Tijuana Mexico Border

U.S. State Department issued a safety warning for people who want to travel to Mexico these days; public violent confrontations between Mexican drug dealers have been taking place in Nogales, Ciudad de Juarez and Tijuana.

Mexican narcotics cartels have started fighting over getting full control of the US Arizona border-area, in the Northern part of Mexico; the authorities have sent military forces in the area to try to calm down the situation. The conflicts have got to such an extent, that the shootings now take place in broad daylight, in crowded places such as shopping centers, restaurants, etc. Also, there have been reports of U.S. citizens being harassed while crossing Mexico territory.

The confrontations seem to be turning, on occasion, into battle field re-enactments involving the use of automatic weapons and even grenades.

In an attempt to reassure the potential visitors that Mexico is a safe country, the Tucson Consulate representatives say that warnings like this are very common and that they should not be seen as actual dangers.

U.S. Customs say that the effect of the latest events has not yet been noticed on the numbers of travellers, and that the average number of people entering U.S. territory through Nogales is of 40,000 a day.