Canadian Found Dead, Tied to Tree in Mexico

[grammafreddy]

http://www.travelandescape.ca/2012/11/c ... in-mexico/

Canadian Found Dead, Tied to Tree in Mexico
Story by:
T+E Staff
9 November 2012

Another Canadian has been found murdered in Mexico, in what police believe may have been a robbery.

A man from British Columbia who went missing in Mexico last month has been found dead. According to Mexican media reports, his body was found tied to a tree in the beach town of Barra de Navidad, located north of Manzanillo. His neck was reportedly tied to the tree with a belt and his hands were bound with tape.

The victim, Ron Lloyd MacKintosh, was a 64-year-old retiree from Nanaimo, B.C. He had moved to Mexico two years ago, and had been a long-time visitor to the country prior to making the move.

The hunt for MacKintosh began on Oct. 22, when his common-law wife reported him missing. He was last seen in Melaque, a town near Barra de Navidad, where he had driven a friend home; his car hasn’t been found.

This is the third Canadian death in Mexico this year. Another British Columbia native, 67-year-old Robin Wood, was also killed in Melaque this year, during a home invasion in January. The second death was Duane Joseph Lang of Regina, who was murdered in an apartment in Puerto Vallarta back in August.

It’s been a horrific past few years for Canadians in Mexico. In addition to the three deaths this year, a woman had to have facial reconstruction after she was attacked in a resort in Mazatlan earlier this year.

In 2010, another B.C. man who had moved to Mexico was killed in Puerto Vallarta, and a Quebec man was found in the trunk of a burned rental car in the state of Guerrero.

In February of this year, 22 Carnival Cruise tourists were robbed at gunpoint while on a bus tour in Puerto Vallarta. No one was injured.

[netfreak]

I don't know why people go down there. I was on a passenger train running through a rural area and a flying brick took out part of the window next to my head. It was also fun being questioned by Federales holding automatic weapons.

[Captain Awesome]

Dangerous place. Somebody I know through another person was murdered with the wife still missing.

[Phoenix Within]

Yea I never got the appeal. Even the resorts aren't safe anymore.

[the_zipper]

I vacation in this area every year! It is beautiful and quite safe. There are murders that happen right here in Kelowna. I would have to say I feel safer there than I do here. It has been rumoured that this guy was into some questionable things. Let just say you don't get tied to a tree and murdered for just swimming on the beach!

[juz516]

hear! hear!

[tryscotty]

Maybe the prices will come down if these stories get out there. PS, anybody go to Vegas? Don't get me started about murder and crime there. Disneyland? Yep, LA is totally safe.

[Phoenix Within]

PS, anybody go to Vegas? Don't get me started about murder and crime there. Disneyland? Yep, LA is totally safe.

How many Canadians have made the news from those places?

[juz516]

Every single day in this province alone, there is a minimum of one murder, at least lately. Canadians killing Canadians....and yet if it happens in another country everyone is up in arms about it. You can say here that it is a "targeted" killing...gang related...but who is to say that it is not the same if it happens there? Many many people travel to Mexico and thoroughly enjoy what it has to offer....and others go there and/or move there but are and/or get involved in the drug trade on many levels. In Mexico if you do get involved in the "trade", your life is bound to be cut short, not a whole lot different than it is getting here. People seem to think they can get away with it there, but it catches up.
I lived there for 9 years....and yes, there were murders of drug people killing drug people....but what goes on here on a daily basis is far more scarey because it is not just drug related....We were safe and very happy there and there was little, if any, of the daily crime we see here...keep your nose clean and stay out of the trade and you will be just fine. No different than here any more, in all reality. The drug cartels are ruthless...I don't care if it is here or there or any where else in the world.

[fvkasm2x]

I vacation in this area every year! It is beautiful and quite safe. There are murders that happen right here in Kelowna. I would have to say I feel safer there than I do here. It has been rumoured that this guy was into some questionable things. Let just say you don't get tied to a tree and murdered for just swimming on the beach!

My wife and I went 1.5 years ago and had a blast. Our closest friends went last month. You people are all paranoid. You're more likely to get robbed and raped here than murdered there.

[fvkasm2x]

How many Canadians have made the news from those places?

It's shock journalism. It's like dog attacks. More attacks happens by other breeds, but if it is a pitbull... it makes the front page.

[WeatherWoman]

Go to Cuba! We liked more than Mexico and felt it was safer (so does the Canadaian Government)

[Lady tehMa]

Has anyone heard from Nibs? These sorts of threads/posts always make me fret a bit when he's down south. I've never been so can't offer any experience.

[juz516]

Yup...he is in Mazatlan, totally enjoying Carnaval!!!

[dirtybiker]

Yup...he is in Mazatlan, totally enjoying Carnaval!!!

Thank you, It also get's my mind going also..