David,
The statistics you cite indicate that most of the U.S. citizens murdered in
Mexico during the last 7 years were Hispanic and that relatively few were
Anglos, but does this really imply that Anglo Americans are safer than Hispanic
Americans when traveling in Mexico, or does it simply mean that most of the
U.S. citizens traveling in Mexico are Hispanic? The latter does seem plausible,
considering the large number of Hispanic Americans who live near the Mexican
border, who speak Spanish, and who have family or business ties in Mexico. It's
easy to see why Hispanic Americans in that situation might spend a lot more
time in Mexico than would most other Americans, so it would not be surprising
if a large portion of the U.S. citizens in Mexico at any given time are
Hispanic. Also, many of the Anglo Americans traveling in Mexico might be
vacationers from many parts of the U.S. who seldom go anywhere in Mexico other
than the specific tourist oriented resort areas they travel there to visit, so
their experiences might not tell us much about the safety of traveling the way
American cavers typically do in Mexico. Without some additional statistics
about what categories of Americans are traveling in Mexico and what kinds of
travel they are doing there, the murder statistics you cite really don't tell
us much about what racial or ethnic categories of Americans are safer than
others when traveling there.
Rod
-Original Message-
>From: David
>Sent: Apr 23, 2010 12:12 AM
>To: Cavers Texas
>Subject: [Texascavers] Re: debate about Mexico travel safety
>
>The Houston Chronicle released a database of 232 murders in Mexico that they
>claim were of citizens of the U.S.A.
>
>http://www.chron.com/databases/mexicomurders
>
>If this list is accurate, and complete ( which I doubt it is ), it
>seems worth pointing out that 95 percent of
>the victims were Hispanic. One of the 10 or so Anglos, was with a
>hispanic that
>was murdered.And one Anglo was killed in a barfight over a woman.
>
>I am not making a racist comment, but only to point out that these
>statistics show
>an Anglo is relatively safe in Mexico. I guess you could say the
>same statement
>about Asians, or Blacks or others.
>
>It only goes back 7 years, but that may be to emphasize the recent
>violence.
>
>The only American caver I have ever heard of having been robbed, was by a taxi
>driver or the transit police ( los pinches transitos ) in Mexico City
>back in the 80's.
>
>http://www.facebook.com/pages/x-los-que-odian-a-los-pinches-transitos-ratas-/327127326829
>
>David Locklear
>caver in Fort Bend County
>
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