Top 10 foreign cities with the most American arrests in 2008
The data here represents data from the U.S. State Department of statistics requested by the Los Angeles Times. The time period monitored is from October 2007 to September 2008.
10. Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
Mexico has six of the worlds top 13 cities for American arrests. But the State Department tally shows arrests in Guadalajara fell from 416 in 2006 to 50 in the latest period.
In Nuevo Laredo, arrests fell from 359 in 2006-07 to 69 in 2007-08.
With the presence of a U.S. Border Patrol helicopter overhead, a would-be border jumper splashes back toward the Mexico side of the Rio Grande River at Nuevo Laredo. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
7. Nogales, Mexico
Nogales showed 76 arrests. Travelers bound for Mexico should consult the State Department website for a summary of differences between U.S. and Mexican laws, especially when it comes to guns and treatment of suspects.
A truck driver walks between dozens of stopped vehicles in 2002 on the toll road on the Mexico and United States border. (David Sanders / AP)
5. Nassau, Bahamas
Nine-two Americans were arrested in Nassau in 2007-08.
The Atlantis resort in the Bahamas. (Johansen Krause / AP)
3. Mexico City, Mexico
In Mexico City, Mexico, the rate of arrests fell from 208 in 2006-07 to 142 in 2007-08.
An aerial view of Mexico City. (Gregory Bull / AP)
2. London
In London, 256 Americans were arrested from Oct. 1, 2007, through Sept. 30, 2008.
Saturday shoppers outside the Top Shop store in London’s Oxford Street. (Dario Mitidieri / For The Times)
1. Tijuana
Despite all the tourists scared away by the bloody struggles between Tijuana police and Mexican drug lords, Tijuana continues to lead the world in arrests of Americans abroad with 687.
In fact, arrests there increased in the last year, while figures were falling in the rest of Mexico and the world. The contrast baffles some experts.
In the year ended Sept. 30, 687 Americans were arrested in Tijuana, according to U.S. State Department statistics requested by the Los Angeles Times.
That figure far exceeds numbers for runners-up: London (256 arrests), Mexico City (142) and Hong Kong (107). (Guillermo Arias / AP)
