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Originally appeared at ZeroHedge
The U.S. consulate in Mexico’s border city of Nuevo Laredo issued a warning on Wednesday night of intense gunfights across the city, reported Reuters.
“The consulate has received reports of multiple gunfights throughout the city of Nuevo Laredo. U.S. government personnel are advised to shelter in place. Actions to Take: Seek secure shelter. Notify friends and family of your safety.Monitor local media for updates,” the consulate tweeted.
SECURITY ALERT: The Consulate has received reports of multiple gunfights throughout the city of Nuevo Laredo.
U.S. government personnel are advised to shelter in place.
Actions to Take:
Seek secure shelter. Notify friends and family of your safety.Monitor local media for updates.— USCG Nvo Laredo (@USAConNVL) January 2, 2020
Nuevo Laredo is a city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The municipality sits on the Mexico-US border, and on the other side of the wall, lies the town of Laredo, Texas.
As I'm writing this, I can still hear the sound of gunfire coming from Nvo Laredo. For clarification, Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas (Mexico) are separated by the Rio Grande. (blue dividing line in photo) Yellow stars ID spots where gunfire took place earlier. pic.twitter.com/KFMsqqtUnG
— KeyROSEcasual (@KeyroseLDO) January 2, 2020
In the last 15 hours, Twitter users have uploaded videos from the Laredo side, with audio of heavy-caliber machine gunfire in the distance from raging gun battles in Nuevo Laredo.
Video sent in a few minutes ago from my cousin who live in Laredo, TX a few blocks from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Gunshots are to be coming from the Mexican region, no word on any spillover here. The entire video doesn’t fit but has 2 and a half minutes of gunfire. pic.twitter.com/bu3B3mZNQV
— Lisette Hernandez TV (@lisette_tv) January 2, 2020
NOCHE TERRORÍFICA PARA RESIDENTES DE #NUEVO_LAREDO #TAMAULIPAS
SICARIOS DEL #CDN_ZETAS DESATAN FUERTES ENFRENTAMIENTOS ARMADOS BLOQUEOS Y EMBOSCADAS HACIA ELEMENTOS DE LA POLICIA ESTATAL TAMBIÉN SE REPORTAN PERSONAS INOCENTES HERIDAS POR BALAZOS EN FUEGO CRUZADO pic.twitter.com/HudkEJsWPp
— Tamaulipas R-T-C (@Tamaulipasrtc1) January 2, 2020
Outside my home, just 5 minutes away from nuevo laredo pic.twitter.com/5ZLfSUgQaZ
— a d a n ? (@adanxanguiano) January 2, 2020
This is horrible #NuevoLaredo pic.twitter.com/fd4REo9wmT
— Kαяø (@cypherlarry_) January 2, 2020
One video even captured Mexican law enforcement engaging in a gun battle with cartel members.
#NuevoLaredo #Tamaulipas #Mexico pic.twitter.com/RfLJ2z2ItW
— La Rana ? (@larana001) January 2, 2020
Francisco Cabeza de Vaca, the governor of Tamaulipas, tweeted that cartels are primary the reason behind the spike in violence.
“After the cowardly attacks on the part of the Cartel of the Northeast in Nuevo Laredo, the (government of Tamaulipas) will not let down its guard and will continue acting with strength against criminals,” he tweeted.
Laredo’s Webb County Sheriff Martin Cuellar wrote in a Facebook post that “intensive shootings” between cartel members and Mexican police have turned parts of Nuevo Laredo into a warzone.
“Please avoid these areas and do not cross over to Nuevo Laredo,” Cuellar warned. “It’s been said that high-caliber machine guns and explosives are being utilized.”
Attention: Please do not cross to Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas right now. We have information that there have been intensive…
Posted by Martin Cuellar on Wednesday, January 1, 2020
Cuellar said Webb County sheriff’s deputies and the Laredo Police Department are monitoring areas near the border to prevent any spillover into the U.S.
President Trump recently threatened to designate cartels as terrorist organizations in response to the surge of violence across Mexico in 2019.
this is terrorism
Be careful do not support USA idea that USA wants to use to invade Mexico.
This is certainly terrorism. I would prefer a thousand times to have us troops in Mexico rather than the fucking cartels.
I imagine there were a few in Iraq that thought the same in 2001. Not so many now. Be careful what you wish for and solve your own issues.
Part of the social media wars. Expect many fake accounts posing as Mexicans calling for US invasion.
im not calling for an invasion but its clear that the mexican goverment is unwilling and incapable of stopping this problem the criminals are commiting acts of terrorism against the people and no one does anything.
Good, and I agree. The cartels have more money than the local governments, so there is part of the problem already. Drugs funnelled through Mexico to US is massive business and very detrimental to Mexico, despite the money that it brings in. The cartels care nothing of the ordinary people.
Of course they can’t do shit. A true war on the cartels is a WAR on the U.S
almost 200 people died in the 1st of december … a single day…. not even in iraq and syria together they get those many people killed so it is a war .. the mexican goverment is uncapable and corrupt like it or not the u.s. will step in sooner or later .
You pleb!! That’s exactly the point! Where do you think that the cartels in Mexico get those weapons? They are more than an organized mafia cartel (most of the powerful ones). It’s the U.S who feed their workers, long term plans sooner or later evolve to second phase or whatever fucking phase they were planing from so long ago. But it’s starting to look like they are ready for what’s next, it could be that in the near future Mexico would become a War Zone, if the U.S gets in you will wish that you never had said that before, believe me. Wherever the U.S goes it becomes a war zone, they won’t help but profit from war for many decades, until Mexico becomes an empty state.
Again, this caused by the exceptional USA… United Snakes of aipac, LOVE of drugs.. To satisfy their crave!!!
Everybody knows that the drugs in latino-america (in particular in México) is controlled by USA. Just watch ” Kill the messenger.”
Yea dead right the same people who control the US government control the cartels
‘The Trump Administration condemns Iranian proxy groups in Mexico and warns Iran that they will be held accountable for all acts of violence committed against U.S. civilians and border guards’ [I would not be surprised to hear such a statement from our governing morons]
Trump will probably declare Mexico a narco state, then invade… Just the type of conflict the U.S. military is set up for… Unwinnable, long war of counter-insurgency attrition with ‘anti-terrorism’ as the selling point, like Afghanistan but without having Pakistan to run logistics through.
Why does US need a consulate in a Mexican border town when US is about a kilometre away? Sounds fishy to me, knowing how Embassies are used as CIA bases all over the globe.
that is where te people from that city go and apply for visas to visit the united states .
Ok, so is it the case that Mexicans (nuevo Laredans) can’t visit the States cross the river by getting a visa on the border, but have to get it from the Consulate?