot in a Mexican prison until his trial there? or does he come back here and have a trial? I'm not sure how these things work.

No. He's deported back to Canada

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by justkidding

http://www.globaltvcalgary.com/mexic...001/story.html

Mexican Governor says it was "Domestic Violence". What does that mean?

My best guess is it means, judging by the other elements, that they had a row earlier on, she pissed off down to the bar and had a drink with someone, then went back to the room a few hours later where he blew up and gave her a hiding, then realised, it not being Canada, that he was actually going to do real time in a very unpleasent jail, he then dragged her down the hall and dumped her in the elevator and cleaned up the room but couldn't clean the hall for fear of being caught.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

I think there should be a big warning label etched onto the front of every computor screen stating clearly

Dont take anything you see here too seriously!

This is, after all a talkboard, the whole point of which is for reletively uninformed and illiterate individuals (like myself) to sound like we know a hell of alot more than we really do, it also gives the mentally challanged something to do now that basket weaving has fallen out of favour.

lol......talkboard.

[Locke]

I dont think anyone is going to hunt the husband down, unless it actually is Amorak/THE SCUD, in which case I'd be indifferent.

The fact of the matter remains that there is hardly enough evidence to form a solid opinion one way or another.

Maybe they're withholding that evidence because its a pending investigation?

Maybe they've got nothing and are considering railroading the husband into some awful Mexican pound-him-in-the-ass prison in order to save face for tourism.

Who knows? But some outcomes seem more likely than others based on the evidence presented and some people are having a little fun playing detective. Its not hurting her or her family, so I dont see the harm, so long as nobody is going to her house and picketing that her husband be arrested based on no evidence or anything.

It is 'Guilty until Proven Innocent' in Mexico, isnt it?

[woob]

Originally Posted by justkidding

http://www.globaltvcalgary.com/mexic...001/story.html

Mexican Governor says it was "Domestic Violence". What does that mean?

It means valo is about to go postal on them, until they provide evidence.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

A pretty significant allegation to make without providing evidence, no?

It's Mexico, baby!

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by Rhettzky

Question for anyone. What happens if they find him guilty of aggravated assault? Does he rot in a Mexican prison until his trial there? or does he come back here and have a trial? I'm not sure how these things work.

He would be tried and sentanced in Mexico, he could then apply to serve his sentence in Canada, but that would take a year or two to arrange and our current goverment is less keen to agree to this than they used to be.

The Mexican authorities are amenable to a large backhander to grease the path to this though, and if he has enough dosh he can probably make it all go away down there, the wife might try and persue it up here.

[chemgear]

Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler

Therefore, take it with a grain of salt, though, given that the cops answer to the cartels, he may have access to supporting evidence...

fyp

[Flabbibulin]

Nm- nothings been solved yet

[valo403]

Originally Posted by woob

It means valo is about to go postal on them, until they provide evidence.

Well if they were holding someone without evidence that may be the case, as is why would I have an issue? Assuming there's actually evidence then go ahead and arrest the guy and prove the charges.

My immediate concern when reading the original story was that the Mexican police would do the 'it's the husband' thing without any evidence in order to avoid making their tourism industry look bad. If that's the case and there is no evidence, then I would hope I wouldn't be the only one to take issue with it.

[VladtheImpaler]

Originally Posted by chemgear

fyp

Do the cartels want tourists?

[Flabbibulin]

Isn't is strange that they still aren't sure if the security cams picked up the attack? This happened days ago. Shouldn't they know by now?

[Locke]

Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler

Do the cartels want tourists?

Why not? Tourists buy drugs.

[justkidding]

This is what the article actually says (for those of you who didn't read it ":
The governor insinuated that this was a case of domestic violence, but did not point any fingers directly at the husband or other any other family members.

Read it on Global News: Global Calgary | Mexican governor claims Calgary woman’s beating was ‘domestic violence’

So what does this mean - Domestic Violence - Fellow vacationers?

[Flabbibulin]

Domestic violence is defined as spousal or family abuse as far as I know. Dont think they were there with any other family members.

Not pointing any fingers means its a suspicion, but dont have enough evidence yet to officially charge.

Edit- if you watch the video, it says the family does not believe the allegations

[Neeper]

For some reason, I have a hard time believing the husband did this. Wouldn't she have freaked out when she saw him in the hospital room?

Mexico is corrupt and there IS a scam going on there where tourist are attacked and then taken to private clinics where they have to spend thousands to get medical attention. The people involved are all probably part of a group from the attacker, to the taxi driver to the clinic and I bet police too. Ugh... and to think I wanted to move down there too. Thank god my wife talked some sense into me.