Stem Cells - Mexico Increasingly Popular

Mexico Increasingly Popular As A Medical Care Destination

July 27, 2010 – 7:19 am

From branch cells to cosmetic and reconstructive operation programs, Mexico is apropos an increasingly accessible, affordable and renouned end for medical tourists not usually from adjacent North America, but other Latin countries and general travelers.
Because branch unit technologies are still beneath investigate and now undergoing Phase we and Phase II clinical trials in the United States and treatments and therapies have not been granted for release, people anticipating for substitute treatments for spinal injuries, neurodegenerative disorders, and stoppage caused by a mishap are looking help south of the border.

Clinical Trials Slow

Clinical trials and studies researching the efficiency of a accumulation of branch unit treatments and technologies is exceedingly slow in the United States. It takes time to rise drugs, actions studies, and establish the safety and efficiency of a accumulation of drugs, technologies and treatments. While this is understandable, many people feel that scholarship and technology isn’t relocating swift sufficient to help them with their needs when they need it most.
While Americans wait for impatiently for branch unit technologies to turn existing in the United States, countries around the creation such as Mexico have been utilizing branch unit treatments formed on rudimentary branch cells, umbilical connective tissue branch cell, adult branch unit and placenta-based branch unit treatments and procedures for years.
Affordable Yet Quality Based Services

Medical providers and services located via Mexico from just south of the limit to Mexico City, Guadalajara and serve south, offer general travelers affordable nonetheless high quality care. Consumers are speedy and cautioned to investigate and research credentials, accreditation and story of facilities, together with efficiency of treatments and procedures. Still, flourishing figures of medical providers and services promotion general studious caring are authorized by general high quality organizations, entirely certified, lerned and gifted in their margin of expertise.

According to a 2008 essay created by staff bard Sara Miller Llana is to Christian Science Monitor and posted on MSN Money, Guadalajara has turn a leading traveller attraction; a well known for cosmetic surgical procedures. Mexico enjoys a hurriedly flourishing marketplace in medical tourism that moreover offers the most appropriate in eighth month spots such as Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan and destinations such as Cancun.

Consumers should know that in most cases, cheaper prices offering in other countries aren’t due to inferior care, equipment, technology, or qualifications. Cheaper procedures are due to the fact that doctors in other countries aren’t compulsory to outlay scarcely as ample allowance on medical misconduct insurance as doctors in the United States, thereby fleeting medical cost extra savings on to patients.
For example, an American is told that he must pay $50,000 for a surgical procession in the United States. However, he discovers that he might take the same treatment from a rarely competent and expert doctor in Mexico for $7000. He’s of course suspicious. However, a bit of research in to the story of the medicine or surgeon, his or her practice and experience, the facilities, and the sort of apparatus existing is frequently adequate to reduce fears of inferior treatment.

As with looking healthcare providers in the United States or wherever else, consumers looking medical treatment or healthcare services in Mexico must be take the time to do their task and research facilities, certifications, experience and technologies existing in unfamiliar destinations.

Quality Care in Mexico

Mexico offers state of the art, high-tech and world-class high quality hospitals, in isolation clinics, outpatient centers and services with plain infrastructures in all fields of medical care. Board certified doctors, lerned at home and abroad bring a far-reaching range of skills and skill to their fields and offer the most appropriate in services and high quality caring as services in the U.S. or Europe.
Medical tourism is sepulchral in Mexico, primarily as illness caring expenses and insurance regulations rise in the United States prompts newborn boomers and others around the United States to journey south of the limit to gain and suffer attainable and affordable healthcare in Mexico.

Source: Health--DragonParadox

Purchasing property advice from Surety Title Company

Purchasing real estate in Mexico has change dramatically over the past 10 years for U.S. and other non-Mexican buyers. In 1994, Mexico's federal goverment liberalized ownership provisions on all property within the "restricted zone," a constitutionally protected area along all of Mexico's coastlines, its borders with Guatemala, Belize and the United States, and of the entire Baja peninsula.


These new foreign investment laws allow greater legal freedom and ownership rights for prospective purchasers foreign to Mexico seeking vacation, residential, commercial or industrial properties.

