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There are 32 US cities, including Huston TX, with a higher homicide rate than Mexico City. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_homicide_rate https:/
by josu 3y ago
There are 32 US cities, including Huston TX, with a higher homicide rate than Mexico City. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_homicide_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_homicide_rat...
Foreigners getting kidnapped is very uncommon. It happens from time to time, although it makes it to the news and they do try to find the kidnappers.
School shootings are extremely rare.
- gathersnow 3y agoI don't think that CDMX is considered a hotbed of cartel activity?
- NickC25 3y agoIt's not, atleast directly. The cartels do participate in politics but that's mainly through bribery and other white-collar illegal activities that mainly concerns politicians. Same goes for the touristy areas like Cabo and Cancun - the cartels own them all and that's a legitimate source of real, clean income (and dollars) for the cartels, and the last thing they want to do is mess with that. The cartels have a vested interest in keeping the resort towns running as smoothly and crime-free as possible.
- Ajedi32 3y agoWhy so many red flags on the State Department website then? Are you saying they're just wrong? https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/mexico-travel-advisory.html https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/...
- Apocryphon 3y agoThere are six states with red flags, the rest are cautionary advisories.
- Ajedi32 3y agoYeah, but compare that to, for example, our other neighbor Canada: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/canada-travel-advisory.html https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/...
- projectazorian 3y agoEven the State Department warnings are localized to certain areas. And as a rule, the State Department’s advisories tend to be incredibly conservative. Nobody wants to get hauled in front of Congress because something bad happened to a tourist in an area the State Department said was okay. People who actually do business in Mexico have access to much more detailed and nuanced security advice.