State Department Warns American Vacationers Against Mexican “NO-GO-ZONES”

A notice from the State Department warning travelers about rising violence in the states of Quintana Roo and Baja California Sur, which include the resort areas Cancun and Los Cabos, respectively.

By Susan Price, Gold Star Mother & Analyst
[First published with americaoutloud.com on March 15, 2018]

America is filled with numerous incredible beaches and vacations resorts, yet there are those U.S. citizens with a fascination to travel across the border to Mexico for a spicy adventure filled vacation onto it’s once upon a time beautiful resorts and beaches which in the past two decades have morphed into hotbed killing zones for drug cartels.

Simultaneously, a large number of the Mexican population are trying to escape this corrupt and crime ridden culture for a more secure lifestyle in the United States of America. Hence the important reminder of building the wall across the border states to protect Americans from the migrating crime agents.

Many of the Mexican states are anything but a vacation, so where is the disconnect? Many Mexican coastal resort areas better known for their beautiful beaches also depend on their port facilities, and these have come to play a strategic role in the country’s drug trade.

Drug trafficking organizations use legitimate commercial ships as well as fishing boats and other small surface vessels to carry cocaine from South America to Mexico, and many cartels often rely on hotels and resorts to launder drug proceeds. Because of the importance of these facilities, the assumption has been that drug trafficking organizations seek to limit violence in such areas not only to protect existing infrastructure but also to avoid the attention that violence affecting wealthy foreign tourists would draw.

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About the Author

Susan Price, Gold Star Mother
Patriot, Investigative Researcher,
National Voice,Veteran Advocate, Advocate for Justice

Susan is a National Gold Star Mother and resides in the Suburban Western New York area. The daughter of a Marine, and Army Veteran, She is also the Mother of a Fallen American Hero, Gunnery Sgt, Aaron Michael Kenefick a highly decorated and stellar Marine of over twelve years.

Susan is also known as a Veterans Advocate and a National voice. She has appeared on 60 Minutes, and other national media as well as and Patriot radio. Having worked with various Congressmen concerning our Military and Veterans, she has been sought out by many as the “the Gold Star Mother with a voice” – and “go to person”. Email her directly at: SusanPrice@AmericaOutLoud.com