The Texas Department of Public Safety is warning people against traveling to Mexico amid heightened awareness about abductions and cartel violence.
The Americans were among a group of four that traveled to Mexico via Brownsville for plastic surgery. Soon after entering Matamoros, the group was caught in a drug cartel shootout, and video showed them being hauled off in a truck. Two survivors were later found in a shack near the Gulf Coast.after crossing into Mexico to go to a flea market in the city of Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon.
In these undated photos provided by the Penitas Police Department, from left are sisters Maritza Rios, 47, and Marina Rios, 48, and their friend, Dora Saenz, 53. On Friday, March 10, 2023, authorities said the three women haven't been heard from since traveling from Texas into Mexico on Feb. 24 to sell clothes at a flea market.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the U.S. travel warnings were the result of a conspiracy by conservative politicians and U.S. media outlets to smear his administration.Mexico’s nationwide homicide rate is about 28 per 100,000 inhabitants, according to theis also asking American citizens to be cautious when visiting various states and cities in Mexico during spring break and Easter travel seasons.
For years the city of Matamoros has been the base for Gulf drug cartel members, who often fight among rival gangs or among themselves. Thousands of people have been reported missing in that state amid the violence.
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