Violence In Mexico Urges Department Of State To Release Travel Warning
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Updated: 11:23 PM Mar 14, 2010
Violence In Mexico Urges Department Of State To Release Travel Warning
There's a new warning for anyone going to, or living in, Mexico. This warning is from The Department of the State and it's in reaction to the increased violence in Mexico over the past few weeks.
Posted: 8:26 PM Mar 14, 2010
Reporter: Marybeth Brush
Email Address: mbrush@kktv.com

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A U.S. consulate employee and her husband are now dead after a weekend shooting in Mexico. Lesley Enriquez and her husband, Arthur Redelf, of El Paso, Texas, were shot to death in Juarez. This is just the latest in a string, of what police are calling, drug related killings.

Now, there's a new warning for anyone going to, or living in, Mexico. This warning is from The Department of the State and it's in reaction to the increased violence in Mexico over the past few weeks.

With spring break coming up for many schools, authorities want travelers to think twice. "I would just be worried about the people going down there that don't know what's going on," says UCCS junior, Vincent Forcinito. He and Kylie Loveless are hoping spring breakers think twice about traveling south of the border. "Yes, after all the missing persons and murders that are going on, I would probably change my plans," says Loveless, a UCCS junior.

Another junior at the Colorado Springs university feels if students are going to go Mexico, they should get caught up on what's going on. "Definitely be a little more cautious, and I would stay current on what's happening locally where I am going," says Joshua Rowland.

The warning says these acts of violence aren't just happening in border towns. More than a dozen were murdered just in the last few days in the popular resort town of Acapulco. "They are not directly targeting spring breakers, but we just feel like that bullets don't discriminate, so if you happen to be in the wrong place at wrong time and the drug cartels start shooting each other, we don't want you to be caught in the middle of it," says Tela Mange of the Texas Department of Public Safety.

The warning lasts until April 12, 2010.


Latest Comments

Posted by: Debi Location: Pueblo on Mar 15, 2010 at 08:23 AM

no thanks hector. going elsewhere.,
Posted by: Hector Location: Mexico tourist board on Mar 15, 2010 at 06:01 AM

Se Esai, come to Mexico, spend your money, have fun, be surprised
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