Fear of bullets kept many away from Acapulco during Easter Week, usually the busiest time of the year for the resort destination. Nor were fears unjustified. Drug runners, fighting with each other, left more than a dozen bodies strewn around some of the most popular tourist areas. Then the Navy (local police are too frightened) moved in to round up those gunmen they could catch. Mexico City benefitted. Many residents decided to stay at home and often played host to out-of-town visitors. Although almost all businesses were closed as of last Thursday, there was no indication that churches were especially crowded, but nearly two million people showed up for the traditional Passion Play in the Ixtapalapa neighborhood.
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Jimm Budd
Reporting from Mexico City
Member of the Society of American Travel Writers
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