Alas, poor Canada
There has been a string of violent incidents involving Canadians in Mexico since 2007.
Domenic and Nancy Ianiero of Woodbridge, Ont., were found with their throats slit in February, 2006 at a resort near Playa del Carmen, Mexico. No arrests were ever made.
Based on a sketchy report of a Canadian (at least the fellow is reported as a Canadian, though the name isn’t a common one) being shot THREE TIMES IN THE HEAD in a Cabo San Lucas hotel room by a “lone gunman”, the Canadian press takes the opportunity to revisit their greatest “hits”.
I don’t understand it (or maybe I do, given the sorry state of Canadian press ownership), but piecing together a murder from 2006, with a hit and run accident and a fall from a balcony does not create any sort of pattern … other than the three mentioned deaths all involve survivors with the same attorney, who incidentally represented Conrad Black — the former owner of most Canadian media — Edward Greenspun.
THAT might be a pattern worth looking at.
And I’m not anti-Canadian (some of my best friends are…) but I do feel sorry for a country with so little decent press… maybe their good reporters are working in Mexico.
mexfiles.net 
(“at least the fellow is reported as a Canadian, though the name isn’t a common one)”
Many Canadians have funny names because
Canada takes in so many refugee’s, and has a hugely diverse population. More power to them, and don’t be suprised about it.
Steve Gallagher
I am embarrassed about the press coverage here. These idiots get outraged that bad things can happen to them, when they go to a developing country and get drunk in public and behave like idiots.
With over 1 million Canadians travelling to Mexico and only a few casualties, it seems safer than staying in Canada.
“With over 1 million Canadians travelling to Mexico and only a few casualties, it seems safer than staying in Canada.”
This is true.
I once had a person from the campaign to spring Brenda Martin from a jail near Guadalajara tell something to the effect of “we want our passports to mean something.”
The rest of the world doesn’t work like Canada – and that frightens many people up there.
Also, it’s worth noting that while people back in Canada cast stones at Mexico, the Canadian justice system grinds along quite slowly too. A major white-collar fraud case started last month nearly TEN YEARS after the allegations were made.