The US government has issued separate travel warnings for multiple parts of Mexico.
Americans have been asked by the State Department to avoid traveling to Baja California and nearby Mexico’s Tijuana, Ensenada and Rosarito. They also share that the U.S. government cannot assist U.S. citizens if they encounter crime while traveling in Mexico.
This recommendation states: The U.S. government has limited ability to provide emergency services to U.S. citizens in many parts of Mexico. “
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said in a statement about the recent rise in crime that members of cartels and gangs “attacked innocent civilians as if it were a kind of revenge.” It wasn’t just a clash between them, it got to the point where they started shooting civilians, innocent people. That’s the most unfortunate thing about this incident.”
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U.S. government employees in Mexico
In Baja California, there have been reports of more than 20 vehicles being carjacked and set on fire in the past week.
U.S. government employees are not permitted to travel to certain areas of Mexico due to limited emergency services available. If you already have employees in these parts of Mexico, they are restricted from hailing taxis or traveling after dark to other cities. etc., only licensed vehicles may be used. They are strongly discouraged from traveling alone.
The advisory also restricts employees from driving from the U.S.-Mexico border into Mexico’s interior. Interstate 15D between Nogales and Hermosillo and Interstate 85D between Nuevo Laredo and Monterrey are permitted for daytime travel in Baja California.
Recommendations to American Citizens
The US government wants all Americans to follow the same travel guidelines as its employees.
Locations in Mexico Americans are asked to refrain from traveling to the following locations:
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Colima – crime and kidnapping
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Guerrero State – crime
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Michoacan State – crime and kidnapping
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Sinaloa – crime and kidnapping
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Tamaulipas State – crime and kidnapping
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Zacatecas State – crime and kidnapping
Where Mexican Americans Should Rethink Travel:
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baja california – crime and kidnapping
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chihuahua state – crime and kidnapping
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Durango – crime
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Guanajuato – crime and kidnapping
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Jalisco – crime and kidnapping
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Morelos State – crime
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Sonora – crime and kidnapping
Americans should be very careful when traveling to these states of Mexico.
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Aguascalientes – crime
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Baja California Sur – crime
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Chiapas State – crime
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Coahuila – crime
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Hidalgo State – crime
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Mexico City – crime
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state of mexico – crime
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Nayarit State – crime
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Nuevo Leon – crime and kidnapping
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Oaxaca – crime
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Puebla State – crime and kidnapping
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Queretaro – crime
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Quintana Roo – crime and kidnapping
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State of San Luis Potosi – crime and kidnapping
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Tabasco State – crime
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Tlaxcala – crime
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Veracruz – crime