Cartel violence near Mazatlan didn't stop beers by the pool: Albertans
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Some Canadian tourists in Mexico returned home Saturday night after a wave of cartel violence erupted in the country this week, shuttering airports and prompting an advisory to shelter in place.
Some Canadian tourists in Mexico returned home Saturday night after a wave of cartel violence erupted in the country this week, shuttering airports and prompting an advisory to shelter in place.
However, the message the sun-splashed Albertans delivered was that there's way worse places to shelter in place than an all-inclusive resort in Mexico.
"Our resort slipped a piece of paper under our door," said Scott Parkin of Calgary, recalling how he discovered the news.
"Military helicopters flying by was kind of odd," he added.
"We could see some smoke on the roads, but whatever they did for the city, was great," said Robyn Hollemans, who rented a house with her family in Mazatlan.
"We felt fine," she said. "We felt safe."
Ottawa is asking Canadians travelling south to exercise a high degree of caution due to violence in Sinaloa - while warning against non-essential travel to some regions, although Mazatlan was not on that list.
