The charred wreckage of a trailer, which was established ablaze by suspected gang users next the detention of one particular of its leaders, is pictured in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico March 14, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
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March 16 (Reuters) – The U.S. Point out Department on Wednesday reissued a vacation advisory for Mexico, warning People not to travel to the condition of Tamaulipas pursuing violence close to the U.S. consulate in Nuevo Laredo.
The consulate was closed temporarily on Monday subsequent a gunfight that erupted just after the arrest over the weekend of Juan Gerardo Trevino, the accused chief of the Cartel Del Noreste drug cartel.
Trevino, also recognised as “El Huevo”, faces an extradition to the United States buy on federal prices of drug trafficking and funds laundering, as well as condition-stage charges for murder, terrorism, extortion and legal association.
The U.S. consulate on Monday recommended personnel to stay indoors and urged People in america in the location to do the similar or steer clear of the spot.
A senior Tamaulipas official advised Reuters there was at the very least a single “collateral” fatality thanks to the violence.
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Reporting by Dan Whitcomb
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