The U.S. said violence in Mexico has spread and issued travel warnings to 10 states.

The U.S. said violence in Mexico has spread and issued travel warnings to 10 states. According to foreign reports, in view of the increasing violence related to drug trafficking crimes in Mexico, the U.S. government...

The U.S. said violence in Mexico has spread and issued travel warnings to 10 states. According to foreign reports, in view of the unabated increase in violence related to drug trafficking crimes in Mexico, the U.S. government has increased the number of regions in Mexico that U.S. citizens are advised to avoid traveling to, from 6 to 10 states last year. The U.S. State Department issued a warning that Americans should avoid traveling to 10 states in central and northern Mexico due to "increasing violence and continued heightened security risks." Last September, the U.S. State Department issued travel warnings for six Mexican states. The four newly added states are Sonora, south of Arizona, Jalisco, San Luis Botosi and Zacatecas in the center. Last September, the U.S. State Department advised U.S. citizens not to travel to the northern states of Tamaulipas, the central Michoacan states, the northwest states of Durango and Sinaloa, and the border states of Coahuila and Chihuahua. The warning statement said: "Many people, including U.S. citizens, have died in violent incidents in various regions (Mexico), no longer limited to the northern border area, showing the trend of violence in Mexico spreading across the country."