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Post by JohnM on Feb 3, 2024 7:31:38 GMT -5
Probably holds true for Jamaica, Queens.
U.S. warns tourists to ‘reconsider travel’ to this island nation after 65 murders in 1 month Updated: Feb. 03, 2024, 6:12 a.m.
The U.S. State Department has issued a security warning, urging people to "reconsider travel" to Jamaica after 65 people were murdered in one month.
The U.S. State Department has issued a security warning, urging people to “reconsider travel” to Jamaica after 65 people were murdered in one month.
According to the State Department, the most recent “reconsider travel” warning comes due to high crime and lack of medical services.
The crimes have become so prevalent that even people staying at all-inclusive resorts are not safe.
“Violent crimes, such as home invasions, armed robberies, sexual assaults, and homicides, are common. Sexual assaults occur frequently, including at all-inclusive resorts,” the warning from the U.S. Embassy in Jamaica stated.
“Local police often do not respond effectively to serious criminal incidents. When arrests are made, cases are infrequently prosecuted to a conclusive sentence,” the embassy’s warning continued.
The amount of murders in Jamaica has caused the island nation to have one of the highest homicide rates in the Western Hemisphere.
According to the Jamaica Constabulary Force, at least 65 people were killed from Jan. 1-27, 2024.
Jamaica is not the only island nation U.S. officials have issued warnings to tourists about the lack of safety in the region.
The U.S. State Department issued a warning to tourists traveling to The Bahamas, advising them to “exercise increased caution” due to crime.
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Post by Dutch on Feb 3, 2024 8:55:40 GMT -5
I was in Kingston, Jamaica in 1968 with the Navy. Sailed over from Cuba on a destroyer for the weekend. They were having a garbage strike. Two of us rented a car but we had a time remembering to drive on the opposite side of the road. We came out of a bar and someone had flattened one of the tires. We changed it. Other than that we had no problems and didn’t hear of any killings. But that was a long time ago. My friend from Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania knew a family from his other trips there and they lived up in the mountains in a very nice house and we slept there and ate there for the weekend. The mountains there were beautiful but the long winding road made me rather uncomfortable. I guess the big tourist places are Montego Bay and Ocho Rios. We never went there.
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Post by soxfan9 on Feb 3, 2024 14:33:19 GMT -5
65 Americans murdered? The resorts are a safe bet, I reckon.
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Post by jimbue2 on Feb 3, 2024 20:32:21 GMT -5
65 Americans murdered? The resorts are a safe bet, I reckon. If 65 Americans were killed Jamaica would never see another tourist … trade would be stopped they’d basically be under siege … Jamaica DR Haiti are such poor countries any tourist is a potential victim …Americans going to these islands or third world countries and wandering off resort areas are just looking for bad things to happen
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Post by Dutch on Feb 3, 2024 20:43:09 GMT -5
I agree. I’ve been to Haiti too, 1969. Later because it became too dangerous, the Navy stopped docking there. Kids begging for a nickel or shoes, voodoo shows, prostitution, but that was in Kingston too. Nasty looking spiders and fields of sugar cane. Lots of Rum. Filth, that only appealed to a sailor too drunk to notice. Get plastered, get your money and your wallet stolen. Stays poor.
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Post by soxfan9 on Feb 4, 2024 1:36:24 GMT -5
65 Americans murdered? The resorts are a safe bet, I reckon. If 65 Americans were killed Jamaica would never see another tourist … trade would be stopped they’d basically be under siege … Jamaica DR Haiti are such poor countries any tourist is a potential victim …Americans going to these islands or third world countries and wandering off resort areas are just looking for bad things to happen That was kinda my point. It’s rare that tourists are among the fatalities in problem countries.
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