{"id":691,"date":"2024-07-31T23:05:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T23:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/?p=691"},"modified":"2024-08-01T05:46:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T05:46:55","slug":"global-guardian-firm-tells-americans-to-be-careful-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/31\/global-guardian-firm-tells-americans-to-be-careful-in-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Guardian Firm Tells Americans to Be Careful in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Newsweek reports that the Global Guardian security firm is warning Americans to be careful in  Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m currently in Mexico and saw the article yesterday.  If you&#8217;d told me yesterday not to go to Mexico it would have been too late! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From Newsweek:  <strong>Americans have been told to be careful when traveling in and around Mexico, in case there is a fallout from the recent arrest of two top Sinaloa drug cartel leaders.   Ismael &#8220;El Mayo&#8221; Zambada Garcia, co-founder of the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel, and another leader Joaqu\u00edn Guzm\u00e1n L\u00f3pez were arrested in El Paso, Texas, last weekend.   [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/mexico-sinaloa-drug-cartel-americans-travel-1932115#:~:text=Americans%20have%20been%20told%20to,top%20Sinaloa%20drug%20cartel%20leaders.\">Americans Issued Warning About Travel to Mexico<\/a>, by Jordan King, Newsweek, July 30th, 2024] <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Actually, Zambada and Guzman were arrested July 25th, last Thursday, which was not on a weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway back to Newsweek:    <strong>The Virginia-based private security firm Global Guardian has urged Americans traveling to Mexico over the next few days to &#8220;pay attention to warnings or notices from the U.S. Embassy and consulates&#8221; so they do not get caught up in street violence.   Director of intelligence Mike Ballard told Border Report: &#8220;They should maintain awareness of where they are going, especially (border cities) like Tijuana and Juarez, make sure they&#8217;re not driving into an active firefight situation.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s always good to be careful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, officials from the Mexican border state of Chihuahua also issued a warning, after Chihuahua Gov. Maru Campos said folks should &#8220;prepare for the worst of scenarios in case of a spike in violence from these detentions.&#8221;    Public Safety Director Gilberto Loya said during a news conference on Monday: &#8220;Why prepare? Because it&#8217;s not clear what happened. (There could be) a different response from criminal groups if it was a surrender or a betrayal between cells of the same cartel.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The warnings have stopped short of explicitly telling Americans not to travel in and around Mexico.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some Americans do not want to visit Mexico at all.  On the other hand, as I reported in a previous article, 36.71 million Americans traveled to Mexico in 2023, an increase over the previous year\u2019s total of 33.54. [See <a href=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/01\/how-many-americans-visit-mexico\/\">How Many Americans Travel to Mexico?<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a choice.<br><br>Back to Newsweek:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Sinaloa drug cartel was described as &#8220;one of the most violent and powerful drug trafficking organizations in the world&#8221; by Attorney General Merrick Garland.   Both Zambada and Guzm\u00e1n are facing &#8220;multiple charges in the United States for leading the cartel&#8217;s criminal operations, including its deadly fentanyl manufacturing and trafficking networks,&#8221; according to Garland&#8217;s statement.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greetings to readers from Mexico!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-20-1024x781.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-20-1024x781.png 1024w, https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-20-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-20-768x586.png 768w, https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-20.png 1309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ontheworldmap.com\/usa\/usa-and-mexico-map.jpg\">OnTheWorldMap.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsweek reports that the Global Guardian security firm is warning Americans to be careful in Mexico. I&#8217;m currently in Mexico and saw the article yesterday. 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