The U.S. State Department has issued a travel alert Wednesday for Americans planning to spend spring break in Mexico.
Tourists stroll on the shore of Xcalacoco beach in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo state, Mexico.
The alert warns travelers to “exercise increased caution” especially after dark at Caribbean beach resorts like Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum, which have been plagued by drug gang violence in the past. The Sate Department also noted that U.S. citizens “have become seriously ill or died in Mexico after using synthetic drugs or adulterated prescription pills.”
The alert also noted that “unregulated alcohol may be contaminated, and U.S. citizens have reported losing consciousness or becoming injured after consuming alcohol that was possibly tainted.”
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