11-22-2021, 04:01 PM
(11-22-2021, 03:34 PM)fishskibum Wrote: one of these days im gonna try n do baja and check the roosters off the bucket list
back before the cartels got to the point of carte blanche mayhem without much or any accountabilities
i got to go fish El Salto a large impoundment in Sinola for bucketmouths with my dad and the high country fly fisherman crew for a week
cool place and culture
its a shame they cant git that situation under control and ensure visitors safety a little better
Yeah. My wife and I cry real tears when we remember all the good times we had down there...BC (before cartel). We still have friends in Arizona who pass along recent tales of woe from points south. And we both agree we probably won't ever even try to go back down again.
There was a fishing group I used to belong to out of southern Arizona. Used to take the boats and RVs down every year to a little lake south of the border at Douglas. Lake Angostura I believe. We would launch the boats and then pull them up on the sandy beach at night...no guard needed. Then we would put the wagons (RVs and trailers) in a circle...with a big fire pit and seats in the center...for group meals and "frivolity". The fishing was always great.
But after we moved back up to Utah they had a bad situation one year. A group of heavily armed men raided their camp. They beat up the men and "abused" the women...and took everything they could find or tear loose from their vehicles. And when the situation was reported to the federales all they got was a shrug and no attempt to even find the perpetrators. One of the old guys in the group died a short time after they got everything back to the US...from injuries he had sustained in the raid.
The really scary thing about that country these days is that it is difficult to have any kind of protection...or any kind of justice if you suffer any kind of crime. The cartels spread a lot of money around to the authorities...city and countrywide...to insure they remain free to do what they do. The cartels have a policy of "plata o plomo"...silver or lead. In other words, you have two choices...either take their money or get a bullet.
Fortunately there are some resort areas and individual operations that have high walls and 24 hour security. It is too bad that there is a need for such harsh protective measures.