Ethan Ralph gets ready to leave tomorrow for his romantic getaway in a warzone:
Ralph confirms that he still intends to travel by bus to Taxco, in the violence-plagued state of Guerrero, one of only 6 of Mexico's 31 states to be on the United States' "Do Not Travel" list, after flying into Mexico City in the morning. He will arrive around lunchtime tomorrow and will be spending the week with his Mexican girlfriend Deni (aka Pantsuela), who is from Guerrero.
Unfortunately for Ralph, the security situation in Taxco has deteriorated dramatically right before he is about to arrive in the city. Media reports from Taxco state that the city has been a "ghost town" this week and that public transportation in the city, such as buses and taxis, have not been running since Sunday.
The below (machine translated from Spanish) article describes how the security situation has totally collapsed in Taxco in the past week or so. Not only is public transportation in the form of buses and taxis cancelled, the drivers are even hiding their vehicles. As a result, schools and businesses have been closed this week and the city is deserted.
If Ralph wants vehicular transportation while in Taxco, he may need to hitch a ride on the back of police pickup trucks which are offering people transportation because nobody else is willing to go on the roads, as illustrated below:
Ralph addressed the situation on the Killstream today. He said he still intends to go tomorrow, that he's "not scared at all, actually" and he added regarding the lack of transportation: "I'm already losing weight, and so I don't mind walking around." He had earlier Tweeted about the situation: "They don't hurt Americans in Mexico."
A thread to discuss Ethan Ralph's trip to Taxco has been created here.