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State Department Restricts Diplomat Travel in Mexico, Warns U.S. Citizens
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/22/state-department-...
Published July 22, 2010
As cartel-fueled violence escalates in Mexico, the State Department has issued an extensive travel advisory warning U.S. citizens to exercise "extreme
caution" in the northern part of the country and informing diplomats and their families that certain cross-border travel has been banned.
The eight-page advisory released last week outlined a host of dangers for U.S. travelers and residents in Mexico -- firefights, carjackings,
kidnappings and more. The State Department said that as of last Thursday, mission employees and their families for the most part are forbidden from
driving across the U.S.-Mexico border en route to or from any post inside Mexico.
The State Department said the restrictions were imposed out of concern for "road safety" along the border, where travelers have been targeted for
robbery, "followed and harassed" and "caught in incidents of gunfire between criminals and Mexican law enforcement." The State Department said drug
gangs are also setting up roadblocks to prevent the military and law enforcement from responding.
The warning comes in the midst of a surge in violent activity. Eighteen people were massacred at a party in the city of Torreon on Sunday -- more than
a month after 19 people were killed at a drug-rehab center in Chihuahua. In the border city of Juarez, where more than 1,500 have been killed this
year, a car bomb apparently designed to lure police to the scene killed three people last Thursday.
The State Department provided specifics on recent incidents involving Americans. Among them, four U.S. citizens were murdered in Gomez Palacio in
central Mexico from late 2009 to early 2010. Most of the reported Americans deaths in Mexico in fiscal 2009 occurred in the border cities of Juarez
and Tijuana.
The State Department urged U.S. citizens to "defer unnecessary travel" to Juarez and to the Guadalupe Bravo area southeast of the city. Americans were
also urged to do the same for the state of Michoacan.
The State Department stressed that "millions" of Americans safely visit Mexico every year but that the drug violence poses "serious risks" that
travelers must take steps to avoid.
Mexicans are under similar advisories. In Nuevo Laredo on the other side of the border from Texas, the city government used Facebook messages to warn
locals to stay indoors as gun battles raged on.
The Obama administration, which is sending additional National Guard to the U.S. side of the border, has pledged to work with Mexican authorities to
investigate the recent violent incidents, particularly the car bomb.
"The incident in Juarez ... is one of great concern to both governments," Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin said Monday.
The use of a car bomb would mark a new tactic for the cartels in the war against the state that has played out in full force since President Felipe
Calderon confronted them after taking office in 2006. According to reports, the device was remotely detonated in a way similar to the detonation of
IEDs in the Middle East.
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Adios tourism??
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zonies beware
June travel warning from http://mexico.usembassy.gov/eng/eacs_MexicoSecurityUpdate.ht...
Nogales, Sonora
Travelers on Highway 8 from the U.S. Mexican border of Lukeville to the Mexican beach resort town of Puerto Peńasco (Rocky Point) have encountered
unofficial roadblocks of stationary vehicles and armed men. In at least one instance a driver accelerated past the “roadblock” and was fired upon.
No one was injured in this incident, but the vehicle was struck by a stray bullet.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
In at least one instance a driver accelerated past the “roadblock” and was fired upon. No one was injured in this incident, but the vehicle was
struck by a stray bullet. |
Stray bullet? Sounds more like a bullseye. They were shooting at the vehicle, weren't they? That's what you said. You said they shot at the vehicle.
Yep. That's what you said. I know for sure you said that. You said........
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
In at least one instance a driver accelerated past the “roadblock” and was fired upon. No one was injured in this incident, but the vehicle was
struck by a stray bullet. |
Stray bullet? Sounds more like a bullseye. They were shooting at the vehicle, weren't they? That's what you said. You said they shot at the vehicle.
Yep. That's what you said. I know for sure you said that. You said........ |
dennis the menace:
i did not write it, text was lifted from the government -- take it up with dept of state, send your complaint to Hillary Clinton
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
dennis the menace:
i did not write it, text was lifted from the government -- take it up with dept of state, send your complaint to Hillary Clinton
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You ripped it off?
Goat...listen....It's appropriate to use these little quotation marks, at least, "like this" so readers won't think you're trying to take credit for
other's words.
It's the right thing...the decent thing.....the thing to do.
OK...if you want to be remembered as a righteous goat, you have to do the righteous things in life....like not ripping off State Department prose and
poetry.
Remember now...""""""""""""""" """""""""""""""".
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Somehow I think some people will find an obvious disconnect between 666 and righteousness. Just a guess.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Somehow I think some people will find an obvious disconnect between 666 and righteousness. Just a guess. |
Well...if we can just get him to see an Exorcist, he might be saved. 
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"Thursday, mission employees and their families for the most part are forbidden from driving across the U.S.-Mexico border en route
to or from any post inside Mexico. "
mission? what mission?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by flyfishinPam
"Thursday, mission employees and their families for the most part are forbidden from driving across the U.S.-Mexico border en route
to or from any post inside Mexico. "
mission? what mission? |
dk is the expert on missions. it his calif 4th grade special project
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| Quote: | Originally posted by flyfishinPam
"Thursday, mission employees and their families for the most part are forbidden from driving across the U.S.-Mexico border en route
to or from any post inside Mexico. "
mission? what mission? |
Isn't that some kind of consular jargon?
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yes
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Ah So....it just came to me..."Diplomatic Mission."
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Gee, thought maybe they'd turned religious.
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I thought maybe the Mormons had taken over the State Department...
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