US Embassy in Mexico Warns Citizens to Avoid Resort City of Acapulco The Associated Press
go to original November 22, 2014

Hundreds of protesters block the Acapulco airport last week, demanding for more to be done to find the 43 students who went missing and are feared to be dead. Yiming Woo reports. (Reuters)

MEXICO CITY — The U.S. Embassy in Mexico has issued a security message warning U.S. citizens to avoid the Pacific resort of Acapulco because of violence and protests.

It was yet another blow to a coastal city once favored by U.S. movie stars and jet-setters in the 1950s and '60s.

The State Department had issued an advisory in October telling travelers to use caution in visiting Acapulco and to stay within tourist areas.

But on Friday, the embassy said its personnel "have been instructed to defer non-essential travel to Acapulco, by air or land." It added that the embassy "cautions U.S. citizens to follow the same guidelines."

Demonstrators protesting the disappearance of 43 students have blocked highways leading to Acapulco, hijacked buses and blockaded the city's airport. Drug gang violence is also common.

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