US drivers owe Ciudad Juarez $10 million in fines. STOP laughing, they are serious.
Miguel Angel Rodriguez had just parked his car when a Ciudad Juarez traffic officer wrote him a ticket and then unscrewed one of his license plates.
The truck driver from El Paso, Texas, argued with the officer, but soon gave up. That didn’t mean he was going to pay the 165 peso ($12.50) fine.
He is one of thousands of people with U.S. cars who find it quicker and easier to just replace the plates or driving licenses that Juarez police routinely confiscate to guarantee payment.
U.S.-plated cars are common on Juarez’s streets due to cross-border commuters, not to mention locals who buy cars or pickups across the border because they are cheaper.
The city says it is owed about $10 million in fines on tens of thousands of unpaid traffic citations against U.S. drivers or vehicles. More than 74,000 seized U.S. plates and drivers’ licenses sit in Juarez city government warehouses and most will never be retrieved.
So, the city across the border now owes Mexico $10 million. I call bollocks. When is Mexico going to repay the US for delivering all of their anchor babies?
November 8, 2011 at 12:14 am
I believe it’s a varint on the protction racket. Extortion,at any rate.
November 8, 2011 at 7:03 am
Always Mary. It’s referred to as “mordida” or bite in their world. The Mexican government is the one that takes the shark bite out of the country’s coffers. Why doesn’t the faux poser ask Mexico for all the money that the illegal population here cops in medical and welfare aid? Oh, I know why. Because Barack has his own family doing the same thing. Dumb me.
November 8, 2011 at 8:17 pm
Honor no longer exists in North America.
November 9, 2011 at 3:45 pm
They should just ask the cia for a little cash infusion.
Remember this? http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/09/jason-bourne-suspect-makes-like-perry-mason-avoids-prison-.html
Well now there’s this: http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/geldfaelschung-stammen-die-supernotes-von-der-cia-1408905.html
November 9, 2011 at 6:11 pm
http://www.thefreemanonline.org/headline/money-grabs-go-to-next-level/\
Apparently the Mexicans do not have a lock on extortion via false accusations of crime. I have seldom seen anything so worrisome. At $143/day, if one were picked up on suspicion of anything and incarcerated fro 3 months pending trial one would owe $12,870, even if one were not found guilty of anything. Probably 3/4 of Americans would end up in foreclosure if forced to present that amount of money. I know I would. $12.50 for the Mexicans sounds a lot better suddenly.
November 9, 2011 at 6:27 pm
You have to remember how much money one makes in Mexico. The border cities have always had a notorious reputation for making their economy grow via extortion.
November 11, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Wouldn’t it be cheaper for Obama just to invade them and station our army permanently there in his 4th War?
LOL
November 11, 2011 at 5:15 pm
He’s getting the vote and that is all that matters to the poser.