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Texas authorities are advising residents to avoid traveling to Mexico during spring break « due to the ongoing violence throughout that country. »
The Texas Department of Public Safety issued an advisory warning against travel to the country for spring break « and beyond. »
« Drug cartel violence and other criminal activity represent a significant safety threat to anyone who crosses into Mexico right now, » Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw said in a statement on Friday. « We have a duty to inform the public about safety, travel risks and threats. Based on the volatile nature of cartel activity and the violence we are seeing there; we are urging individuals to avoid travel to Mexico at this time. »
The warning was issued a week after four Americans were kidnapped shortly after crossing the border into Matamoros, Mexico, which is in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas just south of Brownsville, Texas.
