score1952 asked:


According to news stories and the official U.S. Internet travel site, Monterrey, Mexico has become a haven for drug gangs and petty thieves with little to no law enforcement.

Are these Internet stories true?

How safe is it to travel to Monterrey, Mexico?

If you have any specific comments or suggestions or stories, I would be interested in hearing them.

Thanks.
Thanks for the comments. All are appreciated. Reading the official U.S. government travel site to Mexico, it repeatedly mentions Monterrey as a problem area unlike most other larger cities in Mexico because of the many petty criminals who get away with crimes only because of the larger drug gang violence which has made burglaries, robberies, kidnapping (to empty out a bank account using an ATM card), kidnappings just to get a few thousand dollars from relatives, etc… which are all are being reported on the official U.S. government travel site. But, I was just wondering how accurate this informtion is.

For example, I know a person working in law enforcement in Laredo who says violence is significantly down in 2007 in Nuevo Laredo compared to 2006 while the official U.S. government travel site to Mexico states the opposite. I was just trying to get a better picture of things. Thanks again.