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Mexico: Safer But Not Safe Says Travel Warning
The State Department is warning travelers to "defer nonessential travel" to the states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango and Tamaulipas in Mexico. The continuing concern involves Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) that are "engaged in a violent struggle to control drug trafficking routes and other criminal activity," says the State Department warning.
The latest travel warning urged caution when visiting Mexico, including Mazatlan in the state of Sinaloa, saying travelers "should exercise extreme caution particularly late at night and in the early morning."
Giving credit to an improving situation in Mexico, the State Department notes that 32 U.S. citizens were murdered in Mexico in the first six months of 2012, compared with 113 in all of 2011. Still, the number of kidnappings and disappearances throughout Mexico is of concern with both local and expatriate communities victimized.
Casting a more positive light to illuminate efforts being taken to improve the situation, Rodolfo Lopez-Negrete of the Mexico Tourism Board said the protection of tourists "is at the pinnacle of importance to the Mexican government," reports the Los Angeles Times.
Indeed, festivals and events continue in Mexico and draw big crowds. Fifteen thousand people turned out for a mass yoga class in Mexico City, once a central location in the drug wars ravaging the country, now an area where no advisory is in place, as we see in this video:
[Photo Credit- Flickr user MattMawson]
Indeed, festivals and events continue in Mexico and draw big crowds. Fifteen thousand people turned out for a mass yoga class in Mexico City, once a central location in the drug wars ravaging the country, now an area where no advisory is in place, as we see in this video:
[Photo Credit- Flickr user MattMawson]
Filed under: North America, Mexico, United States, Travel Security
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
justoneboomer Nov 27th 2012 9:37PM
When friends and relatives heard that my husband and I would be visiting the Bajio region of Mexico in the states of Queretero and Guanajuato earlier this year, they mostly only wanted to know where they should send the ransom money and whether we had repatriation of remains travel insurance. We had a lovely time, traveled by bus between towns and found the people welcoming and helpful. One way to defeat the cartels is to visit Mexico. Support for Mexico's tourism industry fortifies the government's and peoples' resolve to fight to prevent the insidious takeover of any more of their country by the Forces of Darkness.
Here's part of our trip story:
http://www.boomeresque.com/mexico-san-miguel-de-allende-2012/