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14-15 March. Members should reconfirm travel =rrangements before setting out, to minimise inconvenience.
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El Salvador: San Salvador: =atal shootout near city centre highlights persistent crime =isks <x-msg://7/#1057491>
At least six people were killed on 15 =arch in a shootout between gang members and private security guards in =he
Mercado Central area in the centre of the capital San Salvador. The =uthorities subsequently launched a security
operation and arrested five =uspects. The violence erupted when gang members opened fire on a =ecurity guard and
fatally shot three nearby street vendors, triggering =he gunfight. Most shops and businesses in the area subsequently
closed =ue to the unrest. The incident highlights the HIGH travel risk rating =or the country, particularly the capital
where, principally due to gang =iolence, travel should only be undertaken for essential business =urposes.
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Mexico: Urban centres: Avoid =rotests related to national strike on 17-18 March by teachers' =nion <x-
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Members in urban centres around Mexico on =7.18 March should avoid all demonstrations associated with a 48-hour
=ationwide strike by the CNTE teachers' union over educational reforms. =wo marches will be held on 17 March: one in
Tuxtla Gutierrez (Chiapas =tate) at 09.00 from Diana Cazadora to Parque Central, and a second in =orelia (Michoacan
state), starting at 10.00 (local time) from Casa de =obierno to the Centro Historico.
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Peru: Disruption =elated to heavy rainfall, flooding persists in several regions; =aintain flexible itineraries <x-
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Members in or =ravelling to Ancash, Huancavelica, Junin, Lambayeque, Libertad, Lima, =iura and Tumbes regions, as well
as the capital Lima, in the coming =ays should plan itineraries accounting for likely disruption caused by =ontinued heavy
rainfall and resultant flooding. The flooding has =amaged roads and bridges in the aforementioned regions. Clean-up
and =epair operations are under way.
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United States: =ontinue to monitor developments following court ruling temporarily =locking new immigration
restrictions <x-msg://7/#1057479>
Members =ntending to travel to or from the US should continue to closely monitor =evelopments linked to a recent
Executive Order detailing new =mmigration procedures. A federal judge in Hawaii state on 15 March =pproved a
nationwide temporary restraining order against travel =estrictions within the Order, hours before the measure was to
come into =ffect on 16 March. A similar ruling was subsequently issued by a =ederal judge in Maryland state. The rulings
will prevent the various =estrictions in the Order from being implemented at least until legal =hallenges against the law
are adjudicated at an as yet unspecified =ate.
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Asia & the =acific
Afghanistan: Kabul: Heavy =unfire reported near Habibiya High School on Darulam Road; avoid area =/a> <x-
msg://7M1057483> SPECIAL ADVISORY
Unconfirmed reports late on 16 March indicate that heavy =unfire took place near the Habibiya High School on Darulam
Road in the =apital Kabul. Details of the incident are still emerging; more to =ollow.
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Afghanistan: Kabul: Reported =ilitant threat to Green Village Camp; reconfirm itineraries, stand-fast =rocedures
The Ministry of Interior reported on =5 March that there is a potential militant plot to carry out a car bomb =ttack
against the Green Village Camp in the capital Kabul. As yet, =here are no precise details about the timing or nature of the
suspected =stack or the source of the threat information. Travellers in Kabul with =ppointments at the Green Village
Camp should reconfirm their =tineraries and continue to minimise time spent near the perimeter of =he facility.
Travellers at the camp should reconfirm stand-fast =rrangements and procedures.
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American Samoa =US): Dengue outbreak <x-msg://7/#1057303>
A public health emergency =as declared after cases of dengue fever were confirmed in American =amoa.Dengue is
consistently present in the island and outbreaks are =lso ongoing in other Pacific islands.lt is spread by mosquitoes and
can =ause a range of symptoms. It has no particular treatment. Some people, =specially those who have been infected
before, get a more severe form =hat can lead to fatal complications. Although a vaccine has been =eveloped, it is only
available in a small number of countries and is =ot recommended for travellers. Prevent infection by avoiding mosquito
=ites.
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Bangladesh: Avoid planned =ationwide protests on 18 March over government's gas deal with foreign =ompany
Members in the capital Dhaka and other =rban centres on 18 March should avoid the vicinity of planned =ationwide
demonstrations over the government's agreement reached on 14 =arch with a South Korean oil and gas company,