Mexico

Mexico: Federal Police Deployed to Mexico City’s Airport

Date: February 12th, 2009 |

Authorities assigned 100 more federal police to Mexico City’s international airport following the 18th reported incident of robberies of arriving passengers who exchanged money in the airport. Five of the 18 victims have been foreigners, with a Colombian citizen the latest on Feb. 6. The usual method is for one member of a gang of [read more]

Mexico: Los Cabos Taxi-Bus Feud May Be Ending

Date: December 24th, 2008 |

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The end may be in sight for the long-running taxi-tour bus dispute in Los Cabos that sometimes catches tourists unaware and disrupts their transport between the airport and their hotels. Federal, state and municipal authorities signed an agreement to resolve the conflict between taxi drivers and tour bus operators and regulate transport from the airport [read more]

Mexico: Oregon Tourist Killed in Police Custody; Drug Violence in Yucatan

Date: September 3rd, 2008 |

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Given the worst circumstances it could probably happen anywhere, but the fate of an Oregon crab fisherman who was beaten to death by Mexican police when detained in San Jose del Cabo should be a lesson to all not to tangle with police, especially in countries where you do not speak the local language. The [read more]

Mexico: Cabo Transit Dispute Riles Tourists; Longer Waits at San Diego-Tijuana Border Crossing

Date: July 23rd, 2008 |

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A long-simmering dispute between taxi drivers and tour operators in Los Cabos caught tourists in the middle July 16 when the taxis blocked buses from leaving hotels and forced the passengers to take taxis to the airport. Most of the tourists had paid for the bus transfers as part of their tour packages, and some [read more]

Mexico: Shark Attacks Spur Study of Shark Behavior

Date: June 4th, 2008 |

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The first fatal shark attacks along Mexico’s Pacific coast in 30 years occurred near the resort of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo. Two surfers were killed and one was maimed in three separate incidents since late April. The attacks prompted the government to plan a tagging operation to try to understand why sharks are suddenly coming so close to [read more]

Mexico: Frenchman Shot in Robbery Near Mexico City Airport

Date: January 29th, 2009 |

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Robbers staking out Mexico City’s international airport shot a French citizen in the head and robbed him of more than $6,000 in cash on a street near the airport Jan. 27. Apparently the gang posts lookouts near currency exchange windows who observe arriving passengers exchanging money and phone ahead to their cohorts identifying the potential [read more]

Mexico: Grenade Attacks

Date: September 25th, 2008 |

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Two grenade attacks on an Independence Day celebration in Morelia suggest that warring drug cartels may begin targeting the general public in their campaigns against each other and the government. Most past attacks targeted rivals, police or soldiers, but this incident, which killed seven people and injured more than 100, points toward an ominous change [read more]

Mexico: Quintana Roo Sets Up Tracking System for Tourists During Emergencies

Date: August 13th, 2008 |

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Authorities in Quintana Roo and 30 foreign consulates have put together a tracking system for tourists in case of hurricane-related evacuations. When tourists register online at their hotels they will be in the system and if a storm forces relocation, consulates will know where they have been sent. This should simplify reporting the whereabouts of [read more]

Mexico: Oaxaca Teachers’ Strike Ends

Date: June 19th, 2008 |

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Some 20,000 teachers and sympathizers on strike in Oaxaca ended their three-week protest June 16 in part to allow the state to celebrate the Guelaguetza, the region’s premier cultural event. “La guelaguetza” is a Zapotec word meaning “offering,” and the festival features traditional dances from the seven indigenous regions of the state. The Guelaguetza takes [read more]

Mexico: Narco-Violence Near U.S. Border; Private Plane Stolen from Americans

Date: April 17th, 2008 |

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The U.S. State Department reissued its travel alert for Mexico citing extensive violent criminal activity in northern areas near the U.S. border. The violence is driven by drug cartels fighting over the narcotics trade. Attacks usually target cartel members, police, criminal justice officials and journalists, but foreign visitors and residents, including Americans, have been kidnapped [read more]

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