Mexico becomes a dangerous vacation option

NY Times:

Where Tourism Thrives in Mexico, Bloodshed and Poverty Are Blocks Away

A surge of violence has shaken the once-peaceful tourist destination of Los Cabos, exposing stark inequality and longstanding government indifference.
I grew up on the border with Mexico.  It has always had poverty, but it was never this dangerous before the cartels began their criminal insurgency.  I recall vacationing there in the 1980's at a beach resort on the West Coast and being surprised by the military with M-16's patrolling the beaches.

Now the cartels are trying to move in on the tourist trade and there is more violence in the resorts as turf battles erupt.  Even without the violence, it has become unsafe with some tourist getting sick from drinking tainted cocktails.  Now you have to worry about more than the water and the ice.

Edy Raven's song about curing a heartache in Mexico looks a little scarier these days.  


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