The recent firebombing attack on a Cancun bar has many tourists worried, but I think USA Today makes a good point in noting that ”‘the horrific violence that is jacking up the national death toll is largely in nine of Mexico’s 31 states,’ and that while Mexico’s 2009 murder rate was still more than twice as high as the U.S. rate, the murder rate of 2 per 100,00 in Yucatán, the Gulf of Mexico state known for its beaches and Mayan ruins, was comparable to Wyoming and Montana.”
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Wed, Sep 1, 2010
Caribbean/Latin America