'They're freaking out.' Should travelers cancel their Cancun trips?

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Elizabeth Urraza works for destination wedding planning company Paradise Weddings and is based in Playa del Carmen, Mexico – about 45 minutes south of Cancun in Quintana Roo. After hearing about the military operation in Puerto Vallarta, many of her clients with weddings in Cancun over the next year have been calling to see what they should do.

"They're freaking out because the news in their homes is fresh," Urraza told USA TODAY. "And then people are looking at the news, or they maybe they just sent out their save the dates, and they're like, 'Oh my gosh, we're having a wedding in Mexico,' but they're like a year and a half out or a year out."

On Feb. 22, Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, who led the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación and was known as "El Mencho," was killed, along with six other cartel members. His death sparked civil unrest in Puerto Vallarta and more than a dozen Mexican states, including Quintana Roo, with cars set on fire and blockades obstructing highways.

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Tourists were sheltering in place and scrambling at airports. Now, shaken by the incident, some are reconsidering their Mexican vacations beyond Puerto Vallarta, including the country's most visited destination: Cancun.