The government of Canada has issued a warning to its citizens, urging them to avoid non-essential travel to 13 Mexican states due to "high levels of violence and organized crime."
Among the crimes mentioned in the notice are homicides, kidnappings, vehicle thefts, and extortion, which — Canada warns — have shown a persistent increase.
The states included in the alert are: Chihuahua; Colima (except Manzanillo); Coahuila (except the southern part under the Saltillo-Torreón corridor); Durango (except the city of Durango); Guerrero (except Ixtapa, Zihuatanejo, and Taxco); Guanajuato (especially highway 45 between León and Irapuato and the southern area, including highway 45D between Irapuato and Celaya); Michoacán (except Morelia); Morelos (except the Lagunas de Zempoala National Park and its surroundings); Nayarit (the 20 km zone near the border with Sinaloa and Durango and the city of Tepic); Nuevo León (except Monterrey); Sinaloa (except Mazatlán); Sonora (except Hermosillo, Guaymas, San Carlos, and Puerto Peñasco); and Tamaulipas.
Furthermore, Canada calls on its citizens to be "extremely cautious" even in tourist destinations, such as Mexico City and municipalities in the State of Mexico.
The alert is based on the fact that organized criminal activity is active in several regions of the country.
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