Good to know:

Found on another website -

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Unless you can get the person (covertly) out of the country by car or personal vehicle, mexican law does not permit injured people to be removed from Mexican jurisdiction, especially those involved in some sort of vehicular (car-plane, bus, motocycle, atv, boat) wreck or crash.

recovering the vehicle is usually out of the question, and don't expect any help from the US Consulate, because they cannot do anything for you. mexican hospitals are not regulated nor verified, and many doctors and dentists practicing are not licensed to practice. Ambulances are in cahoots with several shady clinics and hospitals, and trying to interfere with due process (for want of a better word) will only get you a ticket to your own trial.

Tread lightly and don't get forceful or threatening, for best results

Sounds like a great place to live

It is a Great place to live! I think someone on this board knows not near as much as they think they do!

You'll learn, unfortunately.

Some people have to attend the school of hard knocks before they can fully grasp the situation

I think you must be just trying to scare people off from Buying & living in Mexico! Much of what you have stated does not apply EVERYPLACE in Mexico!These things of which you speak are what Scares people about coming to Mexico and what starts all the Bad rumors concerning Mexico & it's People!

I have been involved in several legal battles involving ex-pats living in mexico. I have found, several times over, ex-pats think that mexican gov officials function the same way as us offs, or can be coerced through compassion to let something go, which is entirely not the case!

Mexican law does not allow the subject to appear in court. Mexican court does not use precedents in rulings and law interpretation; rather each and every case is sent to a university scholar for interpretation regarding each and every situation.

I have been there when ex-pats, owning or leasing land in an ejido or coop, whether in San Felipe, Rosario, Guaymas, or Mexicali was there to plead their case and show they had some legal right to investments, business equipment, or other interests, only to see repeatedly the rug jerked out from under them. It didn't matter whether their house or condo was $30,000 or $3,000,000, anytime the mexcican government wants to exercise and take over, it will and there aint beans any expat can do.

You can have or retain any kind of lawyer, but your lemon will get squeezed proportionately when some Mexican official wants juice. The action is usually a blindside, brought on by someone outside the regular folks that sees fruit ready to pick.

I have dealt with people in similar circumstances in Sonora, Durango, Sinaloa, Nayarit, and BCN, and it can be real tough to be forced to just walk away without any reimbursement or monetary settement in your favor. In fact, in most cases, not only did these people have to leave everything intact, furniture and belongings, most had to pay a hefty fine in addition.

So maybe I don't know everything about Mexican derecho (law), but I know enough to stay clear of a pre-emptive situation. You can do what you want, but Mexico is a sovereign country, not subject to any sort of US law, rights or guarantees, especially as relates to property issues and legal title and clear deeds.

Contact the US consulate in Mexico and see how my synopsis compares to theirs

I would have to see names , places, dates etc. to ever belive this kind of stuff is going on in San Felipe!Again I say NOT EVERYPLACE!I know nothing of other places in Mexico but I do know what I see & hear from people that live here! I think you must be a VERY negative person from the looks & sounds of your attitudes towards Mexico. Eveidently you your self have not had good experiences in Mexico? It has been our experience that May who do not have good experiences in Mexico bring them onto themselves.
I do think people should be cautious and careful concerning Real Estate but it's not what you say it is here I know!

When my father was found, an investigation showed that for two years, someone else had been cashing his SS checks.

I was not allowed to remove my father's body from mexico.

I was not allowed to enter into his house and collect or retrieve artifacts or personal goods.

I was not allowed to have ownership of the house (in San Felipe) transferred either to my name or to an extended family trust. The title was researched and found to be in violation of ownership by an American of the United States of America, the house and land reverted to a Mexican of the United States of Mexico, and no recourse nor appeal resolved the issue

Though identified, those cashing his checks had no legal retribution set against them.

as for names, dates, and places- what business is it of yours? are you part of the local government? if so, what is your title? In addition to a house on 3 hectares, my father also had an RV park, Restaurant, Bar and Disco, and ran a sport fishing business out of San Felipe, none of which I could assume.

I don't know what kind of hoaky existence you live in SF (Baja Mom), or what lies you have been led to believe, but Mexico is not the US, and the laws are not even similar.

If by some chance you get picked up and thrown in jail, Mexican law dictates that the authorities have until the 1-year anniversary date to either charge you with a crime or perform something judicial regarding your case. so for 364 days, you will languish in jail, until something is decided; Mexican or US citizen.

