The US government has issued another travel warning about multiple areas in Mexico.
Americans are urged by the Department of State to avoid travel to Baja California and the nearby Mexican towns of Tijuana, Ensenada, and Rosarito. They also share that the US government will not be able to assist American citizens if they experience crime while traveling in Mexico.
The advisory states: “Violent crime — such as homicide, kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery — is widespread and common in Mexico. The US government has limited ability to provide emergency services to US citizens in many areas of Mexico.”
Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador says in a statement about the recent increase in crime, that cartel and gang members “attacked the civilian, innocent population like a sort of revenge. It wasn’t just a clash between two groups, but it got to the point