Should someone decide to spend their vacation in Mexico, they should pay close attention to the U.S. State Department travel advisory, which was first issued in October 2022 and warnings were re-issued March 3, just four days before the kidnappings.
Two other Americans were killed after the group got caught in a drug cartel shootout last week. Officials say the group was on a road trip to Mexico for one of them to get cosmetic surgery. The Americans were hauled away in a truck.
From Acapulco to the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico has always been a popular vacation destination for Americans. But in recent years, a number of American visitors have either gotten caught in the middle of deadly violence between competing drug cartels or been subjected to kidnapping. “I would be staying away from there man. Mexico has always been a dangerous place,” said college student Logan Dortar.
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