If you think I am pulling a bluff, make a printout of my posts and have someone from the US Consulate tell you something you obviously don't comprehend. Wouldn't you rather know the facts than live in a smoky room? go see for yourself just how precarious you live, if you Live in Mexico.

I rest my case! You are just what I said. A Trouble Maker for Mexico. I never said the laws were like the U.S. I know they are not!
No , I have nothing to do with the Government. I can see your father did not do much investigating before she got into business in Mexico or supposedly bought property in Mexico. There is a legal way to do that!
I have paper work for my property & it's good!
Not lies! Again I say you know what happened to you & yours but that's all!
I do not live in ANY Hoaky existence!
Also I have no intentions of doing anything to have me go to jail!
If someone was cashing your fathers SS checks after his demise(for 2 years) WHERE were you? Looks like you only got interested after the fact and you are a VERY Bitter person because you got Nothing!
I think this is not a good thing to be posting on this forum! In fact I think I am no longer interested in coming to this forum to hear from people like you! So you need not bother to send anymore replys! I won't be reading anymore of your trashing!
Surely if you are so smart you must have other better things to do with your time!
Most people on these Forums post info that is good and is helpful to others, I think yours is only a Nasty Rant.

Ladies, Ladies, Ladies...please take your bickeing elsewhere and let's get back to positives

Baja Mom, if you are trying to tell us Mexico isn't a dangerous place you need to explain that to the Canadian couple that just had their throats slit open at a resort south of Cancun. Or the guy who was hit by a Mexican woman and found out from the chief or police that he was at fault because he was a "gringo." What country do you think has the highest number of kidnappings? Columbia? No, Mexico!

You build walls around your communities and feel safe inside them. When you venture outside those walls you become a target. And you know it! You may do everything in your power to protect yourself, but you are still a target.

On the other hand, there are a lot of areas in the good old USA that are more dangerous. TJ is the murder capitol of Mexico, yet more people are murdered in both Chicago and Baltimore (per capita) than in TJ. Government corruption is far worst in the USA than in Mexico, but the USA is a rich country and no one cares. As for dead bodies in the Mexican desert, heck we run out of places to bury bodies around the Las Vegas desert years ago! Had to put them somewhere! Please let us know if you find Jimmy body.

I feel sorry for your loss Rinky Dink, and you have a right to be angry over the possessions you didn't receive and your statements are factually correct. However, I hope someone you will focus on the joy your Dad had in Mexico. If he was receiving Social Security from the USA; had a home on 7.5 acres; ran a RV Park; ran a restaurant, bar and disco, I'd say the guy must have had one heck of a good life! And it sounds like he lived well for a long time in Mexico. Thanks to both the USA and Mexico. Remember, most to the problems you had were caused by him not setting up a Trust. But that's alright, because it was his to do, or not do, as he wished.

If you want to fight over a corrupt government system or corrupt officials or laws created to favor the home team -- pick any country! If you want to be safe "Stay in your own backyard," if you want adventure - climb the fence! www.bajainvestors.com

I never go to Mexico looking for the bad side.

Being aware of your surroundings and the local customs or laws is always a good idea.

As for the land my father owned, I wasn't there to take it for myself, per se. I was there to get it passed on to my step-brothers and sisters that my dad made with his common law mexican wife, as part of their inheritance. she didn't get anything either, and neither did the kids.

I only posted so as to let someone know there are limits. What you do with that knowledge is beyond my concern. I know people on both sides of the fence, some have no trouble whatsoever, others.... well that would be a re-hash.

And Darrell- that's a pretty objective straight-forward post thanks!

It appears Rinky that your father wanted nothing to do with you and that is why you did'nt get a thing when you tried in San Felipe and checking what you have posted on this board it shows why. Your first post here indicates that no one can leave Mexico if injured. NOT! Do your homework. Are you a international attorney. I think you think you are! Go post your drool somewhere else. I have lived in Mex for 29 years and yes there are problems but problems exist everwhere. Im really sick of your YAK.....

The purpose of this board can be defeated by these personal attacks. If we stay focued on verifyable facts suppoted by evidence the board will be more useful, not to mention civil.
We can all choose to interpret those facts according to our own experience and background. Still.. facts are what we should focus on.