MEXICO CITY -- The U.S. Embassy in Mexico has issued a new travel alert for the Caribbean resort city of Playa del Carmen, where an explosion on a tourist ferry injured 26 people last month. It adds that the U.S. consular agency in Playa del Carmen "will be closed until further notice." U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauret said in a statement that all travelers should check travel.state.gov before they travel. "In Mexico alone, we've issued a number of recent security alerts as soon as we received information that travelers should know," the statement said. In a previous alert last week the embassy had only barred employees from taking ferries between Playa del Carmen and Cozumel Island.
U.S. Embassy warns about threat to Mexico resort town, issues travel ban
(KGTV) - The U.S. Embassy in Mexico City received information about a security threat in Playa del Carmen Wednesday, leading to a travel ban for U.S. government employees. Embassy officials did not release details about the threat in the Yucatan resort town, south of Cancun. The U.S. Consular Agency in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo was closed until further notice. The overall State Department travel warning for non-government American citizens did not change. U.S. citizens are warned not to travel to five Mexican states including Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán, Sinaloa, and Tamaulipas.
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