Is drinking and driving a Mexico tradition ?

Question

They sure have been a lot of arrests for drinking and driving of illegal aliens.Why are Mexicans so proud about that?

Answer 1

Yes, we just had one here, today, who got 13 years in prison. He was blind drunk, driving over 100 mph on the Interstate, on the wrong side of the road in one of those massive Ford Expedition SUV's.

He had a head-on wreck with a kid coming home from a midnight showing of a Harry Potter movie.

The Mexican had a few broken bones the kid was incinerated in the massive explosion.

The Mexican first denied he was illegal, then he made up some fake names. They got the truth because of his fingerprints. He had three prior arrests for DUI on other states.

Get this.... He had been deported back to Mexico 17 times. This was his 18th time illegally in the USA.

Now, a bunch of you *ssholes are thinking, "This guy's making it up." That's why I'm giving you a link to the story.

Wrong-way driver sentenced to 13 years

Man with prior DWI conviction gets 13 years for crash that killed teenager last year

GARY L. WRIGHT
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Jorge Hernandez Soto, an illegal immigrant accused of driving drunk the wrong way on Interstate 485 and killing an 18-year-old UNC Charlotte freshman, was sentenced Thursday to at least 13 years and four months in prison.

Hernandez Soto, his wrists and legs in shackles, apologized to the family of his victim, Min Chang, after pleading guilty to second-degree murder and driving while impaired.

"I'm sorry," said Hernandez Soto, 36, speaking through an interpreter. "It was an accident. I never tried to kill anybody. And I ask for the family's forgiveness."

Mecklenburg Assistant District Attorney Jay Ashendorf told the judge that Hernandez Soto was driving a Ford Expedition at speeds of over 100 mph the wrong way on I-485. He struck Chang's Nissan 350Z head-on, the prosecutor said. Chang died in the November 2005 fiery crash just north of Rocky River Road in northeast Charlotte.

Ashendorf said a blood test showed that Hernandez Soto's alcohol level was 0.24 -- three times the limit. It's against the law in North Carolina to drive with an alcohol level of 0.08 or higher.

Chang was among six people who died in wrong-way-driving wrecks on Charlotte-area interstates in less than four months in late 2005 and early 2006. All the wrecks involved suspects who were thought to have been drinking.

Chang's death also came just months after an illegal immigrant with five previous DWI charges killed a Mount Holly teacher in Brunswick County in July 2005, prompting legislators to propose tougher immigration laws.

Ramiro Gallegos had an alcohol level of 0.22 when his truck struck Scott Gardner's station wagon while he and his wife were taking their two young children on a family vacation to Sunset Beach. Gallegos is serving a sentence of 14 to 18 years.

During Thursday's hearing, Ashendorf told the judge that Hernandez Soto admitted being in the country illegally.

Hernandez Soto had a prior DWI conviction in Tennessee and prior arrests for DWI in Colorado and Kansas and in Wilkes County, Ashendorf said.

Chang's father and mother, brother and cousin were in the courtroom for Thursday's sentencing.

Charlotte lawyer Jeff Long, speaking for the family, told Mecklenburg Superior Court Judge Bob Bell that Chang's family has been devastated by the death and grieves every day.

"They're suffering every parent's nightmare," Long said. "They buried an 18-year-old son and brother."

Hernandez Soto entered the country 17 times between 1996 and 2000, according to Salvador Zamora, spokesman for the U.S. Border Patrol. Hernandez Soto crossed from Douglas, Ariz., at least eight times but was caught and sent back to Mexico repeatedly, Zamora said.

Authorities didn't know at the time of the fatal wreck when Hernandez Soto had last crossed the border or how long he'd been in the United States. He was last deported in August 2000.

Trooper Brian Huffstickler said Hernandez Soto told the Highway Patrol he'd been working as a vegetable processor in South Carolina. He also told them he didn't remember anything about the wreck.

Hernandez Soto told the Observer that he had been living in Florence County, S.C., about 130 miles southeast of Charlotte. He said he came to Charlotte to pick up the sport utility vehicle for a friend and had six beers before the crash. He also expressed remorse about Chang's death.

Jeff Jordan, who heads U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in North Carolina, said Thursday that Hernandez Soto will be deported after he serves his prison time.

"He'll be removed, rest assured, when he completes his sentence," Jordan said. "He won't be allowed to return to the community."

Answer 2

I do that all the time. Follow suspected drunk drivers and turn them in. That's about all one can do. However, drunk drivers should be getting life in prison or death penalty for killing others. They are never going to change anyway. Especially if they come from cultures that deem being drunk and driving is acceptable.

Answer 3

I don't know if it is or not, or if they are proud of it, but you're right a lot of them think drinking and driving is okay. I guess they aren't strict about it in Mexico.

Answer 4

surprise, surprise...
Liquor is only made for Mexicans, drank by Mexicans, and they are the only ones that drive after drinking it???

GET REAL... this happens everywhere...

Answer 5

They saw all the Americans getting away with it so they thought they would try it out too.

Answer 6

It is a Cuban tradition, but Mexican adfopted it.

Answer 7

You are really stupid. The whole world drinks and drives, unfortunately.

Answer 8

I'm shocked they arrested them..they get a bye on the many other crimes they commit!

Answer 9

It's a universal problem, amigo...

Answer 10

no, it is not. Please stop stereotyping!