UK Travel Alert Issued Over Violence in Mexico Includes Avoid Travel in Jalisco and Nine Other States

PUERTO VALLARTA (PVDN) - The surge of violence from criminal organizations in Mexico has once again cast a shadow over the nation's tourism industry, with the United Kingdom issuing a travel alert for ten States of Mexico, including Jalisco, the home to Puerto Vallarta.

The UK government's advice urges British tourists to exercise extreme caution due to the presence of these criminal factions, stating, "although tourists have not been targeted, anyone in the vicinity of an incident could be affected.”

The British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) strongly advises against travel to Chihuahua . . .