State Department issues travel warning for Tijuana and Baja California

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — The U.S. Section of Condition has issued a vacation warning for Us citizens scheduling on viewing the Mexican border city of Tijuana and point out of Baja California owing to worries about crime and kidnappings.

According to the warning issued on March 16, “travelers should really continue being on major highways and stay away from remote destinations … of particular concern is the high selection of homicides in the non-vacationer spots of Tijuana.”

The warning also says U.S. citizens have been victims of kidnappings. 

In spite of the information, officers in Tijuana remained optimistic that the warning would not maintain travelers absent.

“The warning is largely for areas the place holidaymakers would not go in the to start with location, it will not harm tourism or the professional sector,” mentioned Jorge Macías Jiménez, president of Tijuana’s Chamber of Commerce. “If men and women came to go to for the duration of the pandemic I do not believe this will matter.”

Macías Jiménez did point out there may possibly be some isolated situations where by men and women keep away, but total, he is anticipating a whole lot of people to take a look at over the Spring Crack holiday break time.

“I do advise individuals use warning considering the fact that there are parts where prison disputes in some cases end result in accidents or even death of bystanders, but that is only if you enterprise into non-vacationer places,” he said.