Some Canadian tourists in Mexico returned home Saturday night after a wave of cartel violence erupted in the country this week, shuttering airports and prompting an advisory to shelter in place.
However, the message the sun-splashed Albertans delivered was that there's way worse places to shelter in place than an all-inclusive resort in Mexico.
"It was kind of scary there the first day when the cartel started blowing stuff up," said McKeen."Just a couple of kilometers down the road from the resort there was a bus caught on fire and then about four kilometers away there was two other buses. We were talking to a few people that were down in Mazatlan and they said there was gunfire.While most Albertans CTV News spoke to said they felt distant from the danger, travelling home concerned some.
"It wasn't the worst thing, sitting poolside with beers," said Scott Parkin."The whole ordeal was kind of overblown, as far as I'm concerned. It was worse in Culiacan from what I hear, but Mazatlan was fine."After one day of fear and uncertainty, life quickly returned to normal said another tourist.
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