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| Subject: The good: US officials barred from Inca ruins Sat Feb 16, 2013 1:52 am | |
| THE US State Department has barred travel by officials to the ruins of Machu Picchu, Peru's top tourist destination, citing a heightened risk of kidnapping.
A criminal organisation might be planning to abduct US tourists visiting the ruins and the surrounding Cuzco region, the US embassy in Lima said in a statement posted on its website.
''Personal travel by US embassy personnel to the Cuzco region, including Machu Picchu, has been prohibited and official travel is severely restricted as a result of this threat,'' the embassy said. ''Possible targets and methods are not known and the threat is credible at least through the end of February 2013.''
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/travel/us-officials-barred-from-inca-ruins-20130215-2eigo.html#ixzz2L2hAt3M7
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