Texas warns of travel to Mexican border town for the Fourth

exas authorities are urging residents not to cross into the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo during the Fourth of July weekend because of intelligence that a Mexican drug cartel plans to target U.S. citizens. The violent Zetas drug cartel, which operates in Nuevo Laredo, will be targeting crimes at Americans who cross the border [...]

Is Mexico's Violence Overblown?

Mexican President Felipe Calderón is touting 2011 as the year of tourism, and the Mexico Tourism Board is spending millions of dollars on ads. Yet the nation’s deadly drug wars have led the U.S. government to widen its travel warnings in recent weeks, throwing a wrench into Mexico’s effort to attract foreign visitors. Nearly half [...]

Texas DPS Discourages Spring Break Travel To Mexico

The Texas Department of Public Safety is urging Spring Breakers to avoid traveling to Mexico because of continued violence-and reminding boaters to stay on the U.S. side of Falcon Lake. Falcon Lake has been the scene of several robberies and a U.S. citizen’s murder, and DPS is again warning boaters to steer clear of the [...]

US extends Mexico travel warnings

The US State Department has extended its travel warning for Mexico because of concern over drug-related violence. Three more states have been added to the list of places it says Americans should avoid. The warning says the states of Michoacan and Tamaulipas, as well as parts of Sinaloa, are all troubled by violence and organised [...]

How safe is travel to Mexico?

How safe is travel in Mexico? It all depends on where you’re going. As a new travel warning by the U.S. State Department (http://travel.state.gov) points out, the areas of concern are not the beach resorts or historical cities most Americans visit, but rather the border towns, specifically Tijuana, Nogales, Ciudad Juarez, Nuevo Laredo, Monterrey and [...]