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U.S. Tourists Advised To Temporarily Avoid Shootouts With Mexican Drug Cartels (theonion.com)
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Griffin later emphasized that once the situation in Mexico had stabilized, American tourists would be welcome to resume murdering with impunity.

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[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago

"This was supposed to be my vacation, I was so excited for this gun battle, wtf?"

-US tourists maybe

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 6 points 3 weeks ago

Oh good, only temporarily.

[–] TheNovemberMan@bookstodon.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

@supersquirrel 👍👍

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

As an American currently in Mexico, I lold

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

So... Did something happen that spurred The Onion's interest in the topic of US tourists' gunfights?