5 Mexican states get highest US 'do not travel' warning
ABC News
Five states in Mexico now have the sternest "do not travel" advisories under a revamped U.S. State Department system unveiled Wednesday, putting them on the same level as war-torn countries like Syria, Yemen and Somalia.
The five states are Tamaulipas on the U.S. border and Sinaloa, Colima, Michoacan and Guerrero on the Pacific coast. All the states are hotspots of drug cartel activity, either hosting trafficking routes or extensive drug-crop cultivation.
The State Department had previously discouraged travel to all or part of those states but the new warnings are sterner, placing them on a level 4 warning, the highest level of potential danger.
Read more at: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexican-states-us-travel-warning-52263785
The country of Mexico is at a 2 rating. Who knows, maybe in the past, such warnings were issued and one just didn't know. Only 1 border state of the 5.
