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AUSTIN - The Texas Department of Public Safety is advising students on spring break to avoid drug violence-plagued Mexico. A DPS statement Tuesday cited the continued violence and also urged boaters to stay on the U.S. side of Falcon Lake. A U.S. drug agent was shot and killed Feb. 15 in Mexico. The victim was Immigration and Customs Enforcement Special Agent Jaime Zapata. DPS Director Steven McCraw says while drug cartel violence is most severe in northern Mexico, it's prominent in other parts of the country, including resort areas such as Cancun and Acapulco.

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