Assignment One Happel

1. I can't beleive that the authorities in Mexico have been linked to kidnappings with gangs accross the whole country! What will the people of Mexico do if they are to scared to call authorities because they think that they are in on gang crime too? It makes me wonder what the Mexican people go through when they and their children walk outside of thier houses thnkin they could get killed or abducted at any time. Even the prosecuting attourneyts in mexico haave been linked to the gang activity down there. i just dont see how someone hasn't stepped in yet.

2. I think that that is disturbing too. But i have been to Mexico but i was in a very nice part of it, almost an american type of place. I was in cabo san lucas last year and i don't rememvber really seeing any gang activity or even hearing about gang activity from the cab drivers or anything. But i did not see very many police officers at all which i guess madde me kind of nervous. But i am going back to Mexico in October and i would like to see if anything has visibly cahnged from when I was last there. Granted i will still be in a very nice part of town where the gang activity is very low due to all of the Americans there. But it will be interesting to see if anything has changed.

3. I think that it would cause me to have a little fear in what would happen to me when i stepped out of my house or even into my house for that matter. I probably would not sleep very well at night knowing that anytime something could happen. But i would also have fear for if something did happen, who would I turn to? The police are involed in it and so is government officials. I think that i would be very scared to walk out of my house or just have the fear of being kidnapped. The fact that this is happening in Mexico definately has the effect that most people had during 9/11. Fear and mourning for whats going to happen is just riddling the Mexican people.