Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

How to live in Mexico; Crime and violence in Mexico

One of the biggest concerns people have about moving to Mexico is all the cartel violence they keep hearing about, so I want to dedicate this issue of 'How to Live in Mexico' to the issue of violence in Mexico.

I am not going to sugarcoat the facts. Cartels operate everywhere in Mexico, including in Puerto Vallarta. Just last year they chased down the ex-Governor of Jalisco in a Puerto Vallarta restaurant and murdered him. A few years ago, cartels erupted in violent . . .

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