State Dept Updates and Extends Travel Warning on the Security Situation in Mexico
On May 6, 2010, the State Department updated and extended its travel warning for Mexico in order to inform U.S. citizens traveling to and living in Mexico of concerns about the security situation in Mexico.
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Dependents from U.S. Consulates in Six Border Cities Still Authorized to Depart
The travel warning notes that the U.S. State Department’s authorized departure of family members of U.S. government personnel from U.S. consulates in the Northern Mexican border cities of Tijuana, Nogales, Ciudad Juarez, Nuevo Laredo, Monterrey and Matamoros has been extended. (This authorization was previously scheduled to expire on May 12, 2010.)
Deferral of Unnecessary Travel to Specified Areas of Mexico Urged
According to the State Department’s updated guidance, recent violent attacks and persistent security concerns have prompted the U.S. Embassy to urge U.S. citizens to defer unnecessary travel to Michoacán and Tamaulipas, to parts of Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Durango, and Coahuila, and to advise U.S. citizens residing or traveling in those areas to exercise extreme caution.
Delay in Non-Essential Travel to Areas Near Ciudad Juarez, Etc. Recommended
The State Department’s updated guidance states that U.S. citizens should defer non-essential travel to Ciudad Juarez and to the Guadalupe Bravo area southeast of Ciudad Juarez. U.S. citizens should also defer travel to the northwest quarter of the state of Chihuahua, including the city of Nuevas Casas Grandes and surrounding communities. From the U.S., these areas are often reached through the Columbus, NM and Fabens and Fort Hancock, TX ports-of-entry. In both areas, U.S. citizens have been victims of drug related violence.
(See ITT’s Online Archives or 03/16/10 and 04/22/10 news, 10031635 and 10042240, for BP summaries of their March 14, 2010 & April 12, 2010 travel warnings.)
Travel warning, dated 05/06/10, available at http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_4755.html#.