While Mexico is a beautiful and charming country, its real estate laws, rules and customs are much different from those in the United States. Buyers looking for a place to live, vacation or retire in Mexico should familiarize themselves with the basic requirements for investing in Mexican property.

Gaining this knowledge will help the process flow more easily and give you peace of mind about your purchase decision. 
 
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Brewer to Obama: Come to Arizona, See the Open Border

In my meeting with President Obama yesterday, I personally invited him to visit Arizona and see our open borders for himself. Only then might he understand that border security is the mandatory first step in any real effort to battle illegal immigration.

Unfortunately, the President declined to commit to a personal visit.

He also declined my request to increase the National Guard commitment, did not commit to build and extend the fence, and refused to pay the federal obligations for incarceration expenses - over $750 million just since 2003.

While the meeting was cordial and respectful, and I appreciate the opportunity to share the deep concerns of our citizens, a continued lack of action is devastating to Arizona. Washington's continued reluctance to secure our border - with no political strings attached - only suggests the possibility of further violence, failures and delay. No more political two-steps! Now is the time to simply and honestly secure our international border.

It is my hope that the President has a change of heart and takes the time to personally meet in Arizona with our hard-working border enforcement agents, local law enforcement, border-region ranchers, and others who are confronted daily with Arizona's border crisis and see for himself their problems and their justifiable fears. Until operational control of the border by the federal government is achieved, Arizonans and indeed our nation remain at risk.

Following our meeting today, I'm encouraged that there may be a new and more open willingness for direct dialogue between the federal government and Arizona. However, as I have said before, illegal immigration will not be solved by the promises that have been made, but rather, by the tangible results on the ground.

The President should see for himself how a lack of enforcement has turned Arizona into the superhighway of illegal drug and human smuggling activity. My invitation to come to Arizona remains open.

Jan Brewer
Governor State of Arizona

Mexico opens California office to provide IDs for illegals

By: Sara A. Carter
National Security Correspondent

June 3, 2010

The Mexican government is opening a satellite consular office on Catalina Island -- a small resort off the California coast with a history of drug smuggling and human trafficking -- to provide the island's illegal Mexican immigrants with identification cards, The Washington Examiner has learned.

The Mexican consular office in Los Angeles issued a flier, a copy of which was obtained by The Examiner, listing the Catalina Island Country Club as the location of its satellite office. It invites Mexicans to visit the office to obtain the identification, called matricular cards, by appointment.

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a Republican whose district includes Catalina Island, said handing out matricular cards will exacerbate an already dangerous situation.

"Handing out matricular cards to Mexicans who are not in this country legally is wrong no matter where it's done," he said. "But on Catalina it will do more damage. It's a small island but there's evidence it's being used as a portal for illegals to access mainland California."

Rohrabacher added, "If there were a large number of Americans illegally in Mexico and the U.S. consulate was making it easier for them to stay, Mexico would never permit it."

Mexican officials with the consular office in Los Angeles could not be reached immediately for comment. The matricular consular identification card, is issued by the Mexican government to Mexican nationals residing outside the country, regardless of immigration status. The purpose is to provide identification for opening bank accounts and obtaining other services. But the cards are usually used to skirt U.S. immigration laws, since Mexicans in the country legally have documents proving that status, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said.

In 2004 testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, FBI officials called the card an unreliable form of identification. The agency said that Mexico lacks a centralized database for them, which could lead to forgery, duplication, and other forms of abuse.

Officers with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said their agency was asked by Mexican officials not to enforce U.S. immigration laws on the island while the cards were being issued.
"It amazes me every time that the Mexican government has the gall to tell us what to do," said an ICE official, who asked not to be named. "More surprisingly is how many times we stand by and let them. This is just an example of one of hundreds of requests we've had to deal with."

In April, Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies seized a boat carrying large quantities of marijuana and detained three Mexican nationals who said they were being smuggled into the United States.

The island has a sizable Mexican migrant population. Most are undocumented low-income workers.

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LIVE LONGER, HEALTIER AND HAPPIER-GETOUT OF THE U.S.

