US and Canadian Expats in Mexico Defend Paradise in Aftermath of Hurricane Odile Agence France-Presse
go to original September 25, 2014

Armed with nothing more than an air horn and walkie-talkie, US retiree Antonio Lucero helps fellow expats protect their piece of paradise from thieves after Hurricane Odile crushed Mexico's Los Cabos beach resorts.

Lucero is among thousands of foreigners, mostly Americans and some Canadians, who have made the sun-soaked southern tip of Baja California peninsula their residence, while luxury hotels greet a steady stream of tourists from north of the border.

But Odile brought chaos to idyllic beaches, knocking out power, destroying wooden homes in poorer neighborhoods and sparking a wave of looting in shops when it tore across the region last week.

Fearing their homes would be the next target of looters, residents took security into their own hands, even though the federal government deployed 8,000 security forces to restore order and the initial looting subsided.

"I don't feel threatened, but I feel vulnerable," Lucero told AFP as the bespectacled and mild-mannered American took his turn patrolling the street with a neighbor.

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