I said. "Why. that is all right. That thing might have happened In any country in the world. I might have been held up by brigands. by Chinese bandits if I had been on the Mongolian plains. perhaps. and I might have been held up in Bombay or Calcutta or Sydney or Cape Town or Johannesburg or Yokohama or in any other city or country you might mention. It might even have happened in Chicago. but." I said. "I am glad it happened in Mexico and not in Chicago. because if it had happened in Chicago the bandits would have shot me before they took my money."
Identified stereotypes
Implies that Mexico is a dangerous place with rampant banditry.