Want To Live Longer, Healthier, and Happier? Get Out of the U.S., Says InternationalLiving.com


Posted on June 1, 2010 by Dan Prescher

June 1: Baltimore, Maryland — Want to live longer and healthier? You can increase your chances if you move out of the U.S.

So says InternationalLiving.com in a survey of its editors and writers from around the world. Read the story here: Feel Younger, Live Longer: The World’s Healthiest Places to Live in 2010.

Experts say that optimism and purpose, a low stress level, a natural diet and an active lifestyle are three times as important as your genetic makeup when it comes to enjoying a long and healthy life.

It’s much easier to embrace those elements when you’re living in a place where they come naturally, as they do in InternationalLiving.com editors’ top picks for the world’s healthiest places to live: Costa Rica, Ecuador, New Zealand, Panama, and Sardinia.

In these five top locations, people tend to put great value on personal interaction and friendship, and that involvement keeps people actively and positively engaged every day. A slower pace of life—often coupled with a much lower cost of living—relieves the pressure and anxiety so widespread in the U.S.

And while the “locavore” movement—which advocates eating foods grown near where you live—is just gaining momentum in the U.S., in the places profiled by InternationalLiving.com the foods you find at the markets have always been fresh, local and organic.

Also in these destinations, the air is clean and the sun shines—so you tend to be outside more and therefore more active.

The combination of all these factors can have an immediate positive impact on health and wellness… as well as on your bottom line.

As American Lee Carper reported after a few months in Ecuador, “I haven’t felt this good in so long I can’t remember. I used to take pain medication, but here I rarely take an aspirin.”

But Americans aren’t going abroad just for healthier lifestyle. When it comes to the basic economics of professional medical care, Americans are saving money and in many cases getting better care abroad.

Says Suzan Haskins, Latin American Editorial Director of InternationalLiving.com, “Americans distracted by the health-care debate at home probably didn’t notice when 400,000 of their fellow citizens picked up their passports and left the country to seek treatment abroad. That’s the number who travel for health care each year, and for good reason.”

Nearly every standard medical procedure is available overseas today, says Haskins. And—depending upon the country and the type of treatment—you can save up to 85% of the cost of the same treatment in the U.S. without sacrificing quality of care.

dprescher@internationalliving.com

A move to another country may make economic sense

Why retirees are fleeing the U.S.

A move to another country may make economic sense, especially for seniors who don't have enough savings to live in retirement without a dramatic cut in lifestyle.

By Scott Burns – MSN MONEY

Several years ago a Dallas couple approaching retirement disappeared. Well-known on the charitable-event circuit, the couple were in Dallas one day and gone the next. Phone disconnected. No forwarding address. No working cell-phone number.

Eventually, word spread that they were somewhere in Mexico. They had sold whatever they owned, packed their car and headed for the border. They were, conflicting reports said, living in small towns, the kind of places seldom featured in travel magazines.

We can only speculate on what happened. I think they were broke, had little or nothing in savings and knew they had to make a major change to survive on their Social Security income and minimal savings. Like millions of other Americans, their ship never came in. They got older. Work became harder to find. Suddenly, they realized their life was entirely unsustainable. They were heading toward a cliff.

They had to do something radical. Like live in an RV. Or leave the country.

The question is: Can a move to another country offer a cost of living so much lower than the cost of living here that moving is a positive solution? I believe the answer is yes. I also believe that thousands of older Americans will be crossing the border in the years to come.
To test the economic idea, I decided to use ESPlanner, the powerful financial-planning software I've used in other columns. I wanted to compare, in steps, what a couple could do by moving to Mexico. I wanted to see how much lower the cost of living abroad must be for a desperate idea to become a workable strategy.

So imagine this: You're 57. You're married. You make a reasonable but not glorious income of $75,000 a year. It isn't rising very fast. It may not rise much at all in the future. Indeed, you're wondering if management won't find a way to eliminate your job well before you turn 66. Worse, your entire nest egg is about $100,000 from the sale of your home several years earlier. It earns a safe 5.5%. Your wife doesn't work. The kids are grown.

