If you have enough Spanish, reading Google News for Mexico will give similar info. Anyway, diplomacy is what the State Department does.
Apropos of nothing, before WWII, British diplomats got tropical duty pay for being stationed in pre-airconditioned Washington, DC.
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Apr 25, 2011 12:56:40 PM, [email protected] wrote:
There are only two other Western Hemisphere nations that have a State Department travel warning issued for them, and they are Colombia and Haiti. Surely that fact is not lost on the Mexican government, and I hardly think that the wording of this travel warning (which is far more detailed than the warnings for the other two countries) was meant to pacify them.--------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
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On Apr 23, 2011, at 12:24 AM, David wrote:
> For any cavers still pondering whether to travel to Mexico to go caving:
>
>
> http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_5440.html
>
> I am not sure what this says differently from the warning issued in September.
>
> However, it clearly states to avoid the state of Tamaulipas, which some cavers
> would drive thru if they were heading to the Sierra Madre area around Ciuidad
> Victoria or points further south.
>
> It prohibits Federal employees from certain areas. Included are
> areas are in the
> state of Jalisco. I states they can't go to Boystown in Laredo.
> ( Rumors are that place was abandoned by tourist years ago, and
> I haven't heard of a caver going there in over 15 years. )
>
> Note federal employees are prohibited from travelling several popular routes
> used by cavers in the Monterrey area. It also says very clearly that the
> area around the town of San Fernando is dangerous. ( This is the area
> that has been in the news lately for the mass graves )
>
> It subtly indicates some of the consulate offices have been downsized to the
> point they are no longer functional.
>
> It says to not travel Highway 57 in San Luis Potosi.
>
> It subtly warns not to travel to Cuernavaca, Acapulco, Zihuatanejo, and
> the beautiful tourist resort of Ixtapa. But more clearly warns to avoid
> Ciudad Juarez, Tijuana, and Puerto Peñasco.
>
> Personally, I think the statement is vague. It does not mention beheadings,
> or some of the torture methods, and the public displaying of corpses with
> narco-messages, or that the crime is so bad that the criminals are taking
> real estate property from people. It doesn't mention all the escaped
> convicts. It does not mention the bad guys are heavily armed with
> automatic weapons. Nowhere in the article does it describe what the
> bad guys look like, so how are you supposed to know how to keep a
> watchful eye ? Nor does the article in any way refer the tourist to
> the best up to date news sites on the web related to the narco-crime.
> It seems designed more to please the Mexican Government, and not
> hurt their feelings.
>
> David
>
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