US post new Mexican travel warnings

CFerguson wrote:

RVhiker wrote:
About two weeks ago, my wife and I were in Roma, Texas at the World Birding Center there, which is a nice overlook over the Rio Grande. Roma is a nice town filled with good people and good restaurants. As we were walking to the overlook, we heard a war break out - the number of shots of different types could not be counted. Literally - and I mean literally - hundreds of shots.

You have to be careful on the border.

I'm disappointed to hear that about Roma. My wife is looking forward to spending some birding time there soon. We'll still go, maybe just not stay as long as we'd like.

fwiw, I lived in south Texas for years back in the 80s and loved the people there. It was said back then that the illegals in the area (Kingsville) outnumbered the legals. But it was good people that snuck across to work their butts off. I never felt threatened at any time.
There are bad areas everywhere (and el paso has always been one imo). I've been in downtown Atlanta at 2am and didn't feel as threatened as I felt at 2pm in downtown San Francicso even tho I was armed in SF and gunless in Atlanta.

Roma is great. Good folks, good food, and a good tire repair shop (Rene's). Several hundred feet across the border is the problem.

By the way, when camped at Falcon Lake State Park we heard a very significant skirmish across the river. It was three very heavy volleys of gunfire.