LOS CABOS, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico ordered the evacuation of at least 10,000 people in the Baja California peninsula on Thursday as Hurricane John
headed toward the peninsula and tourists were told to hole up in hotels.
Local residents around the Los Cabos beach resort will be taken to shelters, by force if necessary, before the storm pummels the region on Friday,
said Jose Gajon, head of civil protection for the state of Baja California Sur.
"Those who do not want to leave will be taken away by the army," Gajon said in an interview. "The number to be evacuated could rise."
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