The State Division and FBI Los Angeles are warning spring break vacationers to take sure precautions and be additional vigilant when touring.
FBI Los Angeles advised vacationers to verify the State Division’s journey advisories — designed to offer U.S. residents dependable details about safety threats abroad — for his or her meant locations forward of time.
“Whether or not it’s households seeking to escape the ultimate throes of winter or a school scholar looking for a short respite from the trials of educational life, know that the dangers are there,” FBI Assistant Director in Cost Akil Davis stated in a Tuesday assertion. “Preserve vigilance all through your travels and be ready to contact the closest U.S. Embassy or Consulate ought to the necessity come up.”
The warning comes following the March 6 disappearance of College of Pittsburgh scholar Sudiksha Konanki in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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Konanki, 20, stays lacking as of Tuesday, and her disappearance after she went swimming round 4 a.m. exterior her resort has sparked worldwide information headlines.
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Folks get pleasure from time on the seashore on the RIU Republica Resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Friday, March 14, 2025. Sudiksha Konanki, 20, was final seen on a seashore exterior the five-star RIU Republica Resort within the Dominican Republic on March 6, 2025. (Fox Information Digital)
The FBI listed the next suggestions for vacationers to remain protected over spring break:
- Set up factors of contact for your loved ones to reference within the occasion of an emergency.
- Keep away from touring alone, particularly after darkish. Take heed to your environment and keep away from areas you imagine could put your private security in danger.
- Use solely approved taxis/shuttles. Passengers have been robbed or kidnapped when utilizing taxis.
- Keep away from actions which are unlawful, improper, or indiscreet. Keep away from gives of sexual companionship; they could result in a room raid, pictures, and blackmail.
- Evade criminals by being conscious of your environment and alert to the potential of surveillance. Take psychological notes of anybody following you and promptly report it to the suitable safety officers.
- Beware of latest acquaintances who probe for details about you or who try to get you concerned in what might grow to be a compromising scenario.
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Native authorities seek for lacking US scholar Sudiksha Konanki in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Wednesday, March 11, 2025. Konanki, 20, was final seen on a seashore exterior the five-star RIU Republica Resort within the Dominican Republic on March 6, 2025. (Santiago Baez for Fox Information Digital)
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Within the Caribbean, the nation with the best journey advisory is Haiti with a degree 4 journey advisory, which means “don’t journey,” adopted by Jamaica at degree 3, which suggests U.S. residents ought to “rethink journey.”
An aerial view of Montego Bay, Jamaica. The State Division is warning U.S. residents to rethink journey to the island amid a spike in murders. (Will Twort/Jamaica Vacationer Board/dpa)
Numerous different Caribbean nations are beneath a degree 2 warning, which means Individuals ought to train elevated precautions. These nations embody the Dominican Republic, Turks & Caicos, Bahamas, Cuba and Netherlands Antilles.
A number of Mexican states even have degree 4 warnings attributable to harmful cartel and gang exercise, together with Sinola, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas, Michoacan, Colima and Guerrero.
