Mexico : shelter in place

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The shelter in place was extended to Quintana Roo (Cancun, etc.)

Where are all the rah-rah Cancun supporters now?

Where are you seeing that? The state dept is still showing level 2 (exercise increased caution):

https://travelmaps.state.gov/TSGMap/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-tourists-urged-shelter-place-122809025.html

“ The warning includes popular resort cities like Puerto Vallarta, Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum.”

Also Cancun airport is a hot mess right now.

https://www.timesnownews.com/world/cancun-mexico-airport-status-hundreds-of-tourists-stranded-as-violence-grips-mexico-is-cancun-safe-right-now-us-travel-advisory-mexico-article-153671828

Thanks. Link to direct US Embassy alert below:

https://mx.usembassy.gov/security-alert-update-ongoing-security-operations-u-s-mission-mexico-february-22-2026/

[Anonymous]

If you travel to Mexico, you should expect this.

It's not a safe country, but hey it's cheap so you can drink a lot.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like an ice raid, although a witness points out the gunmen are careful not to hurt people as they exit their cars. The cars are torched, but they don’t shoot the people.
Sounds awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am in Cancun right now. It is fine in the hotel zone.

For now.

[Anonymous]

Hotel Kalifornia, you check in but never check out.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/22/americas/what-to-do-stranded-mexico-intl-hnk

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you travel to Mexico, you should expect this.

It's not a safe country, but hey it's cheap so you can drink a lot.

Yes and no. You need to be aware of safety risks traveling to Mexico, but this is an unusual level of violence in touristy areas, and the concern specifically about American tourists is not normal.

I would ordinarily have no issue traveling to Puerto Vallarta or the Cancun area -- I've been to both and felt totally safe. I would think twice about going there right now because (1) the currently heightened security concern specifically for Americans, and (2) the fact that Trump is unpredictable and reckless and his attention seems to be at least partially on Mexico right now. Between that bizarre closure of air space over El Paso and then this, I would personally be concerned that Trump will do something stupid that would impact my safety or even just my ability to get home from Mexico on time. It is not hard to imagine him doing something idiotic while I'm having an otherwise normal and safe vacation at a resort or n Mexico City, and that resulting my flights being cancelled or rerouted, or some other annoying travel obstacle I don't want to deal with.

Puerto Rico it is!

[Anonymous]

Someday Mexico might want to deal with its longstanding real problems with cartels. Sorry if it disrupts your beach vacation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The shelter in place was extended to Quintana Roo (Cancun, etc.)

Where are all the rah-rah Cancun supporters now?

The Yucatan is one of the safest states. Personally, I've not visited yet researched it recently. The latest data I saw said the murder rate in Yucatan is lower than in the US.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someday Mexico might want to deal with its longstanding real problems with cartels. Sorry if it disrupts your beach vacation.

[Anonymous]

I don't know what to believe. Sounds like much from yesterday was exaggerated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know what to believe. Sounds like much from yesterday was exaggerated.

Do you think instagram reels are not the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

That is upsetting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm assuming this is related to the shit down of airspace over El Paso and the cartel war that is coming.

The brief shut down in El Paso was just incompetence and bad communication.

+1
It was actually a lie by the administration to cover their incompetence. Had nothing to do with the cartels

You know, it could be both at the same time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The shelter in place was extended to Quintana Roo (Cancun, etc.)

Where are all the rah-rah Cancun supporters now?

The Yucatan is one of the safest states. Personally, I've not visited yet researched it recently. The latest data I saw said the murder rate in Yucatan is lower than in the US.

But why not just…pick somewhere else? It’s like buying a car with bad crash test data. There are so many other options - why risk it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do wealthy white Americans keep trying to insist Mexico is totally safe? So many other places to go.

Why are you making this a creepy racial thing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The shelter in place was extended to Quintana Roo (Cancun, etc.)

Where are all the rah-rah Cancun supporters now?

The Yucatan is one of the safest states. Personally, I've not visited yet researched it recently. The latest data I saw said the murder rate in Yucatan is lower than in the US.

But why not just…pick somewhere else? It’s like buying a car with bad crash test data. There are so many other options - why risk it?

Statistically, touristy parts of Mexico have been safe, even as rated by the State Department. Some states are assessed at Level 1, on par with Iceland and Canada. Some states are at level 2, on par with Spain, France, and UK. Just like we have places like East St. Louis that are unrepresentative of the country as a whole. Mexico is a federal country and different states have dramatically different security profiles.