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Ok--dear ol' hubby is kinda freaking me out! He said there have been a lot of deaths at the border lately, and that it is not safe to cross due to the drug cartels....I am crossing into Mexicali--is it safe? Trying to relieve hubby's fears--any help?

Thanks!

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Hi,

I was just sleeved by Dr. Aceves 2 weeks ago tomorrow. Boarder is five minutes from the hospital and I felt absolutely safe crossing it. Are you going to Dr. Aceves and if so are you flying into San Diego? If so then Ernesto will be picking you up in a white van. He does this loop multiple times a week and is obviously very experienced. The only thing I wasn't prepared for was the drive from the airport to Mexicali. You drive through the desert and there are these HUGE boulders everywhere. It was a whirlwind of a trip. But we always felt perfectly safe. Good luck, Cathi

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OK--dear ol' hubby is kinda freaking me out! He said there have been a lot of deaths at the border lately, and that it is not safe to cross due to the drug cartels....I am crossing into Mexicali--is it safe? Trying to relieve hubby's fears--any help?

Thanks!

Hi,

This is an extremely SAFE border to cross. Ernesto who is the driver that picks you up from the Airport in San Diego does this 2 times a day and I promise you that Mexicali is one of the safest borders to cross. Tell hime to relax. You are in great hands and nothing will happen to you.

Hugs,

Suzanne

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Thats funny to me actually. I live in Orange County California, its more dangerous to cross the street in Santa Ana at night than to cross the border in the daytime with a driver. Unless you are in the back of a van under the wheel well being smuggled across by "coyotes".

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Thats funny to me actually. I live in Orange County California, its more dangerous to cross the street in Santa Ana at night than to cross the border in the daytime with a driver. Unless you are in the back of a van under the wheel well being smuggled across by "coyotes".

LOL!!! Thank you!

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Really, you hardly even know you are crossing. You are in the van with the driver and you have to wait a little while sometimes, if there is a line.

You basically just stop for a few seconds while they glance inside the van.

They don't check inside bags or anything like that.

I had a face lift in May in Meicalli and it was the same way that time as when I crossed with Ernesto 2 years ago. We just drove right across the border without any difficulty.

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