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DANGEROUS BORDER * USA / Mexico
* U.S. State Department: avoid travel in several areas of Mexico
(Photo by Jorge Duenes/Reuters - Mexican soldiers stand behind a haul of weapons that was seized after a gun battle in the border town of Tijuana March 7, 2008. Soldiers seized over 90 weapons, almost 50,000 rounds of ammunition and over 400 kg of marijuana and made 3 arrests, local media reported)
Washington,DC,USA -Land Line, by Charlie Morasch -29 Feb 2012: -- While the U.S. and Mexico continue to advance cross-border trucking, Americans are being warned by their government to avoid travel to several Mexican states, including two major states near the U.S. border... Earlier this month, the U.S. State Department issued an updated travel warning for Americans traveling in Mexico. Transnational Criminal Organizations, including drug and human trafficking cartels, have continued to ramp up violence and crime along major routes in Mexico, the warning says... “As a result, crime and violence are serious problems throughout the country and can occur anywhere,” the warning says. “U.S. citizens have fallen victim to TCO activity, including homicide, gun battles, kidnapping, carjacking and highway robbery” ... The warning goes on to recommend Americans drive only during daytime, avoid isolated roads, and “use toll roads whenever possible” ... The warning says Americans should exercise caution in north Baja California, Mexico, where 34 U.S. citizens were killed last year. Most of the killings were tied to narcotics trafficking, the travel warning says... Americans should defer “non-essential” travel in Chihuahua, home to El Paso, TX-neighbor Juarez Mexico, which is “of special concern. Ciudad Juarez has one of the highest murder rates in Mexico” ... The state of Sonora, Mexico, located just over the border from Tucson, AZ, is a key region in the international drug and human trafficking trades and “can be extremely dangerous,” the warning says...
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