The US Saturday warned its staff to send families out of Juarez, Mexico, where it has a consulate, shortly before three of its staff were killed in drive-by shootings in the border city, famous for its violence. The US is now sending eight FBI investigators to join Mexican agents looking into the shootings, and US citizens are being warned to avoid the area. Gunfights have broken out in other border areas, miles away, as drug wars appear to be stepping up.
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 16 March 2010 at 6:31 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 16 March 2010.
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Tags: deaths, drug wars, FBI, investigations, Mexico, shootings, US citizens, US consulate
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