Foreign travel advice

Mexico

! Warning FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Mexico.

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Still current at:
18 June 2024
Updated:
18 June 2024
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Areas where FCDO advises against all but essential travel

State of Baja California

FCDO advises against all but essential travel to the city of Tijuana, except:

  • airside transit through Tijuana airport
  • the Cross Border Xpress bridge from the airport linking terminals across the Mexican-US border
  • the federal toll road 1D and Via Rápida through Tijuana to the border

FCDO advises against all but essential travel to the city of Tecate in Baja California, including roads between Tijuana and Tecate.

There is another state called Baja California Sur that is unaffected by these warnings.

State of ChiapasChihuahua

FCDO advises against all but essential travel to withinthe 40kmstate of Chihuahua, except:

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State of ChihuahuaSinaloa

FCDO advises against all but essential travel to the state of Chihuahua,Sinaloa, except:

  • the citycities of ChihuahuaLos Mochis and Mazatlán
  • theroad border32 crossingthat inruns Ciudadbetween JuárezEl (accessedFuerte byand federalLos toll road 45)Mochis
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  • the Copper Canyon rail route to and from ChihuahuaLos Mochis, El Fuerte and the towns immediately on this route including Creel
  • the road from Creel via San Juanito to San Pedro
  • state highway 16 from San Pedro to Chihuahua

State of ColimaTamaulipas

FCDO advises against all but essential travel to the state of Colima,Tamaulipas, except except:

  • the cityborder ofcrossing Manzanilloat Nuevo Laredo accessed by seafederal ortoll airroad via85D thefrom Manzanillo-CostalegreMonterrey
  • federal Internationalhighways Airport,80, 81 and direct85 travelbetween viaTampico, roadCiudad 200de fromVictoria and Magueyes, and the airportentire area of Tamaulipas south of these highways

State of Zacatecas

FCDO advises against all but essential travel to Manzanillo.the state of Zacatecas.

State of Guanajuato

FCDO advises against all but essential travel to the areas south-west of road 45D.

State of GuerreroMichoacán

FCDO advises against all but essential travel to the state of Guerrero,Michoacán, except the:

  • city of Morelia accessed by federal toll roads 15D, 126 and 43; and the federal toll road 48D between the city of Morelia and the General Francisco Mujica airport
  • town of Zihuatanejo/IxtapaPátzcuaro accessed by air.

    federal toll roads 14D and 15 from Morelia, and boat trips out to islands on Lake Pátzcuaro
  • Federal Highway 15D

State of Jalisco

FCDO advises against all but essential travel to the areas south and south-west of Lake Chapala to the border with the state of Colima.

FCDO advises against all but essential travel to the northern municipalities of:

  • Bolaños
  • Chimaltitán
  • Colotlán
  • Hostotipaquillo
  • Huejúcar
  • Huequilla el Alto
  • Mezquitic
  • San Martin de Bolaños
  • Santa Maria de los Ángeles
  • Totatiche
  • Villa Guerrero

State of MichoacánColima

FCDO advises against all but essential travel to the state of Michoacán,Colima, except the:

  • the city of MoreliaManzanillo accessed by federalsea tollor roadsair 15D,via 126the andManzanillo-Costalegre 43;International Airport, and thedirect federaltravel tollvia road 48D200 betweenfrom the cityairport ofto MoreliaManzanillo.

    State and the General Francisco Mujica airport

  • town of PátzcuaroGuerrero

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State of SinaloaChiapas

FCDO advises against all but essential travel to thewithin state40km of Sinaloa,the except:

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