Recent Activity in Mexico

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For those of you wondering how close I am to the recent Cartel activity in Jalisco, the closest car fires and burning of banks and Oxxo stores occurred 6 miles to the west of me and 12 miles to the east of me.  The roads were totally closed by blockades of burning buses or cars in El Molina, and Ixtlahuacan, towns a bit farther to the east and west where the toll road and main highway to the airport and Guadalajara began. I happened to be in Chapala before we knew the full extent of what was happening and by time I got on the road home we only saw one or two cars on a road that is usually bumper-to-bumper on weekends and many times during the week. All restaurants and stores were closed and only a few people walking in sight. We gave a ride to one woman, then went home and stayed!!! One of the friends staying with me flew out just  before the assaults started. Another, who was to arrive yesterday, cancelled her trip here and another got back to Oaxaca three days late after staying here two extra nights, cancelling two trips to the airport and having to spend the night at the airport hotel to catch a flight out today. Today things seems to be getting back to near normal. Scary times.

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  6. TiffanyArpDaleo's avatarTiffanyArpDaleo

    Yikes, I hope you are safe Judy, scary times indeed. I have several friends and colleagues that live in Tijuana and cross the border each day, there has been too much violence so they haven’t been coming to work, I’m so nervous for them.

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  16. Expedition Nomadic Adventurer's avatarExpedition Nomadic Adventurer

    Hey, Judy, I hope this message finds you and your friends safe and secure.

    I was supposed to leave this past Sunday to visit and tour Playa Del Carmen and you in Lake Chapala when my laptop’s demise began late last month.

    You and your friends remain safe as these troubled times pass. 

    Marty

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  18. slmret's avatarslmret

    Do stay safe — I’ll be watching the news more closely, and hoping that things settle down very quckly! It seems to be perilous times everywhere these days!

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