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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 798866" data-attributes="member: 12952">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Cruise lines flee Southern California ports&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Economic woes, travelers&#039; fears of Mexico drug violence cited&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; SAN DIEGO — Carnival Cruise Lines is&nbsp; pulling the last of its ships out of San Diego, and other cruise&nbsp; operators are departing Southern California because of economic woes and&nbsp; fears over traveling to Mexico.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Carnival announced Thursday that its 2,500-passenger Carnival Spirit&nbsp; is moving to Australia by April 2012, a move the Port of San Diego says&nbsp; will cost the local economy about $54 million, the&nbsp; <a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jan/13/san-diego-to-lose-yet-another-cruise-ship/" target="_blank">San Diego Union-Tribune reported</a>. The ship takes more than 60,000 passengers a year to destinations along the <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41068768/ns/travel-news/#" target="_blank">Mexican Riviera</a>.Drug-related killings 2006-2010&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"> 30,913 execution-style killings</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"> 3,153 killed in rival gang clashes</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"> 546 killed in clashes with the security forces</li>
</ul>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Source: Mexican government database</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 798866, member: 12952"] [B] Cruise lines flee Southern California ports [/B] [B] Economic woes, travelers' fears of Mexico drug violence cited [/B] SAN DIEGO — Carnival Cruise Lines is pulling the last of its ships out of San Diego, and other cruise operators are departing Southern California because of economic woes and fears over traveling to Mexico. Carnival announced Thursday that its 2,500-passenger Carnival Spirit is moving to Australia by April 2012, a move the Port of San Diego says will cost the local economy about $54 million, the [URL="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jan/13/san-diego-to-lose-yet-another-cruise-ship/"]San Diego Union-Tribune reported[/URL]. The ship takes more than 60,000 passengers a year to destinations along the [URL="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41068768/ns/travel-news/#"]Mexican Riviera[/URL]. [B]Drug-related killings 2006-2010[/B] [LIST] [*] 30,913 execution-style killings [*] 3,153 killed in rival gang clashes [*] 546 killed in clashes with the security forces [/LIST] Source: Mexican government database [/QUOTE]

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