the chaos in mexico
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Topic: the chaos in mexico
Posted By: A square 10
Subject: the chaos in mexico
Date Posted: February 23 2026 at 2:41pm
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i cant believe that they can run rampant like that but i do now see why trump said she was not running the country the cartels are , i have a friend that was down there a week ago today , im hoping he got out OK before this happened , have not been able to reach him to find out yet ,
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Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: February 23 2026 at 3:13pm
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I have a buddy who has a tripped planned for Mazatlan in 2 weeks. He and his wife arfe thinking their trip may be cancelled. Personally, right now, I would not entertain the idea of a Mexican holiday, the situation down there is too fluid. It could get better but...on the other hand, it could get a whole LOT worse. ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: February 23 2026 at 3:45pm
| No way in God's Green Earth I would ever go to Mexico. I would go to Cuba first. |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 23 2026 at 3:49pm
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oor venezuala ? im with trump - hes thinking travel ban
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Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: February 23 2026 at 3:52pm
| Ban Mexico! |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 23 2026 at 3:56pm
| im not going to be surprised to see black helicopters and special forces on the boarder so it cant come here |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: February 23 2026 at 4:46pm
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You got that right. We are talking about the US/ Mexico border, right? |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: February 23 2026 at 6:02pm
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Mexico has always been dodgy. I had friends who were retiring there buying a small resort by pooling savings & opening it as a private "Clothing Optional resort". The seller led them along took everything he could squeeze out of them for a few years & then tried to blackmail them over some of the business arrangements He'd made! They fled the country with a suitcase each & he now owns the entire resort all fixed & furnished in their money. When I was working down there a friend gave me this sage advice. DON't pay the Federales for security, they will re-sell you to the local banditos. Instead go into a local bar an ask for the contact for El Jefe for the area. Ask how much the "tax" to cross his territory is. Pay it. Its probably less that the Frederales would charge anyway. It usually comes with a "guide", he works for the Jefe & will warn al the other banditos off. The benefit is he's also local & will have a ton of local knowledge they won't have & you'll get taken to all sorts of places only the locals know about.  ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 23 2026 at 11:00pm
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yes , mexico /US border and helicopter gunships possible incurrsons as we are now at the modern day version of the poncho villsa war i think , trump has promised to stop the flow of drugs as well as the flow of humanity that invaded our country - he is going to protect the US , he has put canada on notice as well , the crap coming over our boarder from the north will get stopped as well , i get it that there will be drug addict's that will suffer , but maybe they will find a way to become contributers to society rather than leaches
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Posted By: Zed
Date Posted: February 24 2026 at 4:00am
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My sister in law is on vacation in Mexico, I think she's supposed to be going on to Belize. Not sure if she's out yet. ------------- It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice! |
Posted By: Sapper740
Date Posted: February 24 2026 at 4:23am
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I stopped going to Mexico over a quarter of a century ago after getting a shake-down from a couple of vatos pretending to be police in Puerto Penasco. All they had for a uniform was a hat with 'Police' on it and I was about to tell them in Spanish to "Eff off" when a local told me that the real Policia 'deputize' friends and family to shake down rich gringos for alleged offences. Your options are to pay up or go to jail. That, and we saw at the small airstrip on the way in to town a couple of civilians with M16s guarding a small Cessna. Previous to that I had been to Mexico several times without issue but you could feel the change in the air. The tourist towns stopped being safe from cartel violence soon after as reports of robberies. rapes, and murders became more and more often. Now we're hearing that the cartels may have MANPADS and who knows what they might use it on to teach the Federales to stop cracking down on them. Shooting down a civilian airliner full of Gringo tourists would have a chilling effect on tourism, no?
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Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: February 24 2026 at 5:06am
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I spent my honeymoon in P.Vallarta back in 1985. Had issues then..couldn't see it getting any better over time. Apparently thers 26,000 Canucks in mexico right now. (According to gov'y). They are arranging evacuation plans in case it gets worse. ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: February 24 2026 at 5:40am
| Incoming prayers |
Posted By: britrifles
Date Posted: February 24 2026 at 7:09am
| I went there once on a vacation about 12 years ago, won't go back. |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: February 24 2026 at 8:28am
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Never been to Mexico and will never go. This will be another Iraq but closer to home. |
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: February 24 2026 at 8:47am
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Same with me, never been there and never will go there, period. ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 24 2026 at 9:09am
| ive never been and wont ever go as well |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: February 24 2026 at 1:13pm
| No mexico, I am going to Cuba. |
Posted By: Sapper740
Date Posted: February 25 2026 at 3:56am
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One of my best friends from High School is down there with his wife right now, he posted to FaceBuch a couple of days ago he was safe, haven't heard anything since. I warn everyone who will listen to not go to Mexico any more but several have scoffed at me as a worry-wart. I hope I don't prove them wrong.
