Feds Advise Canadians Travelling to Jamaica and Colombia to Exercise ‘High Degree of Caution’

Feds Advise Canadians Travelling to Jamaica and Colombia to Exercise ‘High Degree of Caution’
Tourists swim near Hotel Riu Palace in Jamaica in a file photo. Annie Wu/The Epoch Times
Peter Wilson
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The federal government is advising Canadians travelling to Jamaica and Colombia to exercise a “high degree of caution” while there and to avoid certain areas in both countries due to rising rates of crime and kidnappings in those vicinities.

The government’s warnings come shortly after the U.S. State Department called on U.S. citizens to “reconsider travel” to Jamaica and Colombia because of rising crime rates, highlighting elevated terrorism threats in Colombia.