A couple who went on an excursion during a cruise to Cozumel had “no idea how they made it back to their cruise ship cabin” after they “had a few drinks” ashore, according to the Journal Sentinel newspaper. In an article titled As Dozens More Report Blackouts at Mexico Resorts, Country Says It Will Act
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Cruise Lines Return to Acapulco Amidst Violence
Yesterday, two articles about Acapulco caught my attention due to the widely different headlines and photographs of the former popular tourist destination.
The Los Angeles Times featured a beautiful photo in its article titled International Cruise Lines are Putting Acapulco in Their Itineraries Again. The Times wrote that tourism representatives announced that the number of…
Canadian Couple Attacked Sailing to Roatan
A retired couple from Canada, together with a captain, sailing from mainland Honduras to Roatan were reportedly attacked by four men armed with guns and knives who boarded the boat, threatened them with death and stole their money.
The article in CBC News quotes the Canadian woman saying "they actually had me, pulling my hair and…
Honduras: A Dead Beauty Queen and Another Murder in “Paradise”
Roatan, Honduras came onto my radar this year when several tourists contacted us after being robbed or sexually assaulted at gunpoint during cruise stopovers. Later we were the first to report on a Norwegian Cruise Line crew member who was shot in the head for his cell phone in Coxen Hole near the cruise port.…
Another Murder in Roatan
In less than three days after Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández declared that guns are prohibited in Roatan and the Bay Islands, a young man was gunned down early on Sunday morning.
Teledifusora Insular reports that Henry Alexander Almendarez Orellana was shot by two men in the early morning hours of July 13th.
The crime reportedly…
Roatan: Gun Free Zone?
The La Prensa newspaper in Honduras reports that President Juan Orlando Hernández approved legislation last night at a cabinet session to declare that guns are prohibited in Roatan and the Bay Islands.
The article is entitled Gobierno de Honduras declara desarme en Islas de la Bahía.
The newspaper says that the initiative is part of…
U.S. State Department: Crime and Violence in Honduras Remain Critically High
The Department of State in the United States issued another warning about the high crime rate in Honduras, saying that "the level of crime and violence in Honduras remains critically high." You can read the June 24 2014 warning here.
The last warning from the U.S. state Department was issued on Christmas Eve, December…
Love Letters from Roatan
This year I have written a dozen articles about the high crime rate in Roatan Honduras.
The purpose of my blog is to report on "everything the cruise lines don’t want you to know."
So if there is a destination which the cruise line and tourism officials market (for profit) as a "tranquil" and "peaceful"…
Murder in Roatan: A Peaceful, Tranquil Paradise?
Roatan Honduras came onto the radar of Cruise Law News in January of this year when a U.S. family who took a Carnival cruise to the island was robbed at gun point while driving in a rental car. The bandito shot the car up, terrifying the three children in the car as well as…
U.S. Report on Crime in Nassau Worries Atlantis Resort
The owners of the Atlantis mega-resort in Nassau are worried about the U.S. report on the high rate of crime there, according to the Nassau Guardian.
The U.S. report from Department of State states that armed robbery and sexual assault are all on the increase in Nassau and these crimes are affecting tourists and…