New Brunswick residents are caught up in the “code red” in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and are under a shelter-in-place order following drug cartel violence that erupted over the weekend.
Shelter-in-place orders in prominent travel destinations like Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta and Nayarit
Allyson McCormack · CBC News
· Posted: Feb 23, 2026 6:01 PM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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Andy Wilson is under a shelter-in-place order while vacationing in Puerto Vallarta. (Andy Wilson)
The balcony on Andy Wilson’s Puerto Vallarta condo overlooks Banderas Bay and the wider Pacific Ocean. But that view quickly changed on Sunday, filling with plumes of smoke and the sound of sirens echoing through the downtown.
Wilson and his wife, who are from Harvey Station, are in the epicentre of the violence that erupted over the weekend in the Mexican state of Jalisco, in the wake of a government announcement that the head of one of the country’s most powerful crime groups was dead.
The city is now under a “code red” with transportation coming to a complete halt, following reports of gunmen blocking highways and setting cars on fire in several cities.
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