Day after day, you have a dreadful feeling you are running toward a cliff. In fact, you are -- an income cliff.

Today, you are spending your entire $60,000 a year of after-tax income . You aren't saving. But if you are forced to retire at 62, your income will plummet. It won't be much more than your Social Security benefits -- about $18,000 for you and about $8,400 for your wife, a total of $26,400. (All figures are in dollars of constant purchasing power.)

That's a 56% reduction in your standard of living -- more than you can bear or imagine.
A BETTER STANDARD OF LIVING

Can you reduce the shock if you spend less today and save as much as possible, shooting for a level standard of living?

ESPlanner tells us yes. But with only five years to go, it won't help much. By saving about $30,000 a year and creating a bigger nest egg, you can increase your lifetime consumption from $26,400 a year to about $33,700 a year.

That's a hefty increase, but it would still feel like a crash. So, it's time to think about Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica or Panama.

Adventurous American seniors are settling in places such as Costa Rica and Nicaragua. But a life south of the border isn't for all retirees.

Suppose you can find a place where the cost of living is about 75% of the cost in the United States -- some beach town north of Puerto Vallarta or south of Manzanillo. What happens to your standard of living when you move to Mexico? It rises to the equivalent of about $42,400 in the U.S.

That's not bad. But then you notice a problem: You'll be living in Mexico, where you can't get Medicare services, but you'll still be paying for Medicare. If your premiums rise at the historical rate -- 4.6% a year faster than inflation -- the $3,200 a year you'll pay out at 65 will rise to a stunning $9,400 a year by the time you are 90. It would be a big hit on your standard of living.

Maybe it's time to blow off Medicare. What happens to your standard of living if you don't sign up for Medicare at 65? It goes up to the equivalent of $47,200 a year. Of course, you'll still have medical expenses, but perhaps you can make a better, less-expensive arrangement.

Could you do still better? Yes. Just continue searching for a low-cost area. If you can find a place where the cost of living is 60% of the U.S. cost, your lifetime standard of living, without Medicare expenses, will be the equivalent of $55,500 -- very close to the $60,000 you got to spend while working in America.

Questions about personal finance and investments may be e-mailed to scott@scottburns.com..

Published Dec. 5, 2007 -- MSN Money

Calderon casted high octaine fuel on our dangerous immigration fire!

Mexico's President Calderon casting such high authoritive fuel on our dangerous neighboring immigration fire is unbelievable. I'm still reeling from the thought of the damage that he has done at the grassroots level, the encouragement he has ignited with the beligherent, illegal and legal, demanding, demonstrating mobs. And, I am aghast at our legislators applauding such a reckless act.  You can be sure that Calderon knew that he was on friendly Obama ground, possibly even preapproved.  I'm burned out.

A Sickening Spectacle. Yesterday, the leader of a foreign nation — visiting Washington as a guest of the American people — stood before the United States Congress and denounced a democratically enacted state law.

(May 21, 2010 3:00 PM By Guy Benson -- FROM THE NATIONAL REVIEW ON LINE.)

Apparently taking his cues from his American counterparts, the Mexican president condemned a bill that either (a) he has not read, or (b) he has read, but chooses to intentionally distort for political purposes. For example, during his remarks, Mr. Calderon incorrectly asserted that Arizona’s law “introduce[s] a terrible idea of using racial profiling as a basis for law enforcement.” The legislation explicitly forbids racial profiling.

On Wednesday, appearing at the White House, Calderon again assailed Arizona for passing a law that “is forcing our people to face discrimination.” Charles Krauthammer asks the incisive questions:

If they’re his people, well what are they doing in the United States? If they’re his people, why do they leave Mexico, abandon his country, to live under the jurisdiction and the laws of the United States?

Calderon surely knows the answers to both queries — but he’s content to overlook them and shift blame for his own country’s dysfunction so long as the gravy train of American remittances continues to prop up its economy. Perhaps Mr. Calderon also forgot to prepare a passage in his speech excoriating his own nation’s draconian and discriminatory (by comparison, and by his own standard) treatment of illegal immigrants.

