"Rising Cartel Violence Threatens Safety at Popular Mexican Resorts"

Four warring Mexican drug cartels are now targeting popular resort areas along the Caribbean coast, previously considered off-limits, resulting in gruesome violence and an increase in American and international visitors becoming collateral damage. The cartels, including the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, are vying for control of the $30 billion tourism revenue, leading to a surge in violence and a shift away from the old code of conduct. The escalating violence has turned resort areas into war zones, posing a threat to tourists and impacting the tourism industry in Mexico.