The owner of a San Diego-based sportfishing boat found himself in the middle of what he calls a “Mexican standoff†with federal authorities July 19 in international waters 30 miles off Ensenada, Mexico.
The incident began at approximately 3:30 a.m. when the 48-foot Viking Señor Hefe collided with a floating tuna pen under tow approximately 30 miles off Ensenada. Floating pens are used in aqua farming to help grow young tuna, among other species, for market......Read the rest here
Yeah but what do you do when they six of them show up in a boat with guns in hand - throw a bag of money at them?
The US Coast Guard downplayed the threat of the mexicans in their official report. I wonder which account is true, and what would have been different had the CG helicopter not shown up.
Luckily for us around here, the only foreign navy we have to content with is the Bahamian Navy... which is just some guys in a skiff diving for conch and lobster
I would believe a 20 year experienced fisherman with CG experience to boot as to the intended threat level over an official government agencies account.
I'd much rather have the 10,20 or 50 problem in Mexico than get some official in the US after me under false accusations and after a long and very expensive court battle, may win.
I too know what it is like to be a victim of the US civil courts... where you can get sued for nothing and then are guilty until proven innocent (and then at best, declared innocent but broke).
I suspect that the USCG didn't like the details of the moves they made with the helicopter pasted all over a magazine article - and tried to smooth things over by saying that none of that happened, and that the Mexicans acted within their rights.
A good story though. I hadn't realized it was posted here before.
The only difference between the public official corruption in both countries is one it costs much more in the US to grease the wheels and two its done in secret. Or at least tried to.
Life is so much easier when the rules are out in the open and are simple.
Hmmm. Could that have been the plan all along? That would make for one hell of a story for the insurance adjuster, and I doubt those guys running the tuna pens are well loved by the local fishermen