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   Chad Loder (chadloder@kolektiva.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Mar-2023 09:58:54 JST Chad Loder

   The fact that Americans are risking their lives traveling to a region of Mexico controlled by cartels in order to obtain healthcare says a lot more about the USA than it does about Mexico.

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     SinbadTheSailor (sinbadthesailor@crabland.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Mar-2023 10:57:27 JST SinbadTheSailor

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     @chadloder I used to cross the border to Nogales for dental cleaning. Was the best. $25+$15 for x-rays. No B.S., no upselling, no 3 hour call arguing with my insurance.

     Generally the cartels are interested in keeping the streets safe for Americans. They have to launder that drug money somehow and tend to also own a portfolio of dentist offices, resorts, etc. that Americans frequent.

     Hence the cartel turning in their own guys after this incident. "Don't F with gringos" is good businesses.

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     Chad Loder (chadloder@kolektiva.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Mar-2023 10:57:38 JST Chad Loder

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     @PJ_Evans To be fair, State Department has designated like half of Mexico as "Do Not Travel" despite millions of American citizens regularly crossing the border and back without incident.

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     P J Evans has moved to mas.to (pj_evans@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Mar-2023 10:57:39 JST P J Evans has moved to mas.to

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     @chadloder
     That they do it *in spite of warnings* says a lot.