El Toro Furioso Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 I mentioned an armed robbery two days ago in Boca de Iguana on the Costa Alegre south of Puerto Vallarta by about 180 km. Here is the first person description of what happened by the woman who was shot by the robbers, FYI. Please note that these strong people have no intention of leaving Mexico and still have a great love and admiration for its people. I heard about this second hand from the police of La Huerta (the municipio of La Manzanilla and Boca de Iguana) when they investigated the theft of our friends' whole house while they were away. Both places are very isolated. This happened and I think everyone deserves to hear their story. El Toro Re: Boca incident Posted by bill & kelly [Email User] on October 8, 2009, 10:27 pm, in reply to "Re: Boca incident" 207.200.116.69 hello everyone, sorry for taking so long to share our experience of this home invasion but we are still reeling from the horror & shock of it all. bill says he still feels the gun at the back of his head. yesterday morning while preparing to leave for the village to help my mom, bill was loading the truck when 2 men with bandanas, masks and guns drawn approached him and fired 1 shot at his feet. they came out of the jungle. they demanded the keys to our trucks and any cash we had. all this while bill was on his knees execution style with the gun at the back of his head. after he gave them the keys to both of our trucks, they asked if he was alone, to which he responded yes, hoping they would just take the cash and trucks and go away. instead they demanded to go inside the house and began to escort him to the front door. our dogs began barking fiercly and the men stopped short of the front doors. bill knew they stopped and proceeded to enter the house and tried to close front door to prevent them from entering thinking that and the dogs barking might discourage them. at that point they shot twice through the door, one shot which hit me in the upper left thigh as i was walking towards front door from bedroom. i had no idea what was going on, i just saw bill trying to keep the front door closed. it was like in a movie when everything is in slow motion and bizarre. they broke through the doors, overpowered bill, threw us on the floor inside the entrance to the house and tied bill's hands with duck tape. they demanded to know if we had any guns in the house, they held guns to both of our heads, when i finally stopped screaming and came to that realization that we needed to give them what we could calmly and pray they would leave. i did not know i had been shot at this point but felt intense pain. they knew and i assume that is why they did not tie me up. i started asking what do you want? money? they said yes. i sat up and went throug bill's pockets and got his wallet and gave them all he had. we think it was 2,000 pesos. i showed them that was all there was. next question, the truck keys. they didn't even realize they had them already. i took them away and started to pull correct keys off ring, the toyota and then the chevy. next they wanted the the key to our metal gate below which we keep locked at all times. we tried to explain no key, it is combination. they started to go insane threatening with the guns again. i asked please let me write the combination for you, there is no key. they said ok, but at this point i could not get up by myself. i asked for help and one man tried to help me up and walked to kitchen counter. when we handed other man combo and explained how it worked. we told him to go try it and the other man waited with us. at this point bill asked me to roll so he could look at my leg and said he thought i was shot. the first man who left to try the gate never came back. the second man finished tieing us up with the phone cords he had cut. the man stayed behind with us for about 45 minutes waiting for his friend to come back, when he didn't return he finally left with our second truck and told us not to move. bill immediately freed his hands and i untied his feet, so we could call for help. we had a phone in box for emergencies, figured this qualifed, called my mom and asked her to get our friends and bring police. we had no way to leave and i could not move at this point. about 25 minutes later, our dear friends from village arrived to help us. next came the police and doctor from the la manzanilla clinic. they transported me by ambulance to manzanillo, where i had surgery last night to repair the damage. i am home at my mom's resting comfortably now. bill & i feel thankful that we are still alive. we both feel that this happens everywhere in the world. there are good and bad people everywhere. we have felt nothing but love and kindness from the people of la manzanilla. this village is full of wonderful people with the biggest hearts in the world. thank you all for your kind thoughts and prayers. 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jimmiller Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 What a horrible thing. Thank you for sharing. Would you re-consider your decision to live in such an isolated place after your ordeal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Toro Furioso Posted October 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 What a horrible thing. Thank you for sharing. Would you re-consider your decision to live in such an isolated place after your ordeal? The victim who wrote the account doesn't follow this board, so she and her husband won't see my post nor yours. They say that they are staying put. Our friends about 20 km south of them near El Tamarindo are also isolated and lost well over $50,000 USD in jewelry and electronics and antiques. They weren't home when it happened (thank God). The husband (our friend) offered a move to his spouse. She said, "Hell no!" Their spiraling jungle views rival any bay or ocean view in the world. (They also own a beautiful double ocean lot with small house. They paid $10,000 USD for it a few years ago. The single lot next to them sold last year for %175,000 USD with no construction.) Another friend of ours in La Manzanilla commented this afternoon about the armed robbery, "Thank God they were wearing masks." Really made me think. Of course, she was right. One shudders to think it might have been otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmiller Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 So these people knowingly and deliberately decided to locate in an extremely remote area with enough jewelry and electronics to equal the annual income of at least 100 locals. And we're supposed to feel sorry for them? I don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marley's Ghost Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 So these people knowingly and deliberately decided to locate in an extremely remote area with enough jewelry and electronics to equal the annual income of at least 100 locals. And we're supposed to feel sorry for them? I don't get it. So its blame the victims? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonbon Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 And we're supposed to feel sorry for them? I don't get it. What happened to them was not called for and was not deserved because they made that choice ???? What kind of reaction is that? I will refrain from passing judgment on you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Toro Furioso Posted October 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 So these people knowingly and deliberately decided to locate in an extremely remote area with enough jewelry and electronics to equal the annual income of at least 100 locals. And we're supposed to feel sorry for them? I don't get it. Your sensitivity to a maybe not rational choice to move beloved things to the jungle overwhelms me. Did you attend divinity school or did this inner need to reach out just come naturally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tio copas Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 I wonder what Bob and Sissy Jones up on the hill above Boca are thinking? Their place is about as vulnerable as they come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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