US consulate warns of gun battles, IEDs, kidnappings in Mexican border towns near Texas
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U.S. Consulate Issues New Warning About Bus Kidnappings in Mexican Border State
The U.S. State Department has issued a new travel warning following the kidnapping of an American passenger by drug cartel gunmen from a bus traveling through the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. The advisory comes after Mexican border state officials dismissed an earlier warning, claiming crime statistics in the area were minimal. This week, diplomats […]
U.S. Consulate Warns of Kidnappings Targeting American Citizens in Mexican Border City
The U.S. Consulate in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, has issued a warning that U.S. citizens, residents and individuals with ties to the U.S. are being targeted for kidnapping for ransom while traveling by bus. On Friday afternoon, the consulate Security Alert He specifically pointed to incidents that occurred around the border city of Reynosa in Tamaulipas state, […]
Mexican Government, Media Silent as Shootouts, Kidnappings Plague Border City
The Mexican government continues to suppress information about the escalating cartel violence plaguing one of its major border cities. The lack of information is further exacerbated by a kind of gag order imposed by organized crime on local media outlets in Matamoros, Tamaulipas. Despite appearing peaceful on the surface, Matamoros has a long history of […]
UN warns of spike in killings and kidnappings across Haiti as deployment of armed force stalls
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — More than 2,300 people were killed, injured or kidnapped in Haiti between October and December last year, a 10% increase compared to the previous quarter, according to a new United Nations report released Thursday. It has increased recently. The number of killings alone during the period soared to more […]
Mexico high schoolers take up arms after village kidnappings
A volunteer police force in rural Mexico, overwhelmed by local kidnappings, has recruited 12-year-old schoolchildren to join its ranks. It's the latest sign that some parts of the country are struggling to deal with organized crime. Armed with rifles and sticks and with their faces covered, the boys and girls paraded through a local playground […]
Suspect in cold case of IN girls’ kidnappings identified as man dead since 1983
A man who died in a Texas prison decades ago has been identified as the man who kidnapped, stabbed and left three Indiana girls in a cornfield nearly 50 years ago, police say using DNA evidence. Cited and published. The girls, aged 11, 13 and 14, survived the attack, but no “obvious suspects” were ever […]
Gulf Cartel Continues Migrant Kidnappings in Mexican Border States
The Gulf Cartel continues to operate with total impunity, abducting migrants attempting to reach the U.S. border. Kidnappings continued even after Mexico's president was forced to admit that his government had failed to rescue a group of 32 migrants abducted by cartel gunmen, when in fact it was the cartels who released them. . Last […]