I’d imagine that many Americans are repulsed by the spectacle of a foreign leader lecturing and hectoring our elected representatives — on our soil, no less. Although Calderon’s hypocrisy and misplaced sanctimony may be galling and undignified, one could argue that at least he’s doing his job. He is simply tending to the best interests of his own country and people: stricter enforcement of American immigration laws would hurt Mexico, therefore, he opposes it.

Yesterday’s truly scandalous behavior, therefore, was not Calderon’s speech. It was the reaction of many American members of Congress — mostly Democrats — who stood and applauded his dishonest and self-serving invective. It was a despicable scene: Elected American representatives enthusiastically cheering a foreign leader for his salvos against an American law passed by a freely elected legislature, signed by a freely elected governor, and supported by a substantial majority of Americans.

It was a jarring display of how dangerously out of touch our elite “leaders” have become, and how willing they are to (yet again) cheerfully ignore the will and interests of their own countrymen. For far too many of them, the ultimate goal is not the defense of a Constitution they swore to uphold, but an indefatigable pursuit of a political ideology that – as our president recently articulated — transcends borders and traditional notions of national sovereignty.

Travel caravans (many RV's) to San Felipe, Baja, Mexico

Next Caravan to San Felipe, May 26th. Travel caravans (many RV's) to San Felipe, Baja, Mexico can be the best way to get to San Felipe for those who prefer group travel, are hesitant to travel outside of the USA or are traveling in Mexico for the first time.

It's no wonder some people are hesitant, with all the exaggerated news reports about drugs and violence in places like Tijuana on the Pacific or along the Texas border. The difference is that San Felipe is not one of those places and has a crime rate lower than most US cities. Do you NOT go to Disneyland because of the LA crime? How about Mardi Gra? Have you heard about the crime in New Orleans? Thankfully, San Felipe is still a safe, quiet little fishing village trying to transition to a tourist destination.

San Felipe is a quiet little town of about 25,000 with a large population of American visitors and retirees. During major holidays as well as Spring Break, the population can swell.

Originally named Santa Catarina around 1539 as a fishing village but was given it's current name San Felipe de Jesus in 1721. San Felipe is still a small town with all the quaintness of a small town.

You'll not find any of the flashy, glitzy huge Las Vegas style multi story condos like in Cabo or La Paz here. San Felipe is growing, just not in that direction. Hopefully San Felipe will keep it's small town atmosphere for a long time.
So if you're tired of expensive living in a cold wet climate; think about where the weather is warm, property taxes are in the low hundreds (not in the mid to high thousands) and a retired couple can live on just ONE Social Security check. Think about joining me for a Caravan Trip to San Felipe.

San Felipe, Baja is located just 120 miles south of the California border on the Sea of Cortez (aka the Gulf of California). Nestled between the Punta El Macharro and the Punta Estrella along side the Bahia de San Felipe . To the west is the mountain range Picacho del Diablo with one peak reaching over 10,000 feet. This peak got it's name because locals witnessed lightning strikes in that area and thought it was the angry devil.

During the Second World War the American Army's Corps of Engineers constructed a usable road to San Felipe where it built a Submarine Watch Station.

Travel from Mexicali on Mexico's Hwy.5 is constantly improving. A brand new highway is currently under construction starting with a divided four lane in San Felipe heading north towards Mexicali. At the junction of Hwy 5 and Hwy. 3 from Ensenada, is a new over-crossing and a new military security check point.

You will know you have arrived in San Felipe once you pass the two arches, known as The Gateway to the Sea of Cortez.

What is there to do? Now that you've made the trip, just what is there to do? Well, some just want to sit on the clean white beach in the warm sun and relax. Some want to be more active want and be doing something like: Fishing, Digging your own Clams for Dinner, Collecting Shells, Clubbing, Curio Shopping for Trinkets, T-Shirts and Blankets, Off Road Racing, Visiting the Valley of the Giants (Cardon Cactus), Rent an ATV to go Desert Sightseeing, Trying to eat at as many food stands and Restaurants as Possible (my favorite).

