Jamaican police arrest man over deaths of retired British couple "[They] should stay in their resorts and limit travel beyond their respective security perimeters.". Dont walk alone in isolated areas or on deserted beaches, even during the day. WebJamaican officials said that 1,360 murders have taken place on the island between Jan. 1 and Nov. 13 of this year, which represents an increase of 6.8% from the same period in Resorts in Jamaica are facing a 'historic' sexual assault problem, State Department yanks data on U.S. tourists harmed in Jamaica, are two Detroit women who were raped at gunpoint, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. MEXICO BEACHGOERS AT POPULAR TOURIST AREA FIND 3 DEAD BODIES WITH TORTURE MARKS WASHED ASHORE, Montego Bay, Jamaica (Will Twort/Jamaica Tourist Board/dpa), Last month, the U.S. State Department issued a travel warning suggesting that Americans reconsider traveling to Jamaica due to rising crime, explaining that "the homicide rate reported by the Government of Jamaica has for several years been among the highest in the Western Hemisphere. A tour operator was shot and killed by gunmen while transporting two tourists in Negril, Westmoreland on Monday night. At a time when tourism fears have escalated in theCaribbean,the State Department has stopped publishing crime data involvingAmericans harmed in Jamaica but it won't say why. Local reports say the gunman chased him before shooting him multiple times. Thank you to all who join us in this fight. Four and a half years after the alleged rapes of the girl and her friend, the case is finally going to trial in Jamaica in December. In the latest killing yesterday, unknown assailants posing as customers shot and killed 40-year-old Avalon Paka Gutzmore about 10 a.m. inside his shop on Valencia Pathway. For Theodore Walling, Jamaica was a place of refuge. "If you are in the affected area, be extremely vigilant, follow the instructions of local authorities and monitor local news.". The information is updated every six months. On August 5th, three men were savagely slain by gunmen at a house located off Brooks Level Road in Stony Hill, an area that has recorded five murders in less than a month. Brit tourist, 33, killed after being 'chased down and shot multiple The latest statistics released on Monday by the Jamaica Constabulary Force show that 112 people have been killed since the start of 2022. A manager at the Hotel Gloriana, identified as Miss Minto, declined to comment on the incident, saying only: "There is nothing to be afraid about."