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No kidnapped or beheaded at Disney World, but recently a 2-year-old toddler was killed by a crocodile while standing in 6 inches of water.
No kidnapped or beheaded at Disney World, but recently a 2-year-old toddler was killed by a crocodile while standing in 6 inches of water.
No kidnapped or beheaded at Disney World, but recently a 2-year-old toddler was killed by a crocodile while standing in 6 inches of water.
Just saw this article about the troubles a couple for New Zealand just experienced in Mexico: Wedding anniversary holiday from hell in Mexico - NZ Herald
Makes me wonder, as more and more Westerners go or relocate to Mexico in part for the inexpensive medical treatment, if the drug cartels have begun to figure this out and are now moving into the medical field to extort people.
I won't look for the links to prove it, but we do have alligator attacks on humans--grown humans! not an everyday occurrence but it does happen.
I'm sure it's also safe for many to travel to the Middle East, Turkey, Syria, etc. But when there are so many alternatives without these kinds of issues, why not choose alternative destinations?
“U.S. citizens have been the victims of violent crimes, including homicide, kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery in various Mexican states,” the travel advisory states. It added that “gun battles between rival criminal organizations or with Mexican authorities have taken place on streets and in public places during broad daylight.”
More than 12,500 people were killed in the first six months of this year, an increase of about 30 percent over the same period in 2016. That puts Mexico on pace for what could be the deadliest year in its post-revolution history.
In its update, the State Department repeated a 2016 warning that “organized criminal groups may target public and private passenger buses traveling through Tamaulipas. These groups sometimes take all passengers hostage and demand ransom payments. ... Nuevo Laredo has experienced numerous gun battles and attacks with explosive devices in the past year."
Based on this article from yesterday, I suspect that Mexico is safe. I encourage people to go there.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/mex...artels-fracture-violence-travel-warnings-soar
I asked him if he felt so threatened and he said "Yes!" even though it was a gated community..
Some people are adventurous and others are cautious....
Don't believe everything you read. Mexico is a big county..You want to get out your big paint brush and diss the entire country..kind of glib of you IMO...
Five security guards died at an electronic music festival in Playa del Carmen in January, and a July shootout in a nightclub on the city's famed Fifth Avenue injured three. Gunmen shot a police commander outside his home in late July.
Although the crime wave so far is mostly limited to areas outside the resorts where tourists stay, Cancun shows signs of following the ill-fated path of Acapulco. That city was once the granddaddy of Mexican tourist destinations, but now is one of country’s deadliest areas and no longer a mecca for international travelers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...en-tulum-violent-crime-encroaching/527247001/
I agree. I recommend that people ignore the current news, so much of it is made up. In the meantime, there are plenty of safe places in Mexico, unless it is not your day...
It is the seeming lack of caring about crime by the police force that concerns me, not exactly the odds of any single person getting shot, stabbed or beheaded at any one time. In the USA if someone assaults me or steals my car, breaks into my home, I can call the police and expect a pretty good response (of course there are the rare outliers). The stories I read about Mexico seem to indicate you cannot expect this type of response from the police there. Is this true? Because that is a showstopper for me.