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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 771121" data-attributes="member: 12952">Feds warn against travel to U.S.-Mexico border areasOttawa is warning Canadians planning visits to Mexico to avoid that  country’s border areas with the United States, lest they become caught  up in escalating violence associated with drug cartels.The Department of Foreign Affairs issued an “official warning” on its  travel website Tuesday that said Mexico’s northern states are to be  avoided “due to continuously high levels of violence linked to drug  trafficking in those areas.”The warning also said “”Canadians should avoid crossing Mexico’s northern border by land,  as shootouts, attacks, and illegal roadblocks may occur at any time.  Criminals especially target SUVs and full-size pickup trucks for theft  and carjacking.”</blockquote>