According to The Guardian, more than 30,000 homicides were committed in Mexico last year for the sixth year in a row.
Three The deaths of a tourist shot in the head have highlighted Mexico’s contradictions.
Mexico is at the same time a major tourist destination and a country with unrest centers of exceptional violence, writes for example a British newspaper The Guardian.
Three tourists was found dead near the town of Ensenada on the west coast of Mexico in the state of Baja California in early May.
The trio, made up of two Australians and one American, had vacationed in Mexico, surfing and camping.
According to the local authorities, the bodies of the tourists were found in a well near the shore. Tourists were attacked when they tried to prevent their car tires from being stolen, says, among other things, the British Broadcasting Corporation BBC.
in Mexico According to The Guardian, more than 30,000 homicides were committed last year for the sixth year in a row.
In light of the statistics, violence is hyper-concentrated in some states, the British newspaper writes.
“Baja California is one of them – but even there most of the homicides happen in Tijuana and mostly in poor areas,” an analyst at the non-profit Crisis Group Falko Ernst says in a newspaper interview.
According to the authorities, the bodies of three tourists were found in a well near the shore.
About violence despite, Baja California attracts tourists.
The BBC describes Baja California as one of the most violent states in Mexico, where local drug gangs wage turf wars.
The area of the city of Ensenada, known for surfing, is however known to be safer, according to the BBC. The area attracts tourists from, for example, California.
“There may be a whole criminal administrative structure that the tourist is not aware of,” a researcher at the University of California Cecilia Farfán-Méndez says to The Guardian.
Corpses were found and the suspects were arrested, according to British media, just a few days after the tourists were reported missing.
According to The Guardian, the quick investigation reflects how the local authorities want to assure tourists that the area is a safe destination.
Meanwhile, more than 100,000 people are missing in Mexico.
Authorities walked the beach after three tourists disappeared.
Finland the Ministry of Foreign Affairs urges in its travel bulletin to exercise special caution in Mexico.
We travel from Finland travel website Rantapallon including Mexico, most often to the Caribbean coast to the resorts of the Yucatan Peninsula, such as Cancún, Playa Del Carmen and Tulum.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the country’s security situation is generally weak, as organized crime is widespread.
Security situations vary. The northern border city of Tijuana, located in the state of Baja California, is mentioned in the travel bulletin as a destination whose security situation is considered weak.
The travel safety situation is described as relatively good in the largest tourist destinations, such as Cancún, Playa del Carmen and Tulum.
However, shooting incidents and violence have also been reported in places popular with tourists due to showdowns with organized crime.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it is good to be aware of the security risk, even if the threat is not primarily aimed at tourists.
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