Acapulco, Mexico

Cabbies slain: Attacks on taxis left nine drivers and three passengers dead in the Mexican resort city of Acapulco last weekend, right before the Mexican Open tennis tournament began there. Most of the drivers were shot in their vehicles when not carrying fares; one was beheaded. Police said drug gangs sometimes use taxi drivers as couriers or lookouts. The drug-related violence is scaring tourists away from the resort. Two cruise lines have canceled stops in Acapulco’s port in the past month, and the city is no longer among the top 100 destinations for Americans. “I was walking down the beach this morning and every hotel here is empty on the beach side,” American tourist Garth Mark told CBS News. “There was no one.”

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