The Roaming Boomers2017 Mexico Travel Warning Updated, U.S. State Dept
Mexico Travel Warning
The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens about the risk of traveling to certain parts of Mexico due to the activities of criminal organizations in those areas. U.S. citizens have been the victims of violent crimes, including homicide, kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery in various Mexican states. This Travel Warning replaces the Travel Warning for Mexico issued December 8, 2016.
Now, before you spit your spiced apple chai across the room, let’s keep this in perspective.
Like the United States, Mexico is a big place and there are certainly places that you wouldn’t visit in the U.S. as well. Right?
And further, Mexicans aren’t stupid. Americans spend billions of dollars each year in popular Mexican resorts. Therefore, they are going to work very hard to ensure that their resort destinations are safe.
So, now that we’ve got that out of the way, CLICK HERE to read the U.S. State Department’s State-by-State Assessment of the security conditions throughout Mexico.
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I thought the same thing as you until I read the information on this website:
http://mexicovacationawareness.com/
I am certainly not an alarmist, but I would not drink a mixed drink at ANY resort in Mexico after reading these stories. Very scary.
Last year, we spent a month at a villa in San Miguel de Allende which is a wonderful Spanish Colonial town in the middle of Mexico and felt perfectly safe walking around at night. When we returned, we joined an online forum for people who live in San Miguel and for others who are just interested in it (as we are). There are all kinds of topics in the forum – lost dogs, wages of housekeepers, new restaurants, happenings, recommendations, advice to newcomers, crime, etc. It is similar to “Nextdoor” here in the states.
In the past six months, things appear to have changed there. Petty crime occurs everywhere, but violent crime has increased there to the point where people on the forum are saying not to walk around later in the evening. Muggings have increased. We plan to return, but will no longer be walking around in the evening.
Hi Lynn, thanks for sharing your comments and insights. 😀