# Brazil travel advisory: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution

> Official levels only. Not travel or medical advice. The advisory may assign different levels to regions inside the destination.

- State Department level: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
- Advisory date: 2025-05-29
- Source note: Updated to add risk indicator for kidnapping.
- CDC travel health notices naming this destination: 0
- Observed level changes recorded by CiteFacts: 0
- Retrieved: 2026-09-10T23:03:54+00:00

## State Department summary

Violent crime, including murder, armed robbery, and carjacking, can occur in urban areas, day and night. There was a kidnapping for ransom of U.S. travelers. Gang activity and organized crime are widespread and often tied to the recreational drug trade. Assaults, including with sedatives and drugs placed in drinks, are common, especially in Rio de Janeiro. Criminals target foreigners through dating apps or at bars before drugging and robbing their victims. U.S. government employees are advised not to use municipal buses in Brazil because of a serious risk of robbery and assault, especially at night.

## CDC travel health notices

- No current CDC travel health notice names this destination in its title. This is not a statement that no health risk exists.

## Observed level history

- 2026-09-10T23:02:54+00:00 — Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution — baseline

## Sources and formats

- [Official State Department advisory](https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/brazil-travel-advisory.html)
- [State Department advisory feed](https://travel.state.gov/_res/rss/TAsTWs.xml)
- [CDC travel notice feed](https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/rss/notices.xml)
- [Canonical HTML](https://citefacts.com/travel/brazil)
- [JSON record](https://citefacts.com/travel/brazil.json)