Mexico Joe
Cholla Bay 4 Life
Checkpoint or they actually pulled you over while driving? They're aggressive to say the least.
Oficial/Ex-Oficial Checkpoint 1 Click North of Barb Dog Rescue
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Mexico Joe
Cholla Bay 4 Life
Thanks for your report. At least I'm not crazy. Funny thing is, we left on Tuesday morning at 550-6am we were past the bypass bridge and they weren't there yet. We were in the area of Barbs Rescue on Sunday morning going south around 815am and they weren't there. I guess criminals sleep in.
For me it was weird and more than aggressive because they never mentioned drugs or guns or money although obviously I'm smart enough to know that's why they wanted to search. I complied with the request to search but after they searched it was like they were not satisfied and that is when the chance of being taken advantage of was almost palatable.
For comparison, Sunday morning we had to stop for the national guard inspection at the border coming into Mexico. AT NO POINT did ANY PART of me become nervous, scared, worried, have negative feelings, nothing, They did their job and I had none of those feelings. So you'd have to ask yourself WTF is going on at this checkpoint?! And again, comparing those two almost identical scenarios where two official government agencies want/need to check your vehicle/boat I had VASTLY different experiences. Enough to warrant me creating a post to SHARE my experience. I'd definitely like to know more about this agency/checkpoint but at least no reports of anyone being victimized.
Queen of Kings
Guest
Palatable huh? Did they ask you to lick them?
i came back to day at 8am and hoping that they will not be there. I passed Barb’ location and they were not there.10-13 miles after I see again the roadblock, that was the correct location, this time only one car and I could see only 2 police mens. They ask me where I came from and where I was going and told me I could go. They drive a new white pick up with “ POLICIA FEDERAL MINISTERIAL” written on the side. In the back of their black shirts is written “Agencia de investigacion criminal“
Very different encounter with only two officers but I still don’t understand why we need another slow down and what good it does to the city.
Very different encounter with only two officers but I still don’t understand why we need another slow down and what good it does to the city.
Mexico Joe
Cholla Bay 4 Life
Thank you for your contribution. That is 100% them.
Mexico Joe
Cholla Bay 4 Life
From what I remember they were only carrying sidearms too. What is that going to do when the cuerno de chivos come out?
Mexico Joe
Cholla Bay 4 Life
BUMP!
Well, complete shocker but it was just a matter of time. FIRST REPORT of someone being victimized by this BULLSHIT CHECKPOINT on Facebook Rocky Point Fans and Community. Poster says the cops are only interested in money and are demanding that you pull your money out and they have to count it for you. Almost similar to reports on this thread HOWEVER, in this report the poster says a $50 bill was lifted from their family member while being DETAINED in the HASSLE FREE ZONE.
Well, complete shocker but it was just a matter of time. FIRST REPORT of someone being victimized by this BULLSHIT CHECKPOINT on Facebook Rocky Point Fans and Community. Poster says the cops are only interested in money and are demanding that you pull your money out and they have to count it for you. Almost similar to reports on this thread HOWEVER, in this report the poster says a $50 bill was lifted from their family member while being DETAINED in the HASSLE FREE ZONE.
Mexico Joe
Cholla Bay 4 Life
I think another logical question you'd have to ask is, DF is sending an organized crime unit to sit just N of Penasco with only ONE TRUCK and 4-6 men that barely has any insignia on it, with only grill lights????? I'm going to ask again, is this even a real checkpoint??????
wildtoucan
Guest
When leaving Penasco last week, was stopped by them and asked where going and coming from and had to produce ID. No search and I’d given back.
https://www.gob.mx/ On Fremont East of Bryans on North side of the road.
dirtsurfer
Guest
I have always wondered why the “Mayor” of Penasco and Sonoita do not try to get the authorities to ease up on tourists. I realize everyone in politics & law is being paid off or on the take in some manner in Mexico but when tourism is such a large part of your economy one might consider helping us all to spend our money in their towns rather than harass the hell out of us with 100% corrupt local cops, quasi-national military groups and a bizarre variety of “law enforcement” that seems to focus on tourists and 75 yr old couples heading down to the beach for a weekend-the secondary stop at the border ended my friends parents trips to Mexico forever. Items were stolen from their car, cash stolen from the mom’s purse and way to many guns, bad attitude and suspicion were blanketed over their experience.
Old55
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If you are black in America you are used to it…https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/31/us/police-ticket-quotas-money-funding.html?referringSource=articleShare
dirtsurfer
Guest
paywall
Old55
Guest
Basically it just talks about fines stacked on fines and how it effects people ( think Ferguson) https://www.propublica.org/article/a-lawsuit-over-ferguson-debtors-prison-drags-on
dirtsurfer
Guest
Yes, the fines can bury people but……my construction crew guys can afford to drink in a bar, eat out for lunch and spend money on women but often let their auto registration, insurance and traffic tickets wave in the wind. I am constantly talking to them about taking care of their business first but it seems not be their way and then when things go bad they go very bad.
Old55
Guest
Yep, in South Carolina low country most of the landscape and framing crews are Honduran. They are all about soccer and too much beer…..the cops look the other way on small shit down there as without them nothing gets done….