American Tourists Get Ruthlessly Extorted By Corrupt Mexican Police Officers—One Of The Girls Demands Refund From Only Victim Spared

Girl’s trip gone wrong.

Jesse

• Published in Interesting
• June 11, 2024

Meet our narrator (Original Poster), an adventurous 25-year-old who recently went on a girls' trip to Mexico with her friends, Izzy and Rachel. 

They had a blast, soaking up the sun, enjoying the local cuisine, and making unforgettable memories. That is, until the last day of their trip when things took a turn for the dramatic.

As the trio stepped out of their hotel that fateful day, their phones mysteriously stopped working. It felt like there was some sort of signal blocker because even the GPS was completely unreliable. 

They ventured out, hoping to navigate their way, but soon found themselves lost. Spotting a police checkpoint, they decided to ask for directions—big mistake.

The officers quickly realized they were tourists and asked them to pull over for a search. In the process, the officers found some disposable pens—no big deal, right? Wrong. They demanded the trio pay a ‘fine’ or face jail time.

They ransacked OP’s purse to verify her claim of not having cash. And as for Izzy and Rachel? They were stripped bare of every single dollar they had on them—$330 in total.

Back in the States, Rachel suddenly demanded OP reimburse her $110 for the ‘Mexican Police fine.’ This was stolen money, not an expense they’d agreed to split—so OP’s answer was a firm hard no. 

Meanwhile, OP herself spent $140 on transportation despite having a rental, all because Izzy insisted there was ‘free transportation.’ No one heard her asking for a refund.

Was she the jerk for not wanting to pay Rachel back? 

Let's dig into the details

OP and two of her girlfriends went on a girl's trip to another country which was enjoyable. On leaving the hotel, they got pulled over by the police who ended up taking away all the money in their possession.

Although OP had no money, the policeman took the money from her girlfriend. On their return home, one of OP’s friends requests OP reimburse the other friend the money taken but OP insists they were robbed.

Due to the incident, OP ended up making unforeseen expenses just to get them to the airport and did not request a refund.

OP is determined to not make any refunds to either of her friends since it was not her fault but a robbery.

Check out some interesting comments from the Reddit community:

“You are not responsible for other people, simply because you didn't carry cash.”

“Unfortunate situation but it wasn’t a fine, it was a robbery. she carried cash, you didn’t.”

“It's not a robbery it's a bribe, which your friends all had to pay and you didn't. You should kick in your $110 for your third of it.”

“If she hadn't handed that money over you may very well be sitting in a Mexican prison right now.“

“They were all committing a crime together in a foreign country, and the friends paid to keep them out of jail.”

“Paying the fine to the cops was cheaper than sitting in a Mexican jail because you brought in what sounds like illegal vapes.”

Unfortunately, the situation OP and her friends found themselves in was common in Mexico. Since OP didn’t steal their money or plan the incident, Redditors believed she wasn’t expected to pay back.

They all agreed holding her responsible for a situation beyond her control was unfair. Her friends should understand it was a robbery—not a shared expense.

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Jesse