Off to Casa Abuelo - Acapulco Mexico

[Cigar]

I can't take the Snow and Cold any more ..............

The Wife and I and several friends off the relax and play Golf for the weekend and Joe Polumbo's place.

If you ever get a chance ... it's a great place to rent for a weekend or a week.

Excellent view from a mountaintop ... http://www.free-rentals.com/central-...asa-abuelo.php





The Staff is Great ... plus a driver and body guard.








Don't spend you're enter weekend $#@!ing with bitter people like Mrs D

[Polecat]

It can't be that nice if they're letting you in there

[texan]

Very nice, I was just travelling in MO. That sucked!

Snow everywhere cars off the side of the road.......18 Wheelers dumped over..................Puke!

I never want to see Vail only Acapulco.

[Peter1469]

I like the all inclusives on the Caribbean side.

[waltky]

Mexico police attacked in Acapulco...

Mexico police under gun attack in Acapulco
Mon, 25 Apr 2016 - Police officers come under attack in a two-hour gunfight in the Mexican city of Acapulco.

Several gunmen attacked a hotel where officers stay, in the tourist area Las Playas on Sunday evening. Dozens of people had to shelter in shops while shooting continued, until after 23:00 local time (04:00 GMT). One suspected gunman was killed when police returned fire. Officers then chased other gunmen through the streets before securing the area. At the same time, a separate group of gunmen attacked a federal police base in the city. Mexico's federal authorities have called an emergency meeting with the local authorities to discuss the incident.

Man in helmet and bulletproof holds machine gun in air; it's night time; the black vest contrasts with his white short sleeved T shirt

Guerrero state Governor Hector Astudillo Flores told Imagen radio that the gang members were taking revenge for the arrest of their leader, last Friday. Freddy del Valle Berdel, known as "The Donkey," is the presumed leader of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel in Acapulco. "We have information that this is a retaliation for his detention. It was the federal police who arrested him and the attack was against federal police officers," said Mr Astudillo.

Some universities in Acapulco have cancelled classes for Monday but local media (link in Spanish) report that according to education authorities, schools will still be open. The US department of state has warned American consular staff not to travel to Acapulco, saying that Guerrero was the most violent state in Mexico in 2015. Tens of thousands of people have died in drug-related violence in Mexico in the past decade.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-36127224

[waltky]

Can't say ya weren't warned...

Police, soldiers swarm Mexico's Acapulco, killings continue
May 22,`16 -- Along with beach towels or sandals, there's a new popular beach accessory that says a lot about the violence gripping this once-glamorous resort: a small black leather tote hanging from the neck or shoulders of some men. It's not a man-bag, exactly; it holds a small pistol.

"When I saw you guys standing outside my office, I almost went for my bag," said one businessman who lives in terror after getting death threats and extortion demands by criminal gangs at his office four blocks from the water. "I'm in fear for my life." Death can strike anywhere in Acapulco these days: A sarong vendor was slain on the beach in January by a gunman who escaped on a Jet Ski. Another man was gunned down while enjoying a beer at a seaside restaurant. In the hillside slums that ring the city, a 15-year-old girl's body was found chopped into pieces and wrapped in a blanket, her severed head in a bucket nearby with a hand-lettered sign from a drug gang. The upsurge in killings has made Acapulco one of Mexico's most violent places, scaring away what international tourism remained and recently prompting the U.S. government to bar its employees from traveling here for any reason.

In response, Mexico has lined the city's coastal boulevard with heavily armed police and soldiers, turning Acapulco into a high-profile test case for a security strategy that the government has used elsewhere: When homicides spike, flood the area with troops. Today it's almost easier to find a truck full of soldiers, a federal policeman or a gaggle of local tourist cops than it is to find a taxi along the "costera," the seaside boulevard that runs through the hotel zone. Marines patrol the beach, while federal police watch over the breakwaters. "This area has been made bulletproof," Guerrero state prosecutor Xavier Olea said.

