Boy are they Pissed that the US about to grow a pair. Better watch what they say because if American tourism drops they will not be able to inflate the prices of the RESORTS the Cartels own to the Mexican Banks to launder all their DRUG money they need to convert from dollars to pesos. 
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22 Carnival Cruise passengers robbed at gunpoint on ship-sponsored tour in Mexico
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/27/22-carnival-cruise-ship-passengers-robbed-at-gunpoint-in-mexico.htmlMexico: Six Kidnappings per Day in 2011
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/02/17/mexico-six-kidnappings-per-day-in-2011/#ixzz1mntE1PoJMexico Tourism Feels Chill of Ongoing Drug Violence
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304432304576367710290674534MEXICO - The Places You’re Most Likely to Get Kidnapped Mexico has the highest number of kidnappings in the world.How We Know First, we began by collecting data on global kidnappings incidents by country using a variety of sources, including government and inter-governmental agency data, local, regional and national press and media reports, global incident databases and forums, input from relevant subject matter experts, and (yes) industry-specific reports published by risk advisory firms, tourism groups and insurance companies.
Next, we filtered the unstructured data using unique keyword strings to sort incidents into buckets based on specific parameters, such as motivation, type and location. This enabled us eventually to focus on the most relevant incidents for international travelers—that is, kidnappings that are motivated solely by financial gain.
Finally, we combined incident information for each country with relevant tourism and travel data, to find the intersection of popular travel destinations that have relatively high kidnap rates.
A group of people kidnapped by alleged drug traffickers sit on the floor after being rescued by the Mexican Army. (Dario Leon/AFP/Getty Images)
Kidnap rate: Kidnapping isn’t a new threat in Mexico, but it is now endemic. In the last decade, kidnappings have grown 245 percent (and that’s just reported incidents). Last year, almost 1,583 kidnapping cases were reported to Mexican authorities—the highest number since Mexico began tracking kidnapping stats in 1997.
How the kidnaps typically play out: ”Express” and “virtual” varieties that target both locals and foreigners. Last year’s virtual kidnaps included a Spanish indie rock band visiting Mexico City to perform in a music festival and a U.S. citizen participating in an Ironman competition in Cozumel. The kidnappers demanded $380,000 for the band. Both of these incidents were relatively mild. The country’s kidnappers have a reputation for being particularly violent: 935 victims were killed between 1994 and 2008.
What’s fueling the kidnapping: The government clampdown on Mexico’s drug trade has played a role, heightening competition among traffickers and, in some cases, forcing the traffickers to look for other sources of revenue.
The bottom line: The droves of spring-breakers and tequila-drinkers that descend on the country each year are safest holed up in their private resorts, as Mexico has the highest number of kidnappings in the world.
http://www.vocativ.com/underworld/crime/places-youre-likely-get-kidnapped-vacation/?PageSpeed=noscriptMexico has five of the top 10 most violent cities in the world Mexico claims the unfortunate dishonor of having five of the top 10 most violent cities in the world, according to a study published by the Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal (Citizen Council for Public Safety and Criminal Justice), a private organization and wing of COPARMEX, the Mexican Employers' Association.
The rankings come as little surprise, given the rash of violence associated with Mexico's war on drugs. El Periódico de Catalunya reports that on Thursday a group of hitmen allegedly murdered a man outside of an elementary school as classes let out in front of dozens of parents and teachers in Ciudad Juárez, the No. 2 most-violent city.
La Crónica de Hoy notes that of the 50 most violent cities, 12 are in Mexico; 14 in Brazil; five in Colombia; 45 in the Americas and 40 in Latin America. And while Mexico holds down five of the top 10 spots, San Pedro Sula, Honduras, takes the bitter cake in the top spot, with 159 murders per 100,000 people, according to CNN Mexico. The U.S.'s most violent city is New Orleans, coming in at No. 21 on the list, with Detroit, St. Louis and Baltimore also making the top 50.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/most-violent-cities-world-mexico-latin-america_n_1205527.html?ref=mexico
