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RE: Stranded in the Middle of Mexico Over Silkie Chickens: Where I've Been for the Last Two Days (Preface to Epic Mexico City Story)
I'd be a bit afraid biking around Mexico. A Canadian silver mine there keeps getting it's trucks hi jacked and need armed guards in a convoy for protection I saw on the news. I know it's a big country and safe levels vary across it but those stories make me nervous
Considering the fact that there aren't the same restrictions on mining here as there are in say canada or the states, I kind of get the people robbing them. They're known to essentially rape the land and destroy the ecosystem and the livelihood of the people that live there. With nothing, I can see why they would attack those they feel were responsible in whatever way they could.
That being said consider that the mainstream media will put their spin on a situation they don't understand.
Now I will say I'm not for more governmental restrictions but these people should have a desire to do things right, not the fastest easiest way.