Saturday, May 17, 2014

Press Statement: Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs


Press Statement

State Department Urges U.S. Citizens to Leave Mexico

"Increasingly alarmed about the violent mexican political upheaval, the United States sharply raised the threat level in its travel advisory to mexico, warning citizens to defer visits and advising American residents there to leave.


the State Department has ordered the evacuation of “nonemergency U.S. government personnel and family members from mexico due to the ongoing political, social, and unrest from cartels."