Following on this earlier report of the increasingly dangerous situation that exists along the Texas-Mexico border, the federal government has issued a warning to students going to the Spring Break hotspots of South Texas regarding the dangers lurking in the border towns.
Parents of college students going to South Texas over Spring Break need to emphasize to their children that this is a real danger and not one to take lightly. Although security on the Texas side of the border is fine, security is simply not adequate these days in the Mexican border towns, and the smart move for young people is simply to stay out of those towns. There is plenty to do on the Texas side of the border, anyway.