Puerto Vallarta is still safe

What do you think about this piece of \"news\": http://puntodigital.com/puerto-vallarta-is-safe-despite-misleading-usa-canada-media/224898/

I remember reading somewhere that Florida Tourism was financing scary news releases for Mexico so people would stay in the US...

Greetings

M.

I would think its because they want to make sure any holiday money is spent in their own country.

Correct, but it is not ethical and we all know US media is very ethical...

Hey it worked with the Flu scare!

Great post Kat!

I agree 100%. This coming Fall will be the 29th year in a row to PV. We love it as much as we did when we first went in 1984.

The Posada Vallarta was the place we stayed the first 2 years (84 & 85) Loved walking across the street and down a block or 2 to the old Tango Restaurant and the Japanese Restaurant, Kamakura. We seem to always like one side of the Marina or the other. 13 years at the Marina de Oro and then since 99 the Velas Vallarta.

Lots of changes , but still the feel of Mexico as it was back in the 80s.

I have been going to PV since 1994 and still will
my friends will no longer be going ...

Robbery Near Melacon by Police Officer
This March my friends were vacationing for a couple of weeks in PV,
like the do every year and staying in a hotel a couple blocks from the Malecon,
One night my friends when back to their hotel and thier 20 year old son was
later heading back to the hotel, He was one block from the Malecon when a armed police officier in uniform, stopped him and indicated the Cigarette he was smoking was majurana and is illegal , ( He was smoking a comerically bought Normal Ciggarette ) The officier ordered him to empty out his pockets ( Which he complied, by setting his contents down , Ipod, Cigarette package and pesos he had in his pockets ) The Officier took all the contents and left, Bascially robbing him, My friends were shocked and called the Consulate to report it and had to fly out the next day.
ANY advice on who else this could be reported to ?