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In four cases, they were beheaded, a trademark of drug gangs sending messages back and forth as they fight over territory. let's not forget, also caught up in this are the federal police and army. the mexican federal police and army have stepped up their gang. they have been targeted. the authorities out in uniform over my shoulder where the kids are hanging out are also a target themselves. there is a lot of unsettling messages here. the kids that have come here have said they are taking precautions. >> nbc's kerry sanders in acupulco. kerry -- >> all around the hotels. definitely evident eve...

There's little to fear. is it dangerous here in acapulco? >> translator: no, i don't think so. >> reporter: in mission viejo, california, mom kelly says she's still uncomfortable. her 20-year-old daughter shannon and buddies from uc santa barbara are headed to mexico. >> i'm concerned about her going to mexico. but i am, i think, appropriately concerned about a spring break trip. >> reporter: so shannon and her friends are going to cancun, not acapulco. but that's an area that has also seen its fair share of violence. here in acapulco, the general sense is that teens and the young college stud...

And killed the wrong people as a result. three adults are dead. two children injured, one is orphaned because of a mistake. another thing i want to pass on, some information from a conversation we had yesterday on camera with the head of intelligence from the dea. he says that, one, the violence is seen here in juarez, 500 people killed already this year is spreading to other parts of mexico, particularly northeast mexico, south of laredo. as two other organizations fighting there. he said traffickers are using violence to try to pressure the mexican government to back off on its war against d...

About something this terrifying. >> it's an annual right of tradition. i'm a little bit older than you. i would go to ft. lauderdale. this is what people do in college to get away. blow off a little steam, get away from studies. if you can remember back to that period in your life, the last thing you're thinking about is anything other than yourself and your friends and going to have a good time and not really paying attention to what's going on around. that is of great concern to the authorities here. because there has been this growing drug violence here. and it seems to be somewhat indiscri...