The government is advising Canadians in Mexico to limit their movements and shelter in place due to violence in the country\u0027s northwest.
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Dahl has no phone line through to the hotel, she said. But she has been able to communicate with her family through Facebook.“ obviously shaken. Just from reading between the lines of the texts and such, they’re pretty shaken.”“I’m sure my brother is probably got at the pool, trying to keep them not on it,” Dahl said.Article content
“The lobby is full of people that were supposed to fly out and if they’re not out by 5 p.m., they’re kicking them out. These people can’t go out in the streets if there’s buses burning out front and the cartel’s there.” Later, Mexico’s Civil Aviation Agency said in a statement that an air force plane in Culiacan had also been hit with gunfire.
Mexican officials said cartel members set up 19 roadblocks including at Culiacan’s airport and outside the local army base, as well as all points of access to the city of Culiacan. “This is a significant blow to the Sinaloa cartel and major victory for the rule of law,” Mike Vigil, the DEA’s former chief of international operations. “It will not, however, impede the flow of drugs into the U.S. Hopefully, Mexico will extradite him to the U.S.”
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