Travelers have additionally been warned of different points to be looking out for when touring to Mexico, together with petty crime similar to pickpocketing and purse snatching, assault similar to theft, bodily and sexual assault and carjackings on the Pacific coast and northern-U.S. border.
Visitors have been cautioned to “avoid non-essential travel” in a number of cities resulting from “high levels of violence and organized crime,” together with:
- Chiapas besides for the cities of Palenque, San Cristobal de las Casas and Tuxtla Gutiérrez
- Chihuahua besides for Chihuahua City
- Colima besides the town of Manzanillo
- Guanajuato
- Guerrero besides for the cities of Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo
- Jalisco
- Lagunas de Zempoala National Park in Morelos
- Michoacán besides the cities of Morelia and Patzcuaro
- Nayarit
- Nuevo León besides the town of Monterrey
- Sinaloa besides the town of Los Mochis
- Sonora besides the cities of Hermosillo
- Guaymas/San Carlos and Puerto Peñasco
- Tamaulipas besides the town of Tampico
- Zacatecas besides Zacatecas City
Additionally, a security and security warning has been issued resulting from “violent clashes” within the Sinaolan cities of Culiacán and Mazatlán.
“In recent weeks, there have been violent clashes between rival armed groups in Culiacán, Mazatlán and their surrounding areas,” the Canadian authorities writes on their web site.
“Armed groups have stopped vehicles on the highway from Culiácan to Mazatlán and other major roads.”
Those touring within that space ought to “exercise extreme caution, limit your movements, monitor local media for the latest information and follow the instructions of local authorities.”
