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State Dept. Cites 'Large Firefights' in Travel Alert on Mexico
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Feb 21, 2009 10:11am |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Saturday, February 21, 2009 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By William Booth
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, February 21, 2009; Page A14
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 20 -- The latest travel advisory for Mexico from the U.S. State Department will certainly not please the tourist board. Rather than a glossy brochure advertising the country's many delights, the travel alert issued Friday reads like the plot of a crime thriller.
"Recent Mexican army and police confrontations with drug cartels have resembled small-unit combat, with cartels employing automatic weapons and grenades," the advisory reads. "Large firefights have taken place in many towns and cities across Mexico but most recently in northern Mexico, including Tijuana, Chihuahua City and Ciudad Juarez. During some of these incidents, U.S. citizens have been trapped and temporarily prevented from leaving the area."
Being "temporarily prevented" from leaving a firefight is never a good thing as far as promoting tourism goes. Tourism is one of Mexico's main sources of income, and the country that sends the most tourists to Mexico is the United States. |
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