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    26.000 Kanadier in Mexiko, als Puerto Vallarta von Kartellgewalt heimgesucht wird: Minister

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    1. ikindalikekitkat on

      I can’t imagine how scary this scenario must be for everyone in that region, whether tourist or local. Hope everyone stays safe.

    4. AxiomaticSuppository on

      This is going to tank Mexico’s tourism.

      Historically there have been acts of violence against tourists, but these are usually isolated incidents often chalked up to being „in the wrong place at the wrong time“ or interacting with locals in ill-advised ways (e.g., exchanging unfriendly words with a stranger in a bar).

      This, however, illustrates how pervasive the cartel is throughout the country. They just happen to be „well-behaved“ most of the time in the areas frequented by tourists. I’m not sure how safe people are going to feel when their safety is dependent on the criminals behaving in a civil manner. Like walking through a pit of snakes while they’re asleep, it’s all good + safe as long as the snakes remain asleep.

    5. StevenMcStevensen on

      The optimist in me wants to think that this will lead to the Mexican government absolutely deleting a ton of these thugs and meaningfully crippling cartels. However that’s probably too much to hope for.

    6. New-Vermicelli4749 on

      I know coworker who went Mexico on Saturday. I don’t know where he and his wife went in Mexico but hopefully they are far away from the danger. 

    7. ZooberFry on

      Mexico tourism is finished, at least for a few years. Their economy will suffer massively as people will now boycott Mexico for their own safety.

    8. lnahid2000 on

      This is why I rolled my eyes when I constantly saw Redditors on here saying that it’s safer to go to Mexico than the U.S. now.  Statistically this has never been true, even though the media bombards us with news from the U.S.

    10. CaptainKwirk on

      Just imagine a world in which we did not criminalize drugs. Would there even be cartels?

    11. Jesstriesherbest on

      Canadians are being urged to register with Global Affairs Canada, either by calling register 613-996-8885-SOS or at international.gc.ca.

    12. garry-oak on

      The headline is misleading. 26,000 people have registered with Global Affairs Canada, but the large majority of people don’t register when they travel to Mexico for a vacation. The actual number is likely many times this amount.

    13. SyrGwynHeroofAshvale on

      I know so many people who go yearly who are saying they’re not going back any time soon.

      So with Mexico and the USA sidelined where are Canadians going to be spending their vacations? We’re running out of same options on this side of the world.

    14. TryingForThrillions on

      History repeats, I see.

      Acapulco used to be the tourism capital of Mexico, until 1980s when cartel violence infested the place.

      Puerto Vallarta will likely suffer the same fate.

    16. Quick_Description_87 on

      Misleading title. There’s not 26k people in PV and western Mexico affected by this, and other tourist zones (ie Cancun- where I am) is unaffected and business as usual

    17. abnormica on

      There must be a small group of unlucky people out there who had to cancel their Cuba trip and ended up re-booking for this week in Mexico

    18. engineer_64 on

      Never been on my bucket list. Any country that hangs their own from overpasses is a sick and evil country.

    19. Terrible-Session5028 on

      This is going to be bad for Mexico. A lot of Canadians started going to Mexico as a boycott to the United States. This Will Drive Canadians right back into Florida and Arizona and maybe even Europe.

    22. kon575 on

      It’s unfortunate what’s going on and hope it doesn’t last long. I don’t see this having a negative effect on the area in the long run unless it escalates further. It’s always been a risk of things like this happening in Mexico.

      I’ve been to PV many many times and it doesn’t really phase me from wanting to go back unless for some reason tourists become a target, which I think the cartels avoid doing. I was even staying in near Playa del Carmen years back when there was a ferry bomb or something and was still visited the town a few days after. There was more military presence but it seemed completely business as usual.

      I have 2 kids and really almost anywhere in the world there’s chances of random tragedies/attacks happening and as long as it returns to normal I don’t see there being any higher risk travelling back to PV than other parts of the world.

    23. Minimum-Style-1411 on

      Looking specifically at murder rates, Mexico is at just over 17 people per 100,000. 
      USA is just under 7 people per.., and Saskatchewan is at just over 7 people per. 
      Of course, a more accurate comparison would be by state per state and province to province, but one must always consider that most of these murders , in these jurisdictions are inter gang related retaliations.  What is currently happening in the cartel run areas of Mexico is the Sinaloa cartel retaliation against the government itself, as well as opposing cartels. 

    25. ArugulaVisible318 on

      This is likely an underestimate. In Tulum now and have been trying to register since yesterday but the website keeps crashing out

    28. LividOpposite on

      I have no idea why people vacation in Mexico. Vacation purchases to Mexico 100% support the Cartels. 

    30. Wiley_dog25 on

      People need to keep things in perspective. Mexico is a BIG country. This would be like cancelling your trip to Newfoundland because of the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa.

    31. break_from_work on

      As of now (2pm est) I read that a lot of flights have resumed to and from PV, which is good news.

    32. chrisinvic on

      I’m currently in Oaxaca state and everything is soooo chill here. No signs of any danger and the place is hopping with people having a great time in Mexico.

    33. elf-nomad_23 on

      As much as I love Mexico, particularly Oaxaca and Chiapas, Ill be headed next to the Philippines, Cambodia and Vietnam. As I am on a very tight budget, I need to save. Hopefully next December for… oh 3 months. Hmmmm.

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