BBC: US issues highest travel warning for five Mexican states
The US state department has warned tourists to "completely avoid" five states in Mexico because of rampant crime levels and gang activity.
Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán, Sinaloa and Tamaulipas have all been classified as a level-four risk, the highest in the scale.
That puts them at the same levels as conflict-ridden countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.
Preliminary figures suggest that Mexico had a record number of murders in 2017.
Previously, the year with the most homicides had been 2011, when more than 27,000 people were killed according to official figures.
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2 comments:
Baja California is getting pretty sketchy as well, especially Cabo San Lucas, the turf war has begun!
I wont go to Mexico for reasons. I hung out with drug and gin dealers. They pulled up and shot one guy in the face. Bottom line the horror stories. Nope..... Wont touch it.
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