Mexican Newspaper Shuts Down, Saying It Is Too Dangerous to Continue

Re:Mexican Newspaper Shuts Down, Saying It Is Too Dangerous ... by skellington on Monday April 03, 2017 @11:43PM (#14029303)

You should try living in Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, etc..

The places you listed are all the safe states, which effectively is a different country.

It's not super complex, the states near the Gulf/Yucatan are generally the safe ones.

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Re:Mexican Newspaper Shuts Down, Saying It Is Too Dangerous ... by HillaryBriss on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @11:26AM (#14033637)

Here's a map of Mexico with intentional homicide rates (data from 2011) by state:

http://www.geocurrents.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Mexic...

FWIW, Baja California Sur, though not near Gulf/Yucatan is pretty low on the list too.

Baja California and Sonora have significantly lower rates than Chihuahua, but all three border the US.

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Re:Mexican Newspaper Shuts Down, Saying It Is Too Dangerous ... by qume on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @01:00AM (#14029599)

I have pretty much the same story (but 4 years) and lived in Sonora and Nayarit. I have close friends living in Sinaloa (expats of 20 years).

I now live in Guanajuato, and the only crime I've heard of first or second hand in the years in mx was a worker taking some cash which was laying around, and some gringo's stealing from each other.

On the other hand I lost three friends in hurricane Odile, so I guess don't forget nature can be a much bigger threat if not given enough respect.

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Re:Mexican Newspaper Shuts Down, Saying It Is Too Dangerous ... by pier25 on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @09:21AM (#14032270)

I lived in Tequisquiapan for a few years which is pretty close!

Didn't expect to find someone on HN living in El Bajío. :)

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Re:Mexican Newspaper Shuts Down, Saying It Is Too Dangerous ... by Insanity on Sunday April 09, 2017 @11:33AM (#14072750)

I realise this is a bit of a late comment and you might miss it. But is there any way to contact you? As I mentioned earlier in the thread, I am married to a Mexican woman and I was wondering what it is like to live in Mexico as a European (Specifically software engineers, which you might happen to be as well ;-) )

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