The politics of warnings

I live here six months of the year. I’m not going to suggest that the Zihuatanejo area is Disneyland, but neither is it Jackson, Miss., with a homicide rate of nearly 78 per 100,000 residents, more than 15 times the national average.

Zihuatanejo de Azueta, another Pacific coast favorite with an active expat community, ranked 41st with 61.3 homicides per 100,000 people.

https://evrimagaci.org/gpt/tourist-hotspots-in-mexico-face-rising-violence-threats-508034#:~:text=According%20to%20homicide%20data%20from%20Septemb...

But remember what these deaths represent. They are internecine killings within and between criminal organizations. If you are not involved in a criminal organization you are not likely to encounter such violence.

Where I live in Canada, I frequently forget to lock my door when I go out. I do the same here. In decades in both places I have never experienced a break in or other theft. I have never witnessed violence occurring in either place.

I would ask the US State Department to explain the reason for the change based on data related to American visitors to the area. Perhaps they are anticipating unfavourable treatment of Americans due to reactions to US activities in Latin America and elsewhere.

I think that most people in the world, including in Mexico, can distinguish between the citizens of a country and the actions of the government of that country.

I frequent las gatas with my family and am grateful we weren’t witness to the murders there a few months ago even if it was a feud between criminals.