tampico is an oil rig town.not a tourism town.so no concern about affecting the contrast in 23 years.never been shook down by a cop in oaxaca.or even pick pocketed.4.it's just getting a little more like the wild west in mexico.everyone looking for a little chance to take advantage. lots of polite, respectful stops by military and feds all the way down to oaxaca.theory is 1.it was near dia de los muertos.and local traffic cops are known to look for extra $ for their "taco" around holidays.our fault.2.car was conspicuous.and sorry to say, ours was older than yours.just having usa plates on an old suv makes it conspicuous.3. but never again.crossed into reynosa just at dawn.thinking wanted to get out of border area asap.and i guess we went TOO early.got stopped within a half local crooked traffic cop, who was very demanding, very aggressive, basically said, you can pay me right now.or i will just hold you here until 10am when the cartel people show up and they shoot people here all the time.i have a street smart local husband.and still we paid $300.then he so graciously showed us the right road out of town.then in tampico, same day stopped 4 more times by crooked local traffic cops.threatened at length, tow truck in position, took a few things out of the suv.kept hus and i seperated, talking thousands of dollars.one even escorted us to an atm.which would not give us cash.oddly they accepted that.ended up a total of $615 dollars in bribes to get from reynosa to tuxpan.the cops even wrote their car number and color code.saying when you get stopped by the next cop.just tell them you paid and show them my car # written in the dust on your hood (doesn't work either).the rest of the way south. We are seasoned mex/am couple, driven many times.favorite entry used to be reynosa.then down the coast to costa esmeralda in veracruz and lovely family owned beach hotel.on the way south.
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