Comment by infecto

“Dude”, murdering a us citizen in Mexico is different than murdering an entire bus of people on US soil.

You say it’s happening all the time but then say it’s .01%.

Looked it up myself, maybe 40 to 300 people annually. Hard to discern how many of those are pure tourism vs visiting family. I suspect you have a greater risk visiting family, especially if it’s a border town.

13.5mm US citizens visit d Mexico in 2024 so .00002% got kidnapped. I bet that number is even lower when you separate pure tourism vs dual nationals or similar going back home to visit.

The point is any action taken on US soil in a large capacity would be seen as an attack by any administration.

Of course things happen sometimes. But, the cartels typically do not want to mess with Americans, particularly in tourist areas, because that brings heat they don't want. It's literally bad for business.

I think the GP was referring to buses on US soil rather than Americans on buses in Mexico.

> Dude, Americans are getting kidnapped and murdered in Mexico all the time

Dude, can you put some numbers with a citation behind that? Then we can extrapolate a risk ratio and see if it really merits the "all the time" claim.