Mexico sends troops to Los Cabos after looting, thousands stranded


  • World
  • Friday, 19 Sep 2014

SAN JOSE DEL CABO (Reuters) - Mexico sent in troops and police to safeguard thousands of tourists stranded in the storm-battered Mexican Pacific resort of Los Cabos on Thursday after widespread looting.

Odile churned into the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula on Sunday as a Category 3 hurricane, wreaking havoc on a scenic area popular with U.S. sun seekers that has rarely witnessed such devastation.

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