{"id":3909,"date":"2025-02-04T17:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T17:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/gun-battles-disrupt-flights-in-mexican-border-city-trigger-u-s-consulate-warning\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T17:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T17:30:11","slug":"gun-battles-disrupt-flights-in-mexican-border-city-trigger-u-s-consulate-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/gun-battles-disrupt-flights-in-mexican-border-city-trigger-u-s-consulate-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun battles disrupt flights in Mexican border city, trigger U.S. consulate warning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Gunfights on Monday shook a Mexican border city plagued by drug cartel-related violence, forcing the suspension of flights at the local airport, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The violence in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nurse-girl-killed-mexico-us-border-troop\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Nuevo Laredo<\/a>, just south of Texas, followed the arrest of an alleged local cartel leader, Ricardo Gonzalez, alias &#8220;El Ricky.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. consulate in Nuevo Laredo issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/consuladonuevolaredo\/posts\/pfbid0vvdPx7tfoBWgE8NcxSKBsVFMVY3ov7aMX5mPqKGPp5NAKV2RTJWmVNzUvXQ5sLWBl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">security alert<\/a> saying that it had &#8220;received reports of multiple gunfights throughout the city.&#8221; U.S. government personnel were advised to shelter in place, it added.<\/p>\n<p>Hours later, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/consuladonuevolaredo\/posts\/pfbid0XQhmYEeTE9d8UAUUKUFLVjBSV7EAdDJKD73RekoVJsJ7r9DqYKToQQ5xfjZ6AfYUl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">consulate said<\/a> it would be closing on Tuesday &#8220;due to an emergency situation in the city.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nuevo Laredo airport canceled flights and was expected to reschedule them for Tuesday, Mayor Carmen Lilia Canturosas said on social media.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"MEXICO-CRIME-DRUGS \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/04\/9ad51537-d94a-4c2d-a363-3e5c4e317955\/thumbnail\/620x413g4\/26f92b9024640fe9ffcffbdcb16dc98d\/gettyimages-2196999587.jpg?v=aaeeb2bb1dd1cd7107e4d78154d17e02 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/04\/9ad51537-d94a-4c2d-a363-3e5c4e317955\/thumbnail\/1240x826g4\/e3b5a42e1f50f2e1855518f4186f33fe\/gettyimages-2196999587.jpg?v=aaeeb2bb1dd1cd7107e4d78154d17e02 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">A general view shows the facilities of the Quetzalcoatl International Airport closed due to a wave of violence in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas state, Mexico, on February 3, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                RAUL LLAMAS\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier, local authorities asked residents not to leave their homes.<\/p>\n<p>The incident comes about a week after the U.S. consulate in Mexico <a href=\"https:\/\/mx.usembassy.gov\/security-alert-level-4-do-not-travel-due-to-crime-and-kidnapping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">issued warnings<\/a> about gun battles, kidnappings and IED&#8217;s in Mexican border regions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;IEDs are being increasingly manufactured and used by criminal organizations in this region,&#8221; the consulate said, noting that an IED destroyed a Mexican government vehicle in Rio Bravo and injured its occupant on January 23. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the U.S. State Department last week issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/traveladvisories\/traveladvisories\/mexico-travel-advisory.html#tamaulipasstate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">travel warning<\/a> for Tamaulipas state, which borders Nuevo Laredo.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Organized crime activity \u2013 including gun battles, murder, armed robbery, carjacking, kidnapping, forced disappearances, extortion, and sexual assault \u2013 is common along the northern border,&#8221; the travel warning said.<\/p>\n<p>Gunfights are common in Nuevo Laredo, one of the Mexican cities most affected by drug-related violence. In October, human rights activists and relatives blamed the army and National Guard troops in the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nurse-girl-killed-mexico-us-border-troops-blamed\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">deaths of a nurse and an 8-year-old girl<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in Nuevo Laredo.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-us-claim-cartel-alliance-slander-vows-tariff-retaliation\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">President Claudia Sheinbaum said<\/a><\/span> she would deploy 10,000 troops to the Mexican-U.S. border in the face of mounting pressure from Washington to halt drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/div>\n<p><script async 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