Growing Up In One Of Mexico's Most Violent States | VICE on HBO (Extra)

2018 is on track to be Mexico’s deadliest year with over 20,000 homicides so far.

Civilians, journalists, and politicians have been intimidated and killed. VICE News' Gianna Toboni reports from Veracruz.

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[BNCWRLD]

Anybody else reading the subtitles but understand Spanish 🤣

[XVision]

I went to Mexico for the first time last month. I loved the people and their country. So beautiful and peaceful

[danielaponcevazquez]

I´m from this city, all of this is true, I remember when I was a kid and everything was different, now you can't go out alone

[R]

Keep telling people Mexico is dangerous.. that will just make my vacations to Cancun cheaper and less populated hahahaha

[armandofloresperez]

Yo soy de Coatzacoalcos y eso no es una fake news. Es la verdad, hasta a los barrenderos les piden la dichosa cuota.

[princesshuxian]

These people should have had blurred there faces

[scarlettnunez]

This are not fake news, as someone that was borned and raised in Coatzacoalcos its such a shame of what is happening.
Me and all the people that leaved the city for better living conditiones really hope that Coatza can be the same, safe amazing place that it was.

[jjgf]

Que pasada los comentarios de los americanos, cómo pueden ser asi de insensibles e insolidarios? Un saludo desde España a todos los hermanos mexicanos, recientemente tuve que ser tutor de un chaval que venía de intercambio a mi universidad desde puebla y sinceramente no creo que haya gente más simpática y hospitalaria que los mexicanos.

[raul]

Has to be Guerrero and I have not even watched it yet. That state is still more secure than El Salvador or Honduras in murder rates. Hey, also make a documentary or a report on the state of Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Is the richest place in Latin America with $ 38, 500 dolars per capita and has the most secure County in all latin america too (San Pedro Garza Garcia). Or make a documentary or report on Queretaro, Mexico which has around 8% economical growth rate and it's as secure as Sweden. Oh, wait... You don't show that because murder and crapy places gets more views. Let's talk about the shitty stuff 😈😈😈😂😂

[MarioMiguelGaleanaRios]

I'm from the place where the video is recorded and I can tell to anybody that the problems in that little city are getting worse. This reality is not present in every state of Mexico but in some of them like Veracruz all the south of the state is controlled by Cartels as you can see a lot of people have fear to be there. I see in comments that "Mexicans" are not happy about this documentary cause talks shit about our country but it's what is happening in some little cities or towns that are not important for our government. Some AMLOvers are talking about everything will change once that old man take the presidential chair but if that happens it will take a lot of time to change many things in the whole country meanwhile Mexican people will continue dying everyday. My English is not good enough to express the whole idea but i think you can get it.

[alejandromoreno]

"one of the dealiest states"

first scene: group of kids hanging out peacefully

[IKEEPMYFREEDOM]

Glock 19. Glock 26. Para los que aman la vida la libertad y la de sus familias.

[uzielalvarez]

Not surprised if they’re next on the target list, this is sad 💔 not being able to feel safe even at home and authorities are too corrupt to help

[carlos.vmartinez]

PROBABLY JUAREZ, SINALOA, GUERRERRO, MICHOACAN AND JALISCO ARE MORE DANGEROUS FOR THE CARTELS...BUT NOT ALL MEXICO..MEXICO HAS BEAUTIFUL PLACES TO

[xpartanreach]

Oscarbm1234 well, Mexico is pretty good if you compare it to the rest of Latin America (with the exception of Chile and Uruguay), immigration happens more because of monetary reasons, in the US minimum wage is about 7.25USD and hour and in Mexico is like 0.7USD an hour, so if you are a low skilled worker, it is logical to go there.
Also, not all of Mexico is a violent shithole, BC grows 17% per year, NL has lower poverty rates than Texas, Mexico City is the 20th city with more millionaires in the world and Campeche has a higher GDP Per Capita than Qatar.
The problem is inequality and that Mexico is a very complex country, with the richest people on Earth and at the same time, deep in the Cordilleras, there's people dying of hunger and being threatened by narcos every single day.
In my case i live in Mexico City, and i haven’t heard a shooting in my entire life (well, i heard some in Bolivia lol) and i live with $6, 000usd a month (if you think that's a low number, consider NYC is 5 times more expensive, so it is the equivalent to win about $30, 000 a month in NYC) but i understand that's not the situation for everyone, but if you go to college, which btw is free in Mexico and the best in Latin America, you can achieve a pretty good life.

[Bear-kbkt]

My uncle was shot at in mexico and he retaliated but the person survived so now they have kicked in the door of his house twice, those 2 times he wasnt home though . this place is a damn warzone for most the population that can't afford the luxury of living in good neighborhoods, the ones commenting most likely live where theres internet and good financial backround but for most of the population they live scared cause of all the violence .

[SillyGabbie]

“you guys ever think about leaving? like going to the US or somewhere else?” if only it were that easy

[carlos.vmartinez]

NOT ALL THE PUEBLITOS OF MEXICO ARE VIOLENT ..ONLY SOME PLACES...NOT ALL OF THEM.

[superlimon.]

I’ve gone to Mexico every single year of my entire existence since i was 10months old, it is not as bad as they make it

[aDarkRedJungle]

I'm not sure whether circumstances have shifted significantly, but I was in Heroica Veracruz in 2017. I asked several people about safety and they laughed at me--one taxi driver, upon finding out that I'd be warned of cartel danger from people in Puebla, called made a remark about deusional "Pueblito pendejos."