20 years in prison

It is a mind-blowing idea to realise that La Paz was left yesterday to go to Beijing, China.

Last week was the Baja 1000, a race of off-road cars taking place on the dirt roads of the South of Baja California.
At the gas station in La Paz was a middle-aged man with his 4x4 pick up truck who had been the chase-car for his two sons participating in the race.
Now he was going back to the USA.
“Where are you heading”, he asked.
His eyes went misty when he heard the traveller was on his way to China.

Because the flight to Beijing from Los Angeles is on December 7, the fabulous luxury is experienced of being able to travel in a most relaxed way.

At the first “Puesto de Control”, where the Mexican Army require an “Alto Total” to inspect cars and trucks on drugs and weapons, Corporal Martinez was befriended.



Corporal Martinez had a book with pictures of catches they had made.


Trucks who had parcels of cocaine hidden under their cargo.
Or in a special space in a large propane tank.

In the top of a propane tanker a special space was created with a huge amount of cocaine.

But most interesting were the pictures of women who hide drugs under their clothes.

An Italian woman caught with cocaine in her suitcase. She is not in Italy now but in a Mexican prison.

Mexican with cocaine in her lugguage.

Cocaine taped to the upper legs.

Cocaine taped to the lower legs.

Unclear where exactly this block of marijuana is being found.

Cocaine around the lower legs.

Cocaine in the bra.

All the pictures were rather old.
It looks that these “Puestos de Control” are effective in the sense of prevention.
According to Corporal Martinez, a driver of a truck loaded with drugs will go to prison for 20 years.

Driver of truck in prison now for 20 years.

With the “Puestos de Control” effective, the drugs one buys in the USA have therefore probably not been travelling on the Baja roads.








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