Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Cancun bar attack is latest bad news for Mexico's tourism industry

At least eight people died after attackers hurled Molotov cocktails into a crowded Cancun bar early today. Although the bar is outside the popular resort zone in a residential area unfrequented by tourists, the apparent drug-related killings are the latest in a string of bad news for Mexico's beleagured tourism industry.Mexican police stand guard in front of the Castle of the Sea bar in Cancun, Mexico on August 31. At least eight people were killed when molotov cocktails were thrown into the bar, which is in a residential area not frequented by tourists.

And on Friday, the U.S. State Department extended its Mexico travel warning to note that children of U.S. government personnel are being ordered to leave the business capital of Monterrey because of concern about recent gun battles and kidnappings in the city.

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