The United States on Thursday warned American citizens traveling to Mexico over spring break to use extra caution.
“Crime, including violent crime, can occur anywhere in Mexico, even in popular tourist destinations“, describes the statement.
He advised travelers to maintain situational awareness and quickly leave potentially dangerous situations.
The notice said that Travelers should take special care in downtown areas of popular spring break destinations, including Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum, especially after dark.
He also warned against using synthetic drugs, unregulated alcohol, and counterfeit medications while in the country, noting prior and correlated deaths and injuries of U.S. citizens after using or consuming such substances.
The warning came after several recent incidents involving foreign tourists in Mexico. Earlier this month, an American woman and a Belizean man were killed in what appeared to have been a dispute between drug traffickers at a beach club in the resort town of Tulum.
In May 2023, a Canadian tourist was shot to death in the coastal city of Puerto Escondido, on the Mexican Pacific coast, days after an Argentine tourist died after being attacked with a machete in another coastal city in Oaxaca.
Meanwhile, an American tourist was shot in the leg in March 2023 by unidentified assailants in the resort city of Puerto Morelos, on Mexico’s Caribbean coast.
Although the alert remains at level 2, which is “exercise greater caution when traveling,” the warning is for 29 of the 31 states of Mexico, including popular tourist destinations such as Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos and Cancun.
This warning is reiterated every year, already in 2023, the United States government asked its tourists to remain alert to the situation of violence, avoid areas where illicit activities occur and quickly move away from potentially dangerous situations.
Likewise, he recalled that The possession and use of drugs, including marijuana, which is permitted in several entities in the United States, is illegal in Mexico. and can result in a long prison sentence.
“U.S. citizens have become seriously ill or died in Mexico after using synthetic drugs or adulterated prescription pills,” the travel alert notes.
In this vein, he also clarified to all spring breakers that all weapons and even small amounts of ammunition are illegal in Mexico and detailed that infractions related to firearms and other weapons can lead to a lengthy prison sentence.
Another warning that the alert includes is that unregulated alcohol could be contaminated, and that, in the past, American citizens have lost consciousness or been injured after consuming alcohol that was possibly adulterated.
Finally, the United States government warned that there have been cases in which American citizens have been victims of rape and sexual assault in Mexico, as well as that attackers may target intoxicated or isolated individuals, or may use mood-altering drugs. physical or mental of the victim
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