Is Mexico Safe to visit?
News services all over the world have recently carried stories about drug related violence in Mexico. You are right to be concerned, but you should keep in mind that this violence is concentrated in towns and cities along the border between Mexico and the United States and that most of Mexico remains unaffected by it. This is true of Querétaro, which is located far from the border in south-central Mexico. In fact, drug related crime in Juarez (near the border) has as much of an effect on your safety in Querétaro as an earthquake in Los Angeles would have on your safety in Chicago. Querétaro’s reputation as the safest city in Mexico remains unchanged. The U.S. State department issued a travel alert (their lowest level of warning) on March 17th, 2010 in response to the violence along the Mexico-U.S. border. The alert’s summary offers the following excellent advice: ” While millions of U.S. citizens safely visit Mexico each year (including thousands who cross the land border every day for
