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The Texas Department of Public Safety and the Baylor Police Department urge students to avoid going to Mexico for spring break because of the increased violence in the country.

In light of the recent increase in crime around campus, including a Taco Bell drive through incident Wednesday night, Baylor Police are urging students to take extra precautions to stay safe.

Baylor and Waco police are investigating the seventh armed robbery since Oct. 15 in the area surrounding Baylor’s campus. The latest robbery occurred around 10:35 p.m. Monday at Twelfth Street and Baylor Avenue.

An armed robbery occurred at around 8:10 a.m. Wednesday at the La Mirage apartments, close to Baylor campus. The victim in the robbery was not injured and is not a Baylor student.

Fliers circulated around the Bill Daniel Student Center, Clifton Robinson Tower and other locations on campus Wednesday afternoon, soliciting students, faculty and staff to visit a website in order to win an iPad2. The fliers, along with CDs also dispersed through these areas, were part of a test administered by an external security company, according to a university spokeswoman.