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Weekly Report - 16 August 2005
MEXICO-US: Once again, tourists are mistaken for terrorists
Mexican authorities are trying so hard to show that they are doing their utmost to prevent terrorists from reaching the US that last week, for the second time in less than two months, they ended up having to release tourists arrested by mistake. This has prompted criticism by rights activists that the police are being overzealous and by travel industry spokesmen that they will scare away the tourists.
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