U.S. - Mexico Relations in the Whack-a-mole Drug War: Banning tourist-travel is foolhardy

 Banning tourist-travel is foolhardy: "The border security wars in the southwest have taken a new turn—some private groups are advocating a U.S. travel ban to Mexico because of the increasing violence perpetrated by drug cartels.

Erecting a border fence to keep U.S. travelers out of Mexico would be almost as foolhardy and counterproductive as the recently abandoned efforts to build a high-tech fence keeping Mexicans out of the United States. ...

The State Department’s warnings are quite specific... and pinpoint the areas where drug cartels are the most active. For the most part, the dangerous areas are not those usually frequented by U.S. tourists.

Although any right-minded person would hope for an end to such random violence, it does not appear that travelers from the United States face nearly the same quality or quantity of danger as Mexican citizens who may not have the financial freedom to flee the dangerous areas.

Halting tourism would only feed the cartels..."