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Originally Posted by Aletheides
..., there is a certain freedom you experience here you won't find back home.
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This is due to a combination of:
- the general populations ignorance of existing laws,
- overall complacency by the citizens due to their consistently experiencing zero help from public servants
- corruption within the public and private sector
For better or worse, folks in the US, generally know their rights, most police do their job enforcing the law, and bribing a police officer or judge is possible, but its typically reserved for those that have access to a significant amount of money and business influence.
In my 4.5 years of working in Mexico, I personally knew three ex-pats that were murdered. None where in the business of guns, prostitution or drugs. All three were retired. Two were crimes of opportunity (robbery) and one was a crime of passion.
While there, one of our Mexican homes was broken into twice, and one attempt failed, all within a few months.
In all my years living in different countries, I had a single attempted break-in in Slovakia, and none what so ever in the US.