Thats not always the case. Follow the U.S. Consulate Matamoros onFacebookandTwitter. It is also not safe to ride a bicycle here and drive a rented car. The borough's Holy Week passion play the oldest, most elaborate and best-known in the country celebrated its 180th edition this year. Cartels go head to head here and clash with extreme repercussions for residents who aren't part of any gangs. Crime gangs watched over Reynosa with 62 hidden cameras - Mexico News Daily "It's not fair," said taxi driver Rene Guevara, adding that among the dead were two of his fellow taxi drivers whom he defended and said were not involved in crime. First published on Mon 21 Jun 2021 11.49 EDT Fear has invaded the Mexican border city of Reynosa after a weekend of violence in which 19 people were killed, including taxis drivers, workers and. Cabeza de Vaca is under an investigation for alleged links to organized crime groups, money laundering and tax evasion, according to the Mexican attorney generals office, which announced in May that the U.S. Justice Department has shared a case file on Cabeza de Vaca. An Indigenous man from Honduras reported that he was kidnapped and separated from his 5-year-old son after being expelled to Reynosa, Mexico. Lpez Obrador said during a May news conference that the FBI is investigating the governor for alleged money laundering. Mexico's president vowed to investigate the border shootings that left 19 dead over the weekend, even as the latest homicide figures showed . The Mexican interior ministry and Mexicos National Institute of Immigration did not respond to requests for comment on the report. but with a feeling of anger because now crime has happened to innocent people." Tamaulipas State Police removed 62 hidden surveillance cameras from highways around the city of Reynosa over the weekend, and not for the first time. Thus, they can act against crime and arrest people only when they see crime happeningin flagrancia. The president arrived in power with a rhetoric of nonconfrontation with a Hugs, not gunshots slogan that has led to federal forces having a passive presence in certain areas of the country, which has empowered criminal organizations to act more freely, Guerrero said. This article was published more than1 year ago. They stopped in front of them and started to shoot.. Criminal gangs in Reynosa are also known to destroy cameras placed by the authorities. I express my solidarity to the families of the innocent victims that died as consequences of these actions of organized crime in Reynosa, the statement said. Reynosa, just across the border from the Texas city of McAllen, has long been a stronghold for the Gulf cartel of drug traffickers. During the day the town center is busy and cars drive wherever they want theres not like street lines like the US, think of India. But the area's criminal activity has long been dominated by the Gulf Cartel and there have been fractures within that group. 'You cant trust anybody': the Mexicans caught up in the drug war just south of Texas, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Travel to this region is not recommended. Pedestrians on the streets should be very careful while crossing the road: drivers usually do not really look around, and especially on pedestrians. Having had his political immunitystripped, he faces a warrant for hisarreston charges of ties to organized crime. According to an InSight Crime investigation in 2021, a separate faction, the Metros, controls the border city of Reynosa to the west and has violently clashed with the Scorpions in the past. Emergency Information for American Citizens, COVID-19 INFORMATION FOR U.S. CITIZENS IN MEXICO, Last Updated: Reissued with updates to health information, U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna, Visit Travel.State.gov for More Information, Mexico Country Information and Travel Advisory. Copyright 2009-2023 Numbeo. The areas criminal activity has long been dominated by the Gulf cartel which since 2017 has been riven by internal conflicts over territories for drug and human trafficking. Tamaulipas - the state where the Zetas cartel arose and where the Gulf Cartel continues to operate - has seen several of its past governors from the Institutional Revolutionary Party accused of corruption and links to organized crime. June 23, 2021 Victims of Saturday's shootings in Reynosa. Nor do reductions in murders mean other forms of violence, such as extortion, or criminal groups control over territories and people, have lessened. Reynosa is a city, located directly across the Rio Grande from the US border. Matamoros 6/25/2021 - U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Mexico

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