US points ‘don’t journey’ warning for elements of Mexico as spring break approaches

The U.S. State Department reminded vacationers to keep away from going to elements of Mexico as 4 Americans had been kidnapped in Matamoros final week – two of whom had been killed whereas the opposite two returned to the U.S. on Tuesday.

The reminder got here simply days earlier than school college students head off to tropical locations like elements of Mexico for Spring Break.

Migrants largely type Central America wait in line to cross the border into the US on the Gateway International Bridge, between the cities of Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico, on March 15, 2021, in Brownsville, Texas.  (Photo by Chandan Khanna/AFP by way of Getty Images)

The State Department issued a Level 4 journey advisory for six Mexican states in October 2022, and final Friday the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Mexico issued the reminder after studies of a capturing in Tamaulipas.

“The U.S. Consulate General reminds U.S. residents that Tamaulipas is assessed as Level 4: Do Not Travel within the State Department’s journey advisory for Mexico,” the Consulate stated. 

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Tamaulipas is positioned simply south of Texas, and Matamoros, the place the 4 people had been kidnapped final week, within the state of Tamaulipas.

But additionally included on the State Department’s listing of states in Mexico which might be thought of a Level 4 menace due to crime and kidnapping are Guerrero, Zacatecas, Sinaloa, Colima and Michoacan.

Guests attend Victoria’s Secret PINK Nation Hosts Spring Break Bash on March 14, 2017 in Cancun, Mexico.   (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Victoria’s Secret Pink)

Travelers heading to Campeche or Yucatan are suggested to train “regular” precautions.

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Members of a Mexican cartel kidnapped 4 Americans who traveled throughout the border from Brownsville, Texas, to Matamoros, Tamaulipas, final week allegedly in search of a tummy tuck surgical procedure. Two of the Americans and an harmless Mexican bystander died in the course of the incident, in line with U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar.

The 4 Americans have been recognized as McGee, Shaeed Woodard, Eric Williams and Zindell Brown, all of South Carolina. The FBI has stated it can’t establish the survivors, however McGee and Williams have been recognized by their households because the survivors.

Mexican Natioanla Guard put together a search mission for 4 U.S. residents kidnapped by gunmen at Matamoros, Mexico, Monday, March 6, 2023. ( AP Photo)

Tamaulipas Gov. Americo Villarreal stated authorities positioned the 4 Americans in a shack guarded by a person, who was arrested.

State Department spokesperson Ned Price stated at a information convention on Tuesday that the U.S. had repatriated the 2 survivors “with the help of our Mexican companions, with the help of our officers in Mexico.” 

The two deceased Americans might be turned over and repatriated into the U.S. following forensic work on the Matamoros morgue.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated Monday that “these types of assaults are unacceptable” and the Biden administration would “stand prepared to supply all applicable consular help.”