Current:Home > BackU.S. warns spring break travelers to Mexico to "exercise increased caution"-DB Wealth Institute B2 Expert Reviews
U.S. warns spring break travelers to Mexico to "exercise increased caution"
View Date:2025-01-12 20:48:16
The U.S. on Thursday warned American citizens traveling to Mexico for spring break to exercise increased caution.
"Crime, including violent crime, can occur anywhere in Mexico, including in popular tourist destinations," the U.S. Mission to Mexico said in a news release. It advised travelers to maintain situational awareness and promptly leave potentially dangerous situations.
The advisory said travelers should be particularly cautious in downtown areas of popular spring break destinations, including Cancun, Playa del Carmen, and Tulum, especially after dark.
Thursday's advisory also cautioned against using synthetic drugs, unregulated alcohol and counterfeit medication while in the country, noting previous, correlated deaths and injuries of U.S. citizens after using or consuming such substances.
The warning came after several recent incidents concerning foreign tourists in Mexico. Earlier this month, an American woman and a man from Belize were killed in what appeared to have been a dispute between drug dealers at a beach club in the resort city of Tulum.
In May 2023, a Canadian tourist was shot to death in Mexico's Pacific coast beach town of Puerto Escondido, days after a tourist from Argentina died after being attacked by a machete in another coastal town in Oaxaca. An American tourist was shot in the leg in March 2023 by unidentified assailants in the resort town of Puerto Morelos on Mexico's Caribbean coast.
- In:
- Travel
- Playa del Carmen
- Tulum
- Cancún
- Mexico
- Travel Warning
- Spring Break
S. Dev is a news editor for CBSNews.com.
veryGood! (1)
Related
- Are Ciara Ready and Russell Wilson Ready For Another Baby? She Says…
- Building a Cradle for Financial Talent: SSW Management Institute and Darryl Joel Dorfman's Mission and Vision
- What is Crowdstrike? What to know about company linked to global IT outage
- New York City’s Marshes, Resplendent and Threatened
- Colts' Kenny Moore II ridicules team's effort in loss to Bills
- John Mayall, tireless and influential British blues pioneer, dies at 90
- 2024 Olympics: Céline Dion Will Return to the Stage During Opening Ceremony
- Knights of Columbus covers shrine’s mosaics by ex-Jesuit artist accused of abusing women
- What Republicans are saying about Matt Gaetz’s nomination for attorney general
- Steve Bannon’s trial in border wall fundraising case set for December, after his ongoing prison term
Ranking
- 'I was in total shock': Woman wins $1 million after forgetting lotto ticket in her purse
- IOC President Bach says Israeli-Palestinian athletes 'living in peaceful coexistence'
- US banks to begin reporting Russian assets for eventual forfeiture under new law
- Bangladesh protests death toll nears 180, with more than 2,500 people arrested after days of unrest
- Judge moves to slash $38 million verdict in New Hampshire youth center abuse case
- New Zealand reports Canada after drone flown over Olympic soccer practice
- Biden Administration Targets Domestic Emissions of Climate Super-Pollutant with Eye Towards U.S.-China Climate Agreement
- Russia and China push back against U.S. warnings over military and economic forays in the melting Arctic
Recommendation
-
FanDuel Sports Network regional channels will be available as add-on subscription on Prime Video
-
IOC President Bach says Israeli-Palestinian athletes 'living in peaceful coexistence'
-
Donald Trump and Bryson DeChambeau aim to break 50 on YouTube: Five takeaways
-
John Mayall, tireless and influential British blues pioneer, dies at 90
-
Mega Millions winning numbers for November 12 drawing: Jackpot rises to $361 million
-
North Dakota judge will decide whether to throw out a challenge to the state’s abortion ban
-
Netanyahu is in Washington at a fraught time for Israel and the US. What to know about his visit
-
Find Out Which America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Stars Made the 2024 Squad