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Posted By: Sapper740
Date Posted: February 25 2026 at 4:00am
| paddy, be sure to take a few few fuel cans with you or you might be stuck there. I tend avoid visiting countries with belligerent regimes that might find an American hostage valuable in negotiations over oil imports. |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: February 25 2026 at 5:29am
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Good idea on the fuel. Also a bike. |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 25 2026 at 3:28pm
| we are kinda putting a pinch to their fuel supply by taking out muduro and redirecting venezualin trade paths , i fully expect to see cuba change drastically this year - new leadership and such |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: February 25 2026 at 4:56pm
| We can only hope and pray for good things. |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 25 2026 at 6:37pm
| well , story tonight is the cuban coast guard apparently fired on a US registered boat killing four , not sure who the people are or why they came in contact with cuban coast guard yet , this may be the match to the fuse |
Posted By: Sapper740
Date Posted: February 26 2026 at 6:18am
| Hopefully they were narcocistas in a stolen boat. |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 26 2026 at 11:34am
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possible but the cuban government says they were an armed invasion force , everything is still speculation at this point , boat was registered in florida
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Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: February 26 2026 at 5:12pm
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An Armed Invasion force of 4? BWHAHAHaHahaha! ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 26 2026 at 7:31pm
| that was my thought too , and coming in where they could be detected ? really ? not likely |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: February 27 2026 at 10:54am
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Turns out it was some raving nutter & his equally insane buddies. ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 27 2026 at 3:25pm
| really ? i hadnt heard that , missed the news today |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: February 27 2026 at 4:29pm
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SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica (AP) — Cuban soldiers https://apnews.com/article/cuba-us-florida-boat-shooting-68e07061282dc2470993f6539bd0bde2" rel="nofollow - confronted a speedboat carrying 10 people as the vessel approached the island and opened fire on the troops, who fired back, killing four and wounding six, according to the Cuban government. The Cuban Ministry of the Interior said the people aboard the boat Wednesday were Cubans living in the U.S. and accused them of trying to infiltrate the country to engage in terrorism. U.S. https://apnews.com/hub/marco-rubio" rel="nofollow - Secretary of State Marco Rubio said it was not a U.S. government operation. Here’s what to know about the confrontation that has resulted in investigations in both Cuba and the United States and could https://apnews.com/article/cuba-tourism-drop-us-venezuela-economy-a75e492eba3390ddb5e81eb9d9443f1d" rel="nofollow - add to tensions between the two countries. Cuban https://apnews.com/article/cuba-us-oil-trump-venezuela-02968f7204cd863cc1acbbcfab3e69db" rel="nofollow - President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Thursday that Cuba “does not attack or threaten.” “We have stated this repeatedly, and we reiterate it today: Cuba will defend itself with determination and firmness against any terrorist or mercenary aggression that seeks to undermine its sovereignty and national stability,” he wrote on X. Cuban authorities launched an investigation, the foreign minister said. https://apnews.com/hub/marco-rubio" rel="nofollow - Rubio said the American government was gathering its own information, including whether the people were U.S. citizens or permanent residents. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of https://apnews.com/hub/florida" rel="nofollow - Florida said it was pursuing answers “through every legal and diplomatic channel available.” The wounded people were detained, Cuban officials said, and the government identified seven of the 10 passengers. Two of them, Amijail Sánchez González and Leordan Enrique Cruz Gómez, are wanted by Cuban authorities “based on their involvement in the promotion, planning, organization, financing, support or commission” of terrorism, the government said. The others were identified as Conrado Galindo Sariol, José Manuel Rodríguez Castelló, Cristian Ernesto Acosta Guevara and Roberto Álvarez Ávila. The Cuban government erroneously identified one of the boat passengers late Wednesday as Roberto Azcorra Consuegra, the deputy foreign minister said Thursday. The government said one of the four killed was Michel Ortega Casanova. His brother Misael Ortega Casanova told The Associated Press that his sibling had developed an “obsessive and diabolical” quest for Cuba’s freedom given the suffering they endured on the island before moving to the U.S. He said his brother was an American citizen who lived in the U.S. for more than 20 years. Meanwhile, Galindo Sariol, another passenger, was identified as a former political prisoner in a 2025 interview with Martí Noticias, a U.S.-based news site that has long called for a change of government in Cuba. The Cuban government said it was a Florida-registered speedboat and that officials who searched it found assault rifles, handguns, homemade explosives, bulletproof vests, telescopic sights and camouflage uniforms. The AP was unable to verify details because boat registrations are not public in Florida. ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: February 27 2026 at 6:00pm
| like all good commies I do not believe a word of what the cubans say. |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 27 2026 at 7:50pm
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even if i did i would question the next four , but , if in fact this was a small group of radicalized individuals they seem to have failed in their operation , poor planning it seems , it does make some sense in that there has been a lot of speculation that the country is on the brink , would seem a good time to execute their plans all that said , its interesting that this did not hit MSN in a bigger way - i dont think any country should suffer terrorism - even a dispicable communist one whos people are already suffering so much
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Posted By: Sapper740
Date Posted: February 28 2026 at 4:20am
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Don't worry, FART (Fuerzas Armada Revolucionarias Territorial) will repel all invaders using chemical warfare if necessary! O.K., I added the T as a joke but judging by the antiquated and ad hoc equipment the Cuban armed forces use it's not that far off.
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Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 28 2026 at 6:07pm
| i must admit i thought - never said aloud- that they were dying to use their equipment to show they can defend themselves in a desperate but futile gesture |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: February 28 2026 at 6:11pm
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From what i read they instigated the confrontation. I have no idea what they were actually trying to achieve! ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 28 2026 at 8:40pm
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sad four dead , no logical reason , but maybe something will come out to alter that thinking , \\ in my mind martyrs statements fall on deaf ears except with other extremists - and that doesnt bode well
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Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: March 01 2026 at 7:22am
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play stupid games win stupid prizes. Now the Cuban got your stuff. |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: March 01 2026 at 9:55pm
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excellent point , stupid is as stup[id does - never really ends well , probably why trump has made no statement on the subject , that and his dealings with iran , i think they thought he was like every other president they have dealy with and they could lie and carry on as normal - he is not like every other president and does not suffer liers well , he told them the terms , they played their game , now we will be dealing with some new players in the game , or the people will demand an entirely different government ...i prefer that
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