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Quick Read: What Spring Breakers Need to Know About the U.S. Government’s Mexico Travel Advisory

News TeamFebruary 22, 2019

Following several deadly clashes in Cancun, Mexico, the United States government is warning college students around the country to take extra precautions while ...

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Quick Read: In violence-torn Guerrero cities, 30% of surveillance cameras don’t work

News TeamFebruary 21, 2019

In violence-stricken Guerrero, 30% of surveillance cameras in the state’s four largest cities are not functioning. The state government has installed 723 camera...

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The latest news on politics from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Mexico leader’s austere, unguarded air travel routine proves security headache

News TeamFebruary 20, 2019

MEXICO CITY - Accompanied only by five unarmed aides and a small collection of amulets, Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador makes police and flight attendants alike tremble when he embarks on air travel, always in economy class.... Read...

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The latest abduction, kidnap, ransom and extortion news from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Businesswoman killed by kidnappers after ‘family wouldn’t pay’

News TeamFebruary 20, 2019

The body of a businesswoman who was kidnapped and killed because her husband “didn’t want to pay” a ransom was found in Veracruz this week. The decapitated corp...

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Quick Read: Some 40% of Women Who Ride Mexico City Metro Say They’ve Been Harassed

News TeamFebruary 20, 2019

MEXICO CITY Nearly 40 percent of women who use the Mexico City metro have suffered some type of sexual harassment, while seven in every 600 female riders have...

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Quick Read: Recent Violence In Cancun Prompts Caution From Spring Breakers

News TeamFebruary 19, 2019

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (WCCO)- Five people were killed and another five wounded Saturday when gunmen opened fire inside La Kuka, a bar in Cancun, Mexico. Investigators say four men walked into the club and started shooting.... Read the full article at...

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Quick Read: Explosive device found, disarmed in Mexican mall

News TeamFebruary 19, 2019

Authorities on the outskirts of Mexico's capital are investigating a homemade explosive device found in a shopping mall bathroom.... Read the full article at...

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Quick Read: Gunmen kill five people at bar in Cancun, Mexico

News TeamFebruary 18, 2019

Five people have been killed and five more wounded after gunmen burst into a bar in the Caribbean resort city of Cancun and opened fire, Mexican authorities hav...

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The latest news on journalists and journalism from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Attack on two journalists in Sonora leaves one dead

News TeamFebruary 18, 2019

One journalist was murdered and another wounded Saturday in Sonora. Radio announcer Reynaldo López and reporter Carlos Cota were shot in Hermosillo in an attack that left López dead and Cota in critical condition.... Read the full article at the publ...

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Quick Read: Canadian mine company says Mexico crime ring stole $2M-$3M

News TeamFebruary 15, 2019

... Read the full article at the publisher's site: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/canadian-mine-company-mexico-crime-ring-stole-2m-61033316 L...

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Quick Read: Cancun businessman shot, killed while inside car

News TeamFebruary 14, 2019

Cancun, Q.R. — A Cancun businessman was shot and killed in central Cancun Tuesday after two men on a motorcycle reportedly opened fire on the car he was in. The...

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The latest LGBT news from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: LGBT activist Oscar Cazorla killed in his home in Oaxaca, Mexico

News TeamFebruary 14, 2019

Pioneering LGBT activist Oscar Cazorla was killed in his home in Juchitan, in Oaxaca, Mexico, on Saturday (February 9). According to the Oaxaca police, who have opened a murder investigation, the 68-year-old died from a blow to the heart inflicted by...

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Quick Read: Mexican drug lord El Chapo’s in jail, but cheap Chinese fentanyl is still fuelling his Sinaloa cartel’s business

News TeamFebruary 14, 2019

Despite the arrest, extradition and now conviction of narco-lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, his Sinaloa cartel marches on – and the proof is in huge, multi-drug...

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Quick Read: Authorities Find 69 Bodies in 49 Clandestine Graves in Western Mexico

News TeamFebruary 14, 2019

MEXICO CITY Investigators found 69 bodies in 49 clandestine graves in a community outside Tecoman, a city in the western Mexican state of Colima, state prosec...

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Quick Read: AMLO Security Crackdown Met With Mexico Cartel Death Threats

News TeamFebruary 13, 2019

Two death threats were made against the president of Mexico in the same week from two different criminal groups, suggesting that the president’s strategy for confronting such groups has done little to sway their confidence.... Read the full article a...