A taxi drives past the Cuauhtemoc Housing Unit and a municipal sign with a message that reads in Spanish; "Building the new Acapulco" in Acapulco, Mexico. The city's latest wave of killings began April 24, when bursts of gunfire broke out along the coastal boulevard. The murder rate in this city of 800,000 hit 146 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2012. It has since fallen to about 112 per 100,000, but that remains far higher than nationwide levels.

Except it hasn't. A week after AP reporters visited, gunmen shot to death three young men in broad daylight two blocks away from the restaurant; two of their bullet-ridden bodies lay on the concrete just off the beach, and one bled out on the sand. Two were waiters, and the third a roving coconut oil vendor. On a recent day, farther down the beach, another black bag hung around the neck of a man nicknamed "the lieutenant." He works as a bodyguard for a man with underworld connections who agreed to meet near an open-air restaurant to discuss the security situation. He spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid being targeted by rivals or authorities. "There are 300 paid killers on the costera," the underworld figure said, gesturing expansively over plates of fried fish and shrimp. At least one other bodyguard was nearby. "A decent killer makes about 5,000 pesos ($275) a week."

Experts say Acapulco shows the limitations of the government's security strategy. Federal police, almost none of whom are from the city, quickly get lost once they leave the coastal boulevard and ascend into twisting, hillside neighborhoods. Their heavy weapons are ill-suited to urban policing, and they're hampered as well by Mexico's unwieldy judicial system and a lack of investigative training. Last week two men were shot and wounded on the street a block from the popular Caleta beach. Police showed up, but when no ambulance arrived, relatives or friends simply bundled the men into private vehicles to take them to the hospital. Police marked spent shell casings with cut-off plastic soda bottles, but there was no sign of any in-depth investigation. "It's the same problem in Guerrero, the same problem in Tamaulipas, in Michoacan," security analyst Alejandro Hope said, referring to three states where homicides have spiked. "Suddenly there's an emergency, they send troops to where the problem is and in the short term crime drops. But then there is an emergency somewhere else, and then the troops have to leave, and they have not developed local law-enforcement capacity."

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[Doublejack]

$#@!

I'm headed to Anchorage in a week for work. I would much rather travel south.

[waltky]

Latest on Mexican narco-war...

15 killed, including 11 members of a family, in north Mexico
Jul 9,`16 -- Officials say attacks by gunmen in the capital of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas have left 15 people dead, including 11 members of one family who were shot while still in their beds.

Six minors were among those killed in the attacks, which took place late Friday and early Saturday in Ciudad Victoria. While officials didn't specify who was behind the violence, factions of the splintered Zetas Cartel are fighting for control of the city.

Herminio Garza Palacios, secretary of government in Tamaulipas, said the most serious attack took place early Saturday when gunmen entered a home and killed 11 members of one family while they were sleeping. Shortly afterward, three people were killed in a nearby neighborhood.

Police Ministry reports said a 16-year-old died in another attack.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...07-09-19-31-11

[waltky]

Zetas shootout closes major highway, kills bystander...

Shootouts in Mexico border city kill 11, including bystander
Sep 3,`16 -- Two highway shootouts between soldiers and suspected drug gang members in a northern border city resulted in 11 dead Saturday, including a bystander caught in the crossfire, Mexican authorities reported.

The violence in Nuevo Laredo, across from Laredo, Texas, prompted the temporary closure of the highway, which is a major artery for travel and commerce between the United States and Mexico.

The Tamaulipas state government said in a statement that the armed confrontations began early Saturday when troops killed eight suspected criminals on the highway. Soldiers seized a truck and high-caliber weapons, it said. An hour later another shootout broke out nearby in which two suspects were killed, along with a woman who was traveling in her car, authorities said.

Nuevo Laredo Mayor Carlos Canturosas said Saturday night via Facebook that the highway, which handles nearly half of the export-import cargo between Mexico and the United States, had reopened. Nuevo Laredo has experienced high violence rates as rival factions of the Zetas drug cartel fight for control of the area.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...09-03-22-20-07

[Bo-4]

And now @Cigar is in Greece?

Damn you "free stuff" black folk.

DAMN YOU!