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Hagen would stare down death and survive a harrowing surgery in third-world conditions before he hypothesized a motive for the two strangers at his door. About two weeks before their visit, Hagen had fired a water truck company “because their drivers were drunk all of the time and they were missing shifts.” … Hagen now believes his decision to find a new water supplier is directly related to the two strangers who arrived at his door.
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He attempted to slam the door when one man pulled the pistol. However, the metal door bounced off its latch and swung wide open, leaving Hagen exposed to the 9-mm pistol. Two bullets ripped through his left abdomen and another pierced his right leg. "I remember crawling in a pool of my own blood and I'll always remember the warmth of that blood. I knew I was in bad trouble."
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Hagen pulled through surgery at a hospital in Iguala. Two days after the shooting, his company arranged for him to be airlifted out of Mexico. A five-hour odyssey by helicopter and private jet delivered him to Saskatoon. "There was no way, in my head, that I was gonna live if I had stayed (in Mexico)," says Hagen. "When I went into surgery, I remember lying on this table. I looked up and there was a cobweb on the light above the table. Conditions are filthy."
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Hagen faces more surgery this summer, but doctors expect him to make a full recovery. As far as he knows, Mexican authorities have not laid charges against anyone in connection with the December shooting.
'Acepto que soy un descarado,
tambien un sinvergüenza,
pero ... ¿qué puedo hacer?'
-Los Tucanes de Tijuana.
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More melodrama involving a Canadian. And the beat goes on. Though, once again, we don't know all of the facts in the matter . . . it seems to me that some of the people in these frequent stories you've been bringing to our attention ought to prompt David Letterman to add "Stupid Canadians" (or “Unfortunate Canadians”) to the "Stupid Pet Tricks" feature on his show.
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I'm curious Longford, why such hostility toward Canadians?
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Captain Sinister
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Longford is a little short on facts. In mining & prospecting companies pay in hard cash and it is a serious problem they constantly deal with - but it has to be done despite the greater wisdom of people like know-it-all-Longford. I know a v. experienced surveyor whose company had an armored car bring the cash as far as they could, make the transfer to a jeep with 3 armed guys in a pretty secret place in a nearby village. But, the bandidos knew that eventually, that Jeep would head up the only highway to the camp - and it did, and they boxed them in with many guns in two vehicles. The bad boys took the money, the jeep, the weapons and the clothes of the company men except for their shoes and underwear and left. Remarkably, an oil co. vehicle happened along and they used their cell phones to call the police and the distance was so huge and roads so barren that they were able to catch the bad guys and get everything back. Now let's see - why don't they just phone up smart people like Longford and have him straighten it out for them? Do you ever see the armed guards around banks? If banks need protection like that, how do you think field ops can be absolutely protected?
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One gets shot in Mexico and you condemn the country.
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In mining & prospecting companies pay in hard cash and it is a serious problem they constantly deal with - but it has to be done despite the greater wisdom of people like know-it-all-Longford. I know a v. experienced surveyor whose company had an armored car bring the cash as far as they could, make the transfer to a jeep with 3 armed guys in a pretty secret place in a nearby village.
Pero yo ya no soy yo.
Ni mi casa es ya mi casa.
(Garcia Lorca)
The Mex Files
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Longford is, I think, is just responding to the recent hysteria in Canada whenever anything bad happens in Mexico.Puerto Viejo Satellite — the most complete guide to the Costa Rican Caribbean
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If there is a "larger story" involving nationality, it's exploitation of poor people by Canadian-headquartered mining companies.
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QuoteOf course, but the point I'm making is that anything beyond what this probably was (a run of the mill payroll robbery) might have less to do with nationality than with the industry in which the guy was involved.
Yes RichTX1 it is a disgrace that Canadian companies are in Mexico exploiting workers but let's not single out Canada.
Pero yo ya no soy yo.
Ni mi casa es ya mi casa.
(Garcia Lorca)
The Mex Files
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I managed to contact the author of the article (see the link in the original post) and he
'Acepto que soy un descarado,
tambien un sinvergüenza,
pero ... ¿qué puedo hacer?'
-Los Tucanes de Tijuana.
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The thing is, there IS no hysteria in the Canadian media about Mexico. There was much to-do about the couple that had their throats slit in Playa, and there was mention of the kid that that got beat-up/rundown in Acapulco, and this was mostly due to media orchestrated events by the families' lawyers. That has been the only NATIONAL coverage of events (not counting the internet).
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It's fairly stupid for anyone to imply that the Mexican Legal system is anything but corrupt, especially if you are not a Mexican.Captain Sinister
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Maybe the Americans don't expect their institutions to provide some education and support when things go wrong, but Canada has a different outlook on what rights a citizen has in their society “ Thank God”and that includes not losing all your rights as a member of that society just because you are in a foreign country.
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There's gotta be a NAFTA joke in here somewhere. Longford's stupidity now stretches to all three nations.
Pero yo ya no soy yo.
Ni mi casa es ya mi casa.
(Garcia Lorca)
The Mex Files
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