FBI agents have been sent to the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez to investigate the killing on Saturday of three U.S. citizens connected to the consulate. One American employee of the consulate and her husband were killed in a drive-by shooting. The husband of a Mexican employee was killed in a separate incident.
“We are working with the government of Mexico to do everything necessary to protect our people and to ensure that the perpetrators of these horrendous acts are brought to justice,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement. The Mexican government has blamed the killings on a gang linked to a drug cartel.
But investigators say that it is not yet clear if those killed were deliberately targeted. In Ciudad Juarez, a major battle between Mexican drug gangs over trafficking routes to the U.S. is surging. More than 2,600 people were killed in drug-related violence last year alone.
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