JUST THE BAJA FACTS, PLEASE
FACTS From January 1, 2003 until January 1 2009, it has been reported that “230” Americans have perished from “unnatural causes” in all of particular: all homicides, including all “Americans” who perished in the drug wars, and any/all other homicides. Therefore 230 homicides have occurred over 6 years among 1 million residents, and (on average) another 500,000 tourist/day in RAMPING IT DOWN A BAJA:
Baja Mexico California is home to about 200,000 registered The Tijuana-san Diego border crossing welcomes more than 40 million crossings per year of which 15% are estimated to be In the last 6 years there have been 90 homicides in Baja Norte. I have looked at each of their profiles and have the following info to impart: 1-2 appear to be tourists! In all 6 years INCLUDING THE DRUG WAR OF 2007-2009 only 6, at most, were tourists!!!! Accordingly, the other 26 cases, 20+ were US citizens (expats) living in Baja, some of which were involved in illicit activities. But even if none were, that would be less than 5 deaths/year/300,000 or less than 2:100,000 which is less than the incident of homicide in San Diego CA. BUT EVEN IF we accept that every single person, alleged to have been murdered in Baja over the last 3 years WAS a US citizen, we would discover that the number of murders of US citizens has actually DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY in spite of the significant so called "spike" of violence in Mexico's drug war. Indeed, based upon the US dept of State's database of homicide victims in Mexico (as compiled/reported by the Houston Chronicle 2/22/09) we see the following, relevant to Baja: 2006: 14 dead For more recent information see... http://bajatraveladvisor.wordpress.com/
*Mexico is home to over 110 million people;
*Mexico is home to 1 million US citizens-expatriates;
*Mexico is the # 1 travel destination of US citizens, accounting for 35 million US tourist each year.
BAJA:
*196,000 US citizens were officially registered as living in Baja Mx in 2008;
*It is estimated that 50-70,000 more are not registered but live in the "free-zone" , within 100 miles of US/CA border;
*40 million people cross the TJ/San Diego Border every year!
*15% of them are vacationing US tourists;
*Thus 6 million US citizens visit Baja each year
ANALYSIS
Mexico has over 110 million people within her borders, upwards to 1 million US citizens, reside there making it the largest “second” home to American-citizens. In conjunction
As for the OTHER 84 victims, 58 cases had no documentation verifying their citizenship, residency, age, sex, hair color, etc. Most of the cases (including all of the 8 vicitims of 2007) were found hands/feet tied, wrappend in blankets/carpet and dumped in the slums of TJ. There was NO proof that the victims were EVEN KILLED in Baja.
2007: 8 dead
2008: 4 dead
2009: 2 dead
WHAT THEY SAY:
PRESS, POLITICIANS & (so-called) PUNDITS
MEDIA MYTH I:
Due to recent Mexican drug war violence, Baja is dangerous for US citizens.
MEDIA MYTH II:
The significant increase of casualties in the Mexican drug war correlates with an increase in casualties of US citizens in Baja.
MEDIA MYTH III
US citizens have been targeted in Mexico at a greater rate than Mexican citizens or citizens of other countries.
MEDIA MYTH IV
Mexico (Baja) is deadlier to US citizens than traveling in Iraq (Afghanastan, Beiruit, etc.)
MEDIA MYTH V
US citizens are safer vacationing in the USA than in Mexico
BTA RESPONSE (Baja Travel Alert):
MEDIA MYTH I:
