Locations:\u00a0Widespread, including\u00a0Jalisco\u00a0State (including Puerto Vallarta, Chapala, and Guadalajara), Baja California State (including Tijuana, Tecate, and Ensenada), Quintana Roo State (including Cancun, Cozumel, Playa del Carmen, and Tulum),\u00a0Nayarit State (including the Nuevo Nayarit\/Nuevo Vallarta area near Puerta Vallarta), Sinaloa (including Mazatlan)\u00a0and areas of Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero,\u00a0Estado de Mexico,\u00a0Michoacan, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca,\u00a0Puebla,\u00a0Queretaro, San Luis Potosi,\u00a0Tamaulipas,\u00a0Veracruz, and Zacatecas\u00a0States<\/p>\n
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Event:\u00a0Due to ongoing security\u00a0operations and\u00a0related\u00a0road blockages and criminal activity,\u00a0U.S. citizens in a number of locations in Mexico are urged to shelter in place.\u00a0 U.S. government staff in Guadalajara (Jalisco), Puerto Vallarta (Jalisco\/Nayarit), Ciudad Guzman (Jalisco), Cancun (Quintana Roo), Playa del Carmen (Quintana Roo), Cozumel (Quintana Roo), Reynosa (Tamaulipas state), Tijuana (Baja California), and Michoacan will shelter in place and work remotely on Monday, February 23, and U.S. citizens should do the same.\u00a0\u00a0All U.S. government staff at Consulate General Monterrey have been directed to remain in the Monterrey metropolitan area, and\u00a0U.S. government staff have been directed not to travel to Mazatlan through Wednesday, February 25.<\/p>\n
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While no airports have been closed, roadblocks have impacted airline operations, with\u00a0most\u00a0domestic and international flights cancelled in both Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta.\u00a0 All ride shares are suspended in Puerto Vallarta. \u00a0Some businesses have suspended operations.<\/p>\n
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Mexican authorities announced late February 22 that operations will be temporarily curtailed on toll roads in Puebla, Guerrero, Tamaulipas, Nayarit, San Luis Potosi, Tijuana, Queretaro, Veracruz, and Mazatlan due to blockades that have affected motorists.<\/p>\n
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Actions to Take:<\/p>\n
Seek shelter and minimize unnecessary movements. Avoid areas around law enforcement activity. Check @CAPUFE on X for status of road closures. Monitor local media for updates. Follow the directions of local authorities and in case of emergency, call 911. Keep family and friends advised of your location and well-being via phone, text, and social media. <\/p>\n
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Assistance:<\/p>\n
Contact Form<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n Links:<\/p>\n Mexico International Travel information<\/a>
U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Mexico<\/a>
From Mexico: (55) 2579 2000
From the United States: 011 52 55 2579 2000 or +1-301-985-8843
Department of State \u2013 Consular Affairs:\u202f +1-888-407-4747 or +1-202-501-4444<\/p>\n
U.S. Citizens in Mexico WhatsApp Channel<\/a>
U.S. Passports<\/a>
Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP)<\/a>
Department of State on Facebook <\/a>and X<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Locations:\u00a0Widespread, including\u00a0Jalisco\u00a0State (including Puerto Vallarta, Chapala, and Guadalajara), Baja California State (including Tijuana, Tecate, and Ensenada), Quintana Roo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-485142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-united-states-of-america","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}