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The latest background briefing from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Tech that helps guard the US-Mexico border

News TeamFebruary 12, 2019

Previous Next Now Playing Up Next Most watched Why you can trust BBC News... Read the full article at the publisher's site: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technolo...

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Quick Read: Taxi driver accused of sexually assaulting nine arrested in Cancun

News TeamFebruary 12, 2019

Cancun, Q.R. — A man accused of sexually assaulting nine Cancun woman has been arrested by police. The alleged rapist, Miguel Ángel N, was taken into custody We...

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Quick Read: Gangsters Torch Popular Restaurant in Monterrey, Mexico

News TeamFebruary 12, 2019

MONTERREY, Mexico Armed men wearing hoods entered a popular restaurant in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey early Friday and forced the staff to leave before dousing the interior with gasoline and setting it ablaze, the Nuevo Leon state Attorn...

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Quick Read: 5 bodies found in Mexico believed to be missing police

News TeamFebruary 12, 2019

Authorities in the western Mexico state of Michoacan say they have found the bodies of five men in an abandoned pickup... Read the full article at the publis...

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Quick Read: Mexican radio journalist shot dead in Tabasco state

News TeamFebruary 11, 2019

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A radio news host in Mexico’s Gulf Coast state of Tabasco was shot dead on Saturday, officials said, marking the second journalist murde...

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Quick Read: 19 bodies found in secret graves in Mexico’s Colima state

News TeamFebruary 8, 2019

Authorities in Mexico's Pacific coast state of Colima say they have recovered 19 bodies from 11 clandestine gravesites. The state prosecutor's office says the bodies were found on a plot of land in the community of Santa Rosa in the Tecoman municipal...

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Quick Read: Tennis players warned of Acapulco safety issues

News TeamFebruary 8, 2019

The joint ATP/WTA Tour event in Acapulco is a popular one – in part due to the beachy off-court attractions. But the WTA has warned its players of “recent high ...

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mexico

Quick Read: What Spring Breakers Need to Know About the U.S. Government’s Mexico Travel Advisory

Quick Read: In violence-torn Guerrero cities, 30% of surveillance cameras don’t work

Quick Read: Mexico leader’s austere, unguarded air travel routine proves security headache

Quick Read: Businesswoman killed by kidnappers after ‘family wouldn’t pay’

Quick Read: Some 40% of Women Who Ride Mexico City Metro Say They’ve Been Harassed

Quick Read: Recent Violence In Cancun Prompts Caution From Spring Breakers

Quick Read: Explosive device found, disarmed in Mexican mall

Quick Read: Gunmen kill five people at bar in Cancun, Mexico

Quick Read: Attack on two journalists in Sonora leaves one dead

Quick Read: Canadian mine company says Mexico crime ring stole $2M-$3M

Quick Read: Cancun businessman shot, killed while inside car

Quick Read: LGBT activist Oscar Cazorla killed in his home in Oaxaca, Mexico

Quick Read: Mexican drug lord El Chapo’s in jail, but cheap Chinese fentanyl is still fuelling his Sinaloa cartel’s business

Quick Read: Authorities Find 69 Bodies in 49 Clandestine Graves in Western Mexico

Quick Read: AMLO Security Crackdown Met With Mexico Cartel Death Threats

Quick Read: Tech that helps guard the US-Mexico border

Quick Read: Taxi driver accused of sexually assaulting nine arrested in Cancun

Quick Read: Gangsters Torch Popular Restaurant in Monterrey, Mexico

Quick Read: 5 bodies found in Mexico believed to be missing police

Quick Read: Mexican radio journalist shot dead in Tabasco state

Quick Read: 19 bodies found in secret graves in Mexico’s Colima state

Quick Read: Tennis players warned of Acapulco safety issues

Feature: Pascal Michel at SmartRiskSolutions GmbH – Travel risk lessons from a kidnap

Travel Advice: FCO updates advice for Mali, warns of terror threat and ongoing kidnap risk

Feature: Sean Patrick at Solace Global – Nigerian Presidential Election 16 February

Feature: Falanx Assynt – Colombia – National Liberation Army claim for car bombing suggests intent to escalate violence, including in major cities

Travel Advice: Canadian Government updates travel advice for Uruguay following ATM explosions

Travel Advice: US Consulate warns of attacks on police in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua City, says avoid police stations

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