The US does not rule out reviewing the alert level on trips to Mexico after the kidnapping of Americans

The US State Department did not rule out that its travel alerts to Mexico could change after the kidnapping of four Americans in the border city of Matamoros, which ended with the murder of two of them and the release of the other two.

“We are looking at conditions from state to state to determine if an upgrade or reduction is necessary,” Ned Price, a spokesman for the state, said during a news conference Monday.

Price said the Mexico travel advisory is “especially dynamic” because it “adapts” to different regions. “The travel guidance we provide to US citizens is tailored to each Mexican state and the security situation we assess on the ground,” she added.

The process of reviewing travel alerts, he noted, is one that occurs “every day” between embassies, the US Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs and the Bureau of Consular Affairs.

“As soon as we have made a decision that a change to our travel advisory is warranted, it will be updated online and the US citizen community will be alerted,” he concluded.

Currently, the State Department maintains active “do not travel” warnings to six states in Mexico for crime and risk of kidnapping. Among these, Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán, Sinaloa, Zacatecas and Tamaulipas. Matamoros belongs to the latter, where the attack on the Americans took place on March 3.

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