Is Cancun safe 2023 cartel?

TRAVEL ADVICE: IS CANCUN SAFE? If you're thinking about a vacation and wondering, “Is Cancun Safe?” … the short answer is: the Yucatán Peninsula, including Cancun, Tulum, and the Riviera, is the safest area of Mexico in 2023, according to the US State Department.



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Mexico is a safe destination if visitors use common sense and educate themselves about the particular region of the country they are visiting. Due to crime, several regions of Mexico are subject to elevated travel advisories.

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Still, experts agree tourists are not the preferred target. “Most tourists will never meet the cartels. In other words, violence is often generic. The violence tourists face is much more local,” Hope said.

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Mexico Travel Advisories As of time of publication, the following Mexican states were under a “Do Not Travel” advisory from the U.S. State Department: Colima state (crime & kidnapping) Guerrero state (crime) Michoacan state (crime & kidnapping)

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After years of doing this, it's clear that travelers think that Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Sweden, Iceland, and Canada are pretty safe countries, and their perceptions are reinforced by other measurements.

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Cabo San Lucas is located in Baja California Sur, a state in Mexico. With that said, it is a relatively safe part of the country. According to a recent poll by INEGI, it's considered the safest of Mexico's popular tourist destinations, ranking higher than Puerto Vallarta and Cancun.

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Right now the State Department website warns that ” Violent crime – such as homicide, kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery – is widespread and common in Mexico.” However, when you read further it states, “Exercise Normal Precautions When Traveling To the Yucatan State.

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Six states fall under a do not travel to warning, including Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas and Zacatecas.

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Experts NewsNation spoke to said that some resorts, which have long been considered safe areas, may actually be controlled by Mexican drug cartels. “There is a cartel presence in these resorts,” said Robert Almonte, a former U.S. marshal in the western district of Texas.

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