Chicago Tribune article about GTO

[doncoulter]

"Does anyone know how to find this "highest rating info" posted on the State Dept's website?"

I believe there is no such animal. State issues "travel alerts" (for short-term conditions) and "travel warnings" (long-term), and a travel warning has been in effect for Mexico for several years. That warning applies to the whole country. However, State also supplies a state-by-state breakdown, and under Guanajuato all it has to say is that "no advisory is in effect."

The writer took a huge liberty here, construing the absence of an advisory as a positive rating. The State Department isn't Frommer's or the Michelin Guide; it doesn't issue "highest ratings."

Having said all that, we who live here know that Guanajuato remains one of the safest places in Mexico.

Don