Violent Crime Causes Travel Warning for Oaxaca Mexico

A Canadian man – Víctor Masson, 27 – was shot to demise in Mexico’s Pacific coast seaside city of Puerto Escondido on Monday.

The Canadian vacationer was discovered shot useless in a automobile with a bullet wound, and he was the second worldwide vacationer killed in Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca prior to now 5 days.

Three days previous to this, a vacationer from Argentina – Benjamin Gamond – was attacked with a machete at one other Oaxaca coastal down. He was taken to a hospital in Mexico City the place he died from his accidents. Gamond was with 2 different journey companions on the time of the assault. Their accidents have been non-life-threatening.

So far, prosecutors don’t have any motives for the slayings.

Exercise elevated warning when touring to Oaxaca.

Due to the present state of affairs in Mexico, it’s being reported that the the US State Department has issued a journey advisory for Americans to Oaxaca, Mexico.

However, when checking the US State Department web site, the newest journey advisory in place is dated October 5, 2022. It reads:

Country Summary: Violent crime – comparable to murder, kidnapping, carjacking, and theft – is widespread and customary in Mexico. The US authorities has restricted means to offer emergency providers to US residents in lots of areas of Mexico, as journey by U. authorities staff to sure areas is prohibited or restricted. In many states, native emergency providers are restricted outdoors the state capital or main cities.

US residents are suggested to stick to restrictions on US authorities worker journey. State-specific restrictions are included within the particular person state advisories beneath. US authorities staff could not journey between cities after darkish, could not hail taxis on the road, and should depend on dispatched autos, together with app-based providers like Uber, and controlled taxi stands. U. authorities staff ought to keep away from touring alone, particularly in distant areas. US authorities staff could not drive from the US Mexico border to or from the inside elements of Mexico, besides daytime journey inside Baja California and between Nogales and Hermosillo on Mexican Federal Highway 15D, and between Nuevo Laredo and Monterrey on Highway 85D.

This has been an ongoing downside in Mexico. Earlier this yr, an American vacationer was shot within the leg in Puerto Morelos outdoors Cancun by unknown assailants in March. This individual survived. Then, a Mexican vacationer was shot to demise in Tulum, a coastal resort in Quintana Roo, Mexico. This tragedy came about throughout a theft at a US chain espresso store in April 2023.