That sounds like a machiavelic plan to distort Mexico's image. I live here and it isn't even similar to what the movies present.
shareI'm a gringo that used to live there, and while some parts are pretty peaceful, the nation does have some real crime problems. Particularly in Mexico City, and even moreso in border cities of Tijuana and Juarez.
shareThis is because Hollywood always exaggerates everything. In the movie they made Mexico City look all rugged and full of drug dealers and theives. They do this all the time in movies, like Slumdog Millionair, for example. I been to many parts of Mexico myself, and most of it is nothing like this. Americans exaggerate thats not themselves in movies, and sometimes in politics as well.
sharealthough it is true that mexico has criminality issues, (the most serious of them being drug cartels and kidnappings), that is not what pisses me off while watching movies like this or like "traffic". i've always wondered why directors, producers or SOMEONE never does a little bit of research on how mexican cities are. in movies, Mexico is always hot as hell itself, dusty, dirty with little houses made of wood and stone and dirt roads and ugly motels. if they where to do some research on any mexican city, at least Juarez, Chihuahua, Hermosillo Sonora, not to mention Monterrey, Guadalajara, Mexico city, Leon Guanajuato, they would find that, while the city itself is almost as beautiful and well-developed as any major U.S. city like Dallas, Los Angeles, or Chicago, the Mexican culture is far more beautiful.
i am a us citizen with mexican parents. i have lived over half of my life in juarez with the other half (my college life) going from el paso to juarez almost every single day (since my family lives there). i can't deny that the laws in mexico dont work, that crime and corruption has gone out of the hands of the government, but i can tell you that Mexico's culture, and the nation itself is as rich as that across the northern border.
"the Mexican culture is far more beautiful."
"but i can tell you that Mexico's culture, and the nation itself is as rich as that across the northern border"
Aren't you conflicting yourself there? You don't seem very highly educated, which is typical.
The point wasn't to portray Mexico as a horribly corrupt country. They say countless times throughout the film that it is a global problem. Check out the CIA's world factbook. It gives stats on countries who fail to comply with stricter regulations against human trafficking. Mexico is just a cheap gateway to the wealthy pedophiles in the US, just as Albania is used for the rest of Europe. It probably beats risking having shipping containers inspected by US officials, though that method is still used. And the fact that they are being sold in the US would make it an American problem as well.
If the Flintstones have taught us anything, it's that pelicans can be used to mix cement.
This isn't just Mexico, It is true for Haiti and any other country where the population is poor or has crime. The truth [even though I don't have stats to back up my opinion] in countries like France and many other European countries is where most of the trafficking occurs but you never see this. They seem to not look for any people who are middle or upper class in these poor countries to base there story on.
sharebut you must admit, drug trafficking and other things are happening in Mexico
today I saw in the news a video from a Mexican kidnapped declaring things
with two terrorists back and later been shot.
Just think, what's worst? A country where you kidnap a little girl?
Or a country where the people buy that girl? Both cases are bad very bad.
You can't rate that. The fact is it's something wrong.
The message of this movie, wouldn't be the same, if Jorge was a good guy
studying and working in a store or something similar.
That's why they showed a bunch of guys committing crimes,
he had learned in the hard way, cuz even he makes fun of the tourist's disgrace.
They don't show every Mexican involved in delinquency in every corner
that's an exaggeration that people is doing here.
Most of the drug-related murders are in border towns. 2,500 between Jan 2007-June 2009,and Ive herd 30,000 in the last four years,but that's so much its hard to believe.Just recently 72 potential illegal immigrants were murdered at one time(I think for refusing to become drug-mules).A popular scare-tactic is to leave their victims heads in a cooler at the Police station(many times the local sheriff is the victim),and the local Media and Police are specific targets for intimidation. About the time I went to Rosa Rita in 2001,an entire family(baby too)was murdered in that town,and right after I left another small town(maybe 50 people)below San Felipe in 2005,an American woman was murdered...So I decided that was my last trip to Mexico. Many of the weapons used by the cartels are from the Mexican military(and imported from around the world and U.S)...as are many new recruits.The U.S. dosent have enuff Jail space to house the number of Mexicans/Americans involved in drug activity,and we have more than enuff Laws against drug trafficking.Much of the distribution networks around the U.S. grew out of central American immigration around the 1980's...many from El Salvador's disbanded rebel army's that became gangs. The problem starts with government corruption in Mexico and until the Mexican population is honest and courageous enuff to confront the corruption,and Americans face the size and scope of the drug/human trafficking problem...the drug cartels will dominate Mexico/America. I hope that with the help of the U.S.,the Mexican Government is forming a strong intelligence(F.B.I),and that they will consider changing their gun laws so that Mexican citizens can openly protect themselves with legal weapons. The problems that start with Government corruption in Mexico are easy to learn about with minimal research.The problem of getting Mexican citizens to Not accept it as a status quo(much like the period of American Prohibition),and Americans to acknowledge its existence(no matter ware you live in the U.S.)is not as simple.
shareLets face it Mexico is that bad like in movies.
Hollywood is not making some sci/fi about Mexico. After seen so many movies portraying the bad side of Mexico and been living in Mexico City my whole life I think Hollywood is even short about showing the bad things that happen here.
Another think is that is not good to talk about this because our country depends a lot of turism.
some of you morons should follow http://www.borderlandbeat.com/ and similar websites
read books like murder city ciudad juarez and the global economy's new killing fields
read http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/25/magazine/the-girls-next-door.html
the chance of getting kidnapped and/or killed is like 50/50 ... but go ahead and coinflip for your life/future
one thing most of us all don't get: it's supposed to not exist, this problem, so everyone can sleep well and the money keeps flowing
Crime in Mexico is driven by cross border trade. Drugs & sex slaves for guns & greenbacks.
It also enables the other cultures of North America to essentially feel a little better about themselves and their own lack of morality. Sex slaves mean cheap yet profitable prostitution. Low risk highly profitable drug importation lessens the risk associated with domestic production. Payment in guns will keep the deadly, affluent US armaments industry viable and politicians and lobbyist's palms well greased.
The reason for the drug crime in Mexico is almost exclusively down to demand from the USA & Canada.