Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Roads entering Puerto Vallarta were temporarily closed and checkpoints installed after violent shootout north of the city

Elements of the State Prosecutor's Office and the Puerto Vallarta Police installed a checkpoint at the entrance of the city after a violent gunbattle broke out Saturday in Rincón de Guayabitos, Nayarit.

The installed checkpoint stops vehicles at random and performs preventive checks on their occupants at the Boca de Tomates bridge crossing.

Motorists reported on social networks the closure of federal highway 200 in the town of Úrsula Galván, where barriers were reported, forcing people to turnaround.

On Saturday morning, a violent shootout was reported in the town of . . .

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