Canadian Government Tells Travellers in Mexico to Shelter in Place Due to Violence

This Oct. 17, 2019, frame grab from video provided by the Mexican government shows Ovidio Guzman at the moment of his detention, in Culiacan, Mexico. The Canadian Press/CEPROPIE via AP

Canadian tourists were trapped inside a Mexican hotel Thursday as buses that were supposed to take them to an airport and safely home burned outside.

“It’s just chaos,” said Tina Dahl of Edmonton, whose six family members stranded in the popular tourist city of Mazatlan were supposed to fly out Thursday night.