Puerto Vallarta, Guadalajara and other areas in
the state of Jalisco experienced disturbances on May 1 due to retaliation by a
drug cartel for the arrest of a drug lord.
Several buses and cars were burned, but the
incidents did not take place in the tourist zones of either city but on the
outskirts on the road between the two cities, which are about 180 miles
apart.
Tourists were not impacted, and state police
handled the situation swiftly.
"No harm has come to any citizen or
visitors; peace was restored within hours and no further events have occurred
since then," according to a statement from Agustin Alvarez, director of
tourism for Puerto Vallarta.
Guadalajara officials had the same message.
Neither city appeared on the latest travel
advisory issued by the U.S. State Department on April 13.