US warns of travel to Rocky Point
Travelers need to “exercise caution” in Nogales and Puerto Peñasco, an updated Mexico travel warning from the U.S. State Department says.
This is the first time the popular beach town also known as Rocky Point has been mentioned in an official travel warning.
“You are advised to exercise caution when visiting the coastal town of Puerto Peñasco,” the warning says. “In the past year there have been multiple incidents of TCO (transnational criminal organizations) -related violence, including the shooting of the city’s police chief. U.S. citizens visiting Puerto Peñasco are urged to cross the border at Lukeville, Ariz., to limit driving through Mexico and to limit travel to main roads during daylight hours.”
In previous travel warnings and alerts dating to 2009, the city of Nogales, Sonora, had been mentioned as one of the cities in northern Mexico where large gunbattles have taken place and as one of the cities that have experienced daytime public shootouts. But the new warning takes it even further.
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