tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post3010921027151960937..comments2024-03-22T00:38:12.095-07:00Comments on Mike's Bogota Blog: Battle in El BronxMiguelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15388030533444193686noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post-80433733486422387642016-02-25T14:47:39.871-08:002016-02-25T14:47:39.871-08:00I entered El Bronx on 22nd feb 2016 got around the...I entered El Bronx on 22nd feb 2016 got around the bollard and started looking at the bikes for sale. Quickly I felt this street is sinister its darker in there because ropes are tied between the buildings some with decorative flags on between the buildings blocking out the sunlight, and with all the addicts worn down by drugs. After about a minute I felt a tugging at my waist turned to see a very cold character producing a handgun from behind his coat. Then 2 more men joined him both with handguns, starting to search me probably for a camera. Then they asked what I wanted and offered to sell me perico or maruana. I told them I d just come for a look and offered them the little money I had which they didn t want. Then they let me go, probably not a good idea to wonder in there.Cyclist10https://www.blogger.com/profile/08180093968921797235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post-70749993775177778392015-12-21T14:22:14.201-08:002015-12-21T14:22:14.201-08:00Thanks so much for this insight into what El Bronx...Thanks so much for this insight into what El Bronx is like. One of the people murdered in that incident was my mother. I cannot explain to you how I wish I could find the person that did this to me and my family.BoHeMiAnEzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03676201956424943945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post-73863652172690936132014-05-29T20:56:09.571-07:002014-05-29T20:56:09.571-07:00Hi Shawn,
As you say: 'Go to AA/NA instead of...Hi Shawn,<br /><br />As you say: 'Go to AA/NA instead of the Bronx', where terrible things happen. <br /><br />For the record, I never said there were any 'free passes' for gringos, altho I have heard about outsiders, including foreigners, entering the Bronx and emerging alive. <br /><br />MikeMiguelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388030533444193686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post-12437964490069240372014-05-26T08:12:39.296-07:002014-05-26T08:12:39.296-07:00I mean DONT FUCK WITH GRINGOS, DONT RAPE THE GIRLS...I mean DONT FUCK WITH GRINGOS, DONT RAPE THE GIRLS...even if they are whores. -- They have money, like the gringos and so the narcos who run these cash cows establishments enforce these rules. Or rather the dealers on shift have to enforce them or they will get BEAT DOWN!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14169444374404971555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post-29008887538392609702014-05-26T08:08:00.788-07:002014-05-26T08:08:00.788-07:00Santafe#12010
Un Viejo rolo told me, "you can...Santafe#12010<br />Un Viejo rolo told me, "you can walk the few short blocks of the Bronx without problems, the second time you walk through you'll get noticed and probably followed, the third time you better have something to give someone -- being a gringo -- or they will just take it. "It" being your shoes, watch, camera, cell -- or anything else of value if you are naïve enough to bring anything.<br />The sad thing is the young kids already whoring or smoking bazuca/las bichas. I took a Colombian girl there to get me some ------ and she went in, while I waited in a cab, and returned in two minutes. Back at my apartment she goes in the bathroom, comes out after five minutes and drops dead on the floor. I didn't know it but she had copped some smack. Cost me $1,000 US to get out of that one.<br /><br />If you want drugs or whores don't go to the Bronx for gods sake...there are no free-passes for tourists as Mike claims. But in the ollas -- dilapidated buildings on the other side of 19th from Santa Fe you can spend all day -- and all your money -- and people will beg a hit but these building DO have rules, do fuck with gringos, don't rape girls. <br />BETTER YET SAVE YOUR MONEY, STAY HOME, AND GO TO AA/NA.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14169444374404971555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post-78071336755566036222012-09-06T15:19:18.711-07:002012-09-06T15:19:18.711-07:00Here is the reason why this area of Bogota. Like m...Here is the reason why this area of Bogota. Like many other in Colombia and other Latin American countries have become deprived "No-go zones"; because other fellow citizens turn their back as soon as they hear the nasty stories, then they ignore the reality and their fear and selfishness drive them away! and even worse, their word-of-mouth probably with an warning intention and go aware, does not really contribute to solve the problem. We cannot keep ignoring what really goes inside of these GHETTOS. Hence we need these courageous explores to give us an inside of the social situation and for that, I, personally thank you! With regards to my fellow colombians, shame on you, show more courage and do something more than squeak with fear!!! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07427174660413931013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post-31736545492572869352012-06-07T18:48:38.260-07:002012-06-07T18:48:38.260-07:00I don't want to give the wrong impression - I ...I don't want to give the wrong impression - I didn't venture inside El Bronx, just the neighborhood around it. <br /><br />However, several people have told me that it's not actually that dangerous inside - just as long as you don't take pictures, and they think you're a customer. <br /><br />MikeMiguelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388030533444193686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post-58587386248019432372012-06-06T21:03:21.210-07:002012-06-06T21:03:21.210-07:00Wow, gotta agree with Mauricio, Mike you really go...Wow, gotta agree with Mauricio, Mike you really got some balls heading into that mess, i know some well built locals who wouldnt dare, but I do have to say its a really great article you've written...Just watch your back, and lots of Good Luck!!meltingcielohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07281270262613053532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post-73668121080264494432012-03-18T15:58:55.932-07:002012-03-18T15:58:55.932-07:00Mike, you are a brave man. But be careful. Your go...Mike, you are a brave man. But be careful. Your good luck might run out. What you are describing is really scary. Just remember, you are an American. That, by itself, is very risky. In going into a neighborhood like that, you really stand out -- you're the white American. When I was living there, the cartucho was the WORST neighborhood, and I remember awful stories about that place.<br /><br />In any case, my respect, you really have guts. Even I would think twice in getting into a neighborhood like that, with my six-three frame. Again, what an excellent post. Thank you.<br /><br />Mauricio Foreromauricio forero lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05758067872699510155noreply@blogger.com