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Grenade Thrown At Mexican Border City Hall

Grenade Thrown at Mexican Border City Hall

After several days of chaos near the Texas border due to cartel firefights, unknown individuals threw a grenade at the Matamoros City Hall, a Mexican city just across the border from Brownsville, Texas.

Mexican Police Convoy (Reuters)

Mexican Tourists Now Traveling with Police Escorts to the US Border

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — The ever worsening security situation in Mexico has led to a new mode of transportation for Mexican tourists that includes traveling in a convoy with police escorts at speeds of 100 miles an hour or more — all in an effort to avoid getting carjacked by drug cartels on their journey to the U.S. border.