Sping Break Warning

Each year, it’s estimated that more than 100000 college students spend their spring break in Mexico over spring break each year and this year, despite violence in some areas, those numbers look to be similar. So the question becomes, should you worry? Spring break and Mexico. Besides peanut butter and jelly, few combinations are better. It’s the ultimate college vacation destination. There’s just one problem. The US State Department is urging folks to stay away, citing the country’s increase in violence over the last month, including the murders of three people with US ties. It all stems from Mexico’s rampant drug war where more than 16000 people have died since December of 2006. Now having said that… “We’ve actually seen a large increase in people traveling to Cancun and Cozumel and places down in that area of Mexico…from what it was last year,” said Marsha Fuller, travel agent with Gulliver’s International Tours. Fuller says, though she sympathizes over the recent concerns, the travel warnings issued aren’t specific enough. “I don’t really think people realize what a large country Mexico is and when they report on it, they use the whole country of mexico and it’s not the whole country of Mexico,” added Fuller. And she’s right. Ciudad Juarez, Tijuana and Nogales — all bordering cities — are among the most violent in the nation. Though far away from Mexico’s typical vacation hot spots. Texas officials say spring break meccas like South Padre Island, Texas are still …