by wagner92 » Thu Apr 14, 2011 6:03 pm
Hey El Pelon, thanks for your posting describing the security meeting in December and your knowledgeable assumptions that nothing will be done. Sounds like you are very well informed on the situation in Roatan. I see also you're obviously being facetious when you say "people in law enforcement involved - why would anyone think that". Ok, I get it, it's seriously corrupt, right? That's your point. But what is the level of involvement? Are you saying it's individual corruption or goes all the way to the top, mayor, police chief, security ministry? Maybe it is common knowledge that they are all corrupt, I don't know. Do you? Perhaps you do. But I do think there is a line between being corrupt and making your few dollars AND in the menatime killing the island's tourist trade entirely. And I do think that is seriously what is at stake here. I can't tell you how much I'm starting to hear out there about these robberies and violence, including recently a boater on Guanaja who was robbed on his boat in the middle of the night.
You mention the cobras are not always what it looks like in the brochure. Is this something you want to elaborate on, something that shouldn't be mentioned here, take it off the message board in private? What do you mean exactly? They are corrupt as well? I did hear of a situation where cobras were brought in and people were arrested. Was it for show maybe?
Honestly, excuse me if I am coming off as naive but I am kind of new to discussions about the situation in Honduras. And I respect the knowledge that you already have and the experiences you have lived. You seem to have a good handle on the sitution there and know what can and can't be done...and what will and won't be done. Thanks for reading and replying, man.