In 2010 there are many events planned. For instance:

January - Taste of San Felipe
February - Mardi Gra Carnival, Paella Festival
March - San Felipe 250 Race, Hobie Cat Regatta, Blues & Arts Festival, Tequila Festival
April - Code Off Road Races, Chili Cook Off, Spring Break
May - Cinco de Mayo, La Paz 1000 Race
June - Baja 500 Ensenada
September - Mexican Independence Day
November - Baja 1000 (Ensenda - La Paz), Shrimp Festival

These are just a few examples of things to do; but you get the idea. Don't forget about those great margaritas and did you know that San Felipe invented the fish taco? Did you also know that San Felipe is known as the shrimp capitol?

San Felipe, A Fun Safe Place to Play and Stay on the Sea of Cortez, let me show you why. Caravan trips to San Felipe and back.

Sincerely
Rich Mockabee

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MEXICO IS ANGRY!

The shoe is on the other foot and the Mexicans from the State of Sonora , Mexico do not like it. Can you believe the nerve of these people? It's almost funny.

The State of Sonora is angry at the influx of Mexicans into Mexico . Nine state legislators from the Mexican State of Sonora traveled to Tucson to complain about Arizona 's new employer crackdown on illegals from Mexico . It seems that many Mexican illegals are returning to their hometowns and the officials in the Sonora state government are ticked off.

A delegation of nine state legislators from Sonora was in Tucson on Tuesday to state that Arizona 's new Employer Sanctions Law will have a devastating effect on the Mexican state.

At a news conference, the legislators said that Sonora - Arizona's southern neighbor - made up of mostly small towns - cannot handle the demand for housing, jobs and schools that it will face as Mexican workers return to their hometowns from the USA without jobs or money.

The Arizona law, punishes Arizona employers who knowingly hire individuals without valid legal documents to work in the United States . Penalties include suspension of, or loss of, their business license.

The Mexican legislators are angry because their own citizens are returning to their hometowns, placing a burden on THEIR state government. 'How can Arizona pass a law like this?' asked Mexican Rep Leticia Amparano-Gamez, who represents Nogales . 'There is not one person living in Sonora who does not have a friend or relative working in Arizona ,' she said, speaking in Spanish. 'Mexico is not prepared for this, for the tremendous problems it will face as more and more Mexicans working in Arizona and who were sending money to their families return to their home-towns in Sonora without jobs,' she said. 'We are one family, socially and economically,' she said of the people of Sonora and Arizona .

(I could not go back to find the source, but I think is was an article reprinted in NewsMax--Could find nothing in Snopes or Truth-or-Fiction)

LOS CABOS--SAN JOSE DEL CABO--CABO SAN LUCAS explained:

At the tip of the Baja Peninsula is the area equivalent to our counties. This county is LOS CABOS.
Los Cabos has three major towns, Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo are both at the tip;
1. Cabo San Lucas is on the west, southern most tip on the Pacific Ocean side
2. San Jose del Cabo is toward the east tip where the Sea of Cortez meets the Pacific Ocean
3. LaPaz is up north about 100 miles on the east side on the Sea of Cortez
Skirting up the tip from Cabo San Lucas along the ocean about 30 miles is San Jose del Cabo
where the airport is located.
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San Jose del Cabo is also where our Las Villas de Mexico with sea view-golf course condos &
townhouses is located.  E-mail or phone me for more info. richards4@msn.com  209-473-0404

Drug-Related Kidnappings Rampant in Arizona

Justice Dept.: Drug-Related Kidnappings Rampant in Arizona


The violence associated with drug smuggling has spilled across the Mexican border to such an extent that last year there was a drug-related kidnapping every 33 hours in the city of Phoenix alone.

That’s one of the eye-opening disclosures from the National Drug Threat Assessment for 2010, published by the National Drug Intelligence Center, a division of the U.S. Justice Department.
“Although much of the violence attributed to conflict over control of smuggling routes has been confined to Mexico, some has occurred in the United States,” according to the Justice Department report, issued shortly before Arizona passed a tough new immigration law targeting illegal aliens in the state.
“Violence in the United States has been limited primarily to attacks against alien smuggling organization members and their families — some of whom have sought refuge from the violence in Mexico by moving to U.S. border communities such as Phoenix.
“For example, in recent years, kidnappings in Phoenix have numbered in the hundreds, with 260 in 2007, 299 in 2008, and 267 in 2009.”

