Mexico travel alert from U.S. State Department

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...the U.S. State Department's latest Mexico alert urges travelers to delay trips to parts of Michoacan and Chihuahua states.

...which includes the city of Morelia and the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, which draws many visitors

...American citizens have been victimized by drug-related violence in both areas, the State Department said. These areas are most easily reached by Americans who drive across the border at Columbus, N.M., Fabens, Texas, or Fort Hancock, Texas.

...the State Department has also restricted U.S. government employees from nonessential travel within the state of Durango; the northwest quadrant of Chihuahua and the area southeast of Ciudad Juarez; and all parts of the state of Coahuila south of Mexican Highways 25 and 22 and the Alamos River....


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