Mexico: UK Foreign Office issues urgent warning as flights are cancelled due to drug cartel violence

Many thousands of tourists are stranded in the resort of Puerto Vallarta after violence erupted following the killing of narcotics kingpin ‘El Mencho’. Most are American and Canadian visitors – dozens of flights were diverted or cancelled at Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara due to the upsurge in violence.

The vast majority of British travellers are in and around Cancun, 1,000 miles from the trouble. Should they be worried?

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