Crime in Mexico: cruise passengers robbed at gunpoint

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I wouldn't go far as to warn travelers to "stay away from Mexico." Exercise caution? Absolutely. For what it's worth, I traveled to Puerto Vallarta (PV) with my young children three years in a row- 2009-2011- and felt perfectly safe. That doesn't mean that bad things can't happen but staying away from an entire country based upon incidents that occurred in specific locations is a mistake.

PV's entire economy is based on tourism, so you can bet that they're going to redouble efforts to prevent incidents like this from happening in the future. I would be interested in seeing some actual crime statistics from PV. Are you really more likely to get robbed there than in Chicago, L.A., or Miami? Maybe so, but I've never felt unsafe there and drawing broad conclusions about the security situation of a large country based upon news reports is sketchy.

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