U.S. May Warn All Citizens To Stay Out Of Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Mexico warned that the United States may issue a heightened travel alert next week.
In recent years, Mexico has suffered a wave of organized crime and drug-related violence that killed more than 2,500 people last year alone.
“While there is little doubt in my mind that the travel alert should be reissued, it may also be necessary to heighten the alert to better reflect the increasing insecurity,” U.S. Ambassador Tony Garza said in a statement Friday.
An alert issued last year by the State Department warns Americans about travel in areas of the country where foreigners have been targeted. The alert is due to expire on April 15.
Garza was speaking in Ciudad Juarez, which the Mexican government has flooded with soldiers and federal police to curb soaring violence. About 200 people have been killed in the Chihuahua state city of 1.3 million since Jan. 1.
A military judge issued an arrest warrant and considers them suspects in a March 26 confrontation in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, the department said in a statement. It didn’t give further details on the deaths but said the investigation remained open.
In a second statement, the department said two soldiers deserted Thursday and were later killed during a gunbattle with police in the state of Nuevo Leon. Three state police officers and a civilian also died in the violence.
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Perhaps the US gov’t might wish to dip its toe in such waters by warning Mexicans to stay the fuck out of the US.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:38 amMaybe the last minute surge of wall building on the southern border is because the government knows something could be up. Have you seen pictures of the Absolut vodka commercial that shows the US back when Mexico covered a lot of our Southwestern States? Perhaps the illegals have been a cover for the advance party.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:42 amDude. You just made my flesh crawl.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:48 amSo if we don’t export freedom and build democracies this is what we will get as neighbors and trading partners.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:52 amonce again to whom much is given much is required.
Kevin M, seems to be my calling, mooslums have surrounded The Great Lakes and the Mexicans are running amok.
April 5th, 2008 at 11:14 amJohn
yeah man, same here. thats a scary ass thought!
hopefully we finish the wall soon then we’ll have something physical to throw the mexicans back over
April 5th, 2008 at 11:25 am
U.S. May Warn Citizens to Stay Out of Mexico.
April 5th, 2008 at 12:11 pmNo shit Sherlock!
This is old news. Personally, I’ve known this for nearly three-decades. What a screwed up place.
This is your brain.
This is your brain on Mexico.
The drug war is something we, as a country, don’t talk about too much, but it is a huge problem. Most of the people in jail, in the US, are there because of drugs. The huge problem they are having along the Mexican border,is because of drugs. The Coast Guard, and Navy, patrol the Atlantic and Pacific routes from South America 24-7-365, but there is no way to stop even a fraction of the drugs coming in. I’m sure the Border Patrol experiences the same problem. From what I have read, the border towns are lawless, and controlled by competing cartels. It almost seems that the Mexican government will have to declare Martial Law to regain order. It’s all about the money. When billions of dollars are involved it won’t be stopped. We’ve been trying for 30 years. I wish I could offer a solution, but none would be easy or popular.
April 5th, 2008 at 1:20 pmOld Chief, it’s depressing. They say that they only intercept ten percent of the total. If people here didn’t buy it they wouldn’t be selling it. I don’t know what to do either, it really does a lot of damage to both sides of the border. I’d like to see a world where having on a Saturday night out just smoking two light cigarettes and having two light beers and you’d really get a buzz. But, that’s no fun. I finally got it down to a pack of full flavors a day and usually one or two four pints a week and I’m wasted. Can’t do it, anymore.
April 5th, 2008 at 2:19 pmI am mexican and I live in the US.
April 5th, 2008 at 7:03 pm