Alerts alert

Mexico’s Home Secretary or Secretario de Gobernación claims that U.S. State Department warnings cautioning Americans to avoid travel in nearly half of Mexico’s states is “ridiculous” and “out of proportion.” Alejandro Poiré says million of tourists visit Mexico without incident. Adding that he believes “these alerts overstate or misstate the standards and security situation that exists in our country.” An updated travel warning on Feb. 8 urges travelers to “defer nonessential travel” to 14 of Mexico’s 31 states due to drug-related violence that has cost more than 47,500 lives since 2006. However, warning also notes that “millions of U.S. citizens safely visit Mexico each year” and that resort areas are generally safer.

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Jimm Budd

Reporting From Mexico City

Member of the Society of American Travel Writers