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Justice Dept. Issues Warning For Mexico, But Will Spring Breakers Listen?

Do not keep the kids away from their plentiful beer and sunshine! The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is trying to dissuade would-be Spring Break travelers from visiting cities in northern Mexico fraught with drug-related violence. But since when has a little danger stopped fun-lovin' college students?

Visitors aren't the target of the narcotraficantes of Ciudad Juarez and Tijuana, whose bloody turf wars have claimed over a thousand lives this year already. But drug gangs have been known to supplement their income with carjackings and kidnappings, and strangers from north of the border -- particularly those who may have their guard chemically lowered -- are a tempting prize.

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