….you and the State Department’s report miss one serious hazard..funny how they don’t mention that hazard…. As happened to me, traveling south to Puerto Vallarta via the San Blas cutoff you will possibly encounter two very active local Transito Police who will try to extort several hundred dollars from you with a fake ‘speeding ticket’. Mordida is rampant along the dangerous San Blas cutoff… travel via Tepic if at all possible. .
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We didn’t forget to mention anything. Police corruption has nothing to do with State Department travel advisories. It’s common knowledge that law enforcement, military, and politicians are corrupt in Mexico, but the State Department does not do corruption warnings. It’s like saying someone didn’t report that the sun sets in the west, it’s a known fact. It’s not that little bit of highway. I have been stopped at least a dozen times in centro PV for bogus excuses and told I should pay my ticket to the cop because it was cheaper than if I paid it at the city. Around the “tunnel” is a prime place for a cop to extort money from people. Each time I told them to write me the ticket, give me their names, and give me their vehicle ID number… suddenly they just let me go with a warning. I have never paid a single peso to a cop, and I never will. This also is not just driving, it’s walking around the city too. They will stop you, ask you to turn around and put your hands on the wall, they will empty your pockets, lift the money out of your wallet, then hand everything back to you and tell you to move along. It’s a while before you realize they stole your money because you are still shocked. And if you are one of the really lucky people, they will plant marijuana in your pocket while they are searching you and threaten to take you to jail if you don’t go to the ATM and give them hundreds of dollars on the spot. NEVER pay a cop any money. NEVER NEVER NEVER.
….you and the State Department’s report miss one serious hazard..funny how they don’t mention that hazard…. As happened to me, traveling south to Puerto Vallarta via the San Blas cutoff you will possibly encounter two very active local Transito Police who will try to extort several hundred dollars from you with a fake ‘speeding ticket’. Mordida is rampant along the dangerous San Blas cutoff… travel via Tepic if at all possible. .
We didn’t forget to mention anything. Police corruption has nothing to do with State Department travel advisories. It’s common knowledge that law enforcement, military, and politicians are corrupt in Mexico, but the State Department does not do corruption warnings. It’s like saying someone didn’t report that the sun sets in the west, it’s a known fact. It’s not that little bit of highway. I have been stopped at least a dozen times in centro PV for bogus excuses and told I should pay my ticket to the cop because it was cheaper than if I paid it at the city. Around the “tunnel” is a prime place for a cop to extort money from people. Each time I told them to write me the ticket, give me their names, and give me their vehicle ID number… suddenly they just let me go with a warning. I have never paid a single peso to a cop, and I never will. This also is not just driving, it’s walking around the city too. They will stop you, ask you to turn around and put your hands on the wall, they will empty your pockets, lift the money out of your wallet, then hand everything back to you and tell you to move along. It’s a while before you realize they stole your money because you are still shocked. And if you are one of the really lucky people, they will plant marijuana in your pocket while they are searching you and threaten to take you to jail if you don’t go to the ATM and give them hundreds of dollars on the spot. NEVER pay a cop any money. NEVER NEVER NEVER.