getting the screws put on me

[philyrossy]

To add a #3 to Jzmac's: My first trip to Mexico I drove from Texas, returning through Saltillo, I bumped into an old Mexican pickup at a red light. The guy claimed I broke his rear bumper(it was all rusted and nothing fresh from the little bump. He wanted $30 USD. I said NO. He then wanted $20 USD, and I stood on my principles and said lets call the police. He said ok, We'll See. When they came, they said he had made a complaint against me, so they took me to jail, impounded my car, and all of a sudden, his wife's neck is hurting something awful. Thank God I had bought insurance in Laredo with attorney services! After 8 1/2 hours in jail, paying 300 pesos to get my car out of the impound, 850 pesos fine for "bumping" into his old truck, my insurance company paying him 2,800 pesos for the bumper, I was on the road again (I was really lucky that all the x-rays they took of his wife were negative). All for $20 USD. How DUMB I was ! We are so VULNERABLE here in Mexico, it is a miracle(as my Mexican wife says) that I have made it this long without something really bad happening to me. You do know that only about 5% of Mexicans charged with murder are ever imprisoned. And, that Mexicans don't just get mad, they get EVEN! My wife has learned how to play the games, and hopefully she is having a positive influence on me. You must learn the games they play, and REMEMBER this is THEIR country and THEIR RULES. Be safe !