Instapundit - PUERTO VALLARTA TOURISTS WARNED TO STAY PUT AT RESORT AMID MEXICO ‘CLASHES:’

The U.S. State Department later issued a travel warning for multiple areas in Mexico on Sunday afternoon, urging U.S. citizens to shelter in place until further notice due to “ongoing security operations and related road blockages and criminal activity.” - Ed Driscoll

• This is yet another illustration of a major problem the United States faces right now: 
• We have, on our southern border, what is essentially a failed narco-state, where the cartels hold enormous power, and the government seems unable – or unwilling – to dislodge them.

Further thoughts on that topic from CDR Salamander:

UPDATE: Cartels launch revenge attacks after Mexican military kills drug kingpin...