The State Department has issued a warning for travelers heading to Mexico as clashes between taxi and Uber drivers could turn violent.
Clashes between taxi, Uber drivers in Cancun prompt US security alert
The State Department issued a travel advisory in Mexico as taxi drivers have started harassing and attacking Uber drivers and passengers.MEXICO CITY — The U.S. State Department issued a travel advisory for Mexico's resort-studded Caribbean coast Monday after medallion taxi drivers started harassing and attacking drivers from the ride-hailing app Uber and their clients.
Taxi drivers even blocked one of the main roads leading to the hotel district in the resort city of Cancun Monday. That forced some tourists to walk or catch rides in police pickups to get their flights out, or check-in.that"past disputes between these services and local taxi unions have occasionally turned violent, resulting in injuries to U.S. citizens in some instances."
The Cancun police department shared photos of travelers getting into the bed of police trucks, and said,"given the blockades on the Kukulcan boulevard, our transit officers helped people get to the airport."
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