Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

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US consulate ups security after gunbattles in Nuevo Laredo

The U.S. consulate in Nuevo Laredo said Thursday that U.S. government personnel remained under “enhanced restrictions on their movements,” a day after gunbattles in the city across the border from Laredo, Texas left six people dead.

The consulate said via Twitter it was monitoring the security situation and imposed an earlier evening curfew.

Late Thursday, the Tamaulipas state security coordinating group said a state police officer was killed when a convoy of police arriving from the state capital to bolster security was attacked in Nuevo Laredo. Another officer was wounded.

On Wednesday, the consulate issued a security alert . . .

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