US says five Mexican states as dangerous as Syria
Monday, March 12, 2018
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Five states in Mexico have gotten the sternest "do not travel" advisories under a revamped U.S. State Department system unveiled Wednesday.
The new warnings place the drug- and crime-plagued states on the same warning level as Somalia, Yemen, Syria or Afghanistan.
Source: Associated Press