After months if not years of news about the escalating violence in Mexico by drug cartels, which caused the temporary closings of American consulates there several times already, we now have an official warning by the U.S. Department of State against travel in Mexico. This latest step was taken after the killing of a U.S. federal agent by a drug gang on the Texas-Mexico border.
Travel warnings are issued when long-term, protracted conditions that make a country dangerous or unstable lead the State Department to recommend that Americans avoid or consider the risk of travel to that country. A Travel Warning is also issued when the U.S. Government's ability to assist American citizens is constrained due to the closure of an embassy or consulate or because of a drawdown of its staff. It has recently issued a travel warning against Egypt, on February 6, 2011, in the wake of unrest in the Middle-East. The latest travel warning against iran was issued in 2010.The Department of State make periodical reviews and issuance of warnings which can easily be found on its website here.
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