Drug (Cartel) Violence  Update

Nogales, Sonora, Mexico

April 25, 2011

Since the middle of December, 2008 there has not been any reports on drug cartel violence in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, Tourist areas, according the Arizona Daily Star, are still safe. Please click to see story in the Arizona Daily Star.

There has been some crime and homicides in Nogales, but they are in the outside areas and the violent clashes are between the cartel factions or the cartel members and the police.

There has not been any of the violent crime in the Tourist District areas where the doctors have their offices.

The Mayor of Nogales, José Angel Hernández Barajas, has brought together the municipal police, State police and the Mexican Army troupes into a cohesive force that is subduing the cartel violence.

REMEMBER and Keep it in PERSPECTIVE:
There is much more crime and violence in major cities in the USA than in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico!