Travel Advisory
Posted by Marty Boogaart
The Canadian Government has issued an OFFICIAL WARNING:
Foreign
Affairs and International Trade Canada advises against non-essential
travel to the border areas between Mexico and the United States, due to
continuously high levels of violence linked to drug trafficking in those
areas.
Canadians should
avoid crossing Mexico’s northern border by land, as shootouts, attacks,
and illegal roadblocks may occur at any time. Criminals especially
target SUVs and full-size pickup trucks for theft and carjacking along
highways of the states of Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Baja California,
Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Sonora, and Sinaloa. Travellers are
advised to reconsider their need to travel by land to or through these
border states and should do so only if it is absolutely necessary, and
after making appropriate arrangements to ensure their personal safety.
The
Rotary Club of Lethbridge Sunrise is postponing the trip until spring
in hopes that the journey then will be safer for our volunteer drivers.