With crowds of spring breakers expected to head to Mexican beaches within a few weeks, the U. S. State Department has issued warnings cautioning that street crime can be a problem in Cancun and that drug gangs have turned Acapulco and Mazatlan into battle grounds. Thus far, no foreign tourists have been injured in the drug wars, but intoxicated youths out way past midnight may be asking for trouble.
Tourism Minister Gloria Guevara, in Madrid for a tourism show, when asked about this replied that all countries have a right to issue such warnings but pointed out that most of Mexico is peaceful and that few visitors encounter any trouble.
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Jimm Budd
Reporting from Mexico City
Member of the Society of American Travel Writers
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