Don't worry too much. The violence, vandalism, and looting is now over for the most part. Arrests have been made and the threat of long jail terms and also the rise in crudely armed neighbourhood vigilantes in some areas, has quelled the problem. It was a massive wake up call for the country and for the president. There was a tremendous backlash against the looters when local residents in the areas affected realized they were losing their jobs when the stores were looted. Regular Mexican people began to protect stores in shifts and turn back prospective looters. There have been peaceful protests against the gas hikes and the last reports of lootings were of small OXXO style convenience stores, yesterday in marginal resource neighbourhoods. You should be ok wherever you go, however watch for local highway protests or road closures as people are really fed up these days and that is the usual first step in protests.
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