The 267 kidnappings in Phoenix last year equal one kidnapping every 1.4 days, or every 33 hours.

The kidnapping victims often have a connection to drug trafficking activities or are innocent relatives of traffickers, the report states.

“An individual or individuals may be kidnapping because of a lost drug load or failure to pay a drug debt.

“The number of U.S kidnapping incidents is most likely underreported because many victims’ families are unwilling to report the crime for fear that the victim will be killed, the kidnappers will retaliate against the family, or law enforcement will discover the family’s drug trafficking activities or illegal alien status.”

Other disclosures of the threat assessment:

On average, three Border Patrol agents are assaulted each day at or near the Mexican border.

Last year, mid-level and retail drug distribution in the U.S. was dominated by more than 900,000 criminally active gang members, representing approximately 20,000 gangs in more than 2,500 cities.

In addition to vehicles, Mexico drug smugglers use “cross-border tunnels, subterranean passageways, and low-flying or ultralight aircraft to move drugs from Mexico into the United States.”

Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) smuggled tens of billions of dollars from the U.S. through the Southwest border into Mexico in 2009.

Mexican DTO members or associates acquire thousands of weapons each year in Arizona, California, and Texas and smuggle them into Mexico.

The outlook, according to the report: “Without a significant increase in drug interdictions, seizures, arrests, and investigations that apply sustained pressure on major DTOs, availability of most drugs will increase in 2010, primarily because drug production in Mexico is increasing.”

OUT LIVING YOUR MONEY-the economy-health care-retirement-security

Many people today are more fearful than ever of OUT LIVING YOUR MONEY.

It appears now from the pending long term crisis, all the years that we saved for the future has changed.

You might not be able to retire on the Social Security, some retirement plans and home equity as you had

previously planned.


When we met before, we talked about your dream of Paradise by the Sea. You probably have lost that

dream because of the changes in your economic status. Well, I'd like to invite you to spend a little time

rethinking your economy, health care, retirement, security and investing.


Living in Mexico makes more sense now than ever before. Here's one example; how much are you paying

in property taxes, $3,000, $6,000, $12,000? You can live at El Dorado Ranch on a one quarter acre for

taxes of $270 per year, now matter how big a house is on it, and if you pay $12,000 here you would have

enough left over to live on there for most of the year. Health care, many Americans are moving to Mexico

just for that reason.


Spend a little time to bring yourself up to date on owning real estate at El Dorado Ranch or

at one of our other two Sea of Cortez communities, Estella del Mar in Mazatlan or Las Villas of Mexico in

Cabo San Lucas, (actually closeby in San Jose del Cabo).


Here' the schedule this week:

WEBINAR this Sat. 9:30 am: Dial Phone Info: 888-272-8702 then 8579553# (copy this #)

To join the online meeting, click here or type in your web browser:

https://rmac.megameeting.com/?page=guest&conid=Richswebmeeting Code 8579553# (copy this #) (It's a good idea the first time to start 5 to 10 minutes early, especially if you are not familiar)

Thursday 2/18 dinner 6:30 at the new Eastern Empire Restaurant on Howe at Fair Oaks in Sacramento

Saturday 2/21 dinner 6:00 at the Mayflower Restaurant in the Great Mall in Milpitas (this one at 6:00 pm)

e-mail: richards4@msn.com

Guide for buying real estate in Mexico - click on 2 links above

Stewart Title Guaranty de Mexico Escrow Services Brochure.
Stewart Title Guaranty de Mexico..Real Estate Buyer's Guide.

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Health Care in Mexico

With all the talk about health care in the US these days, when you are about to consider on moving, one concern that you should properly deal is health care. Fortunately, you can actually find out that generally, health care in Mexico is very impressive, and in most places, very excellent.
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