Mexico Border City Shaken After Violence Leaves 18 Dead

Mexico Border City Shaken After Violence Leaves 18 Dead
A map showing the Mexican border city Reynosa. AP
The Associated Press
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CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico—Gunmen in vehicles opened fire in the Mexican border city of Reynosa, killing 14 people, including taxi drivers, workers, and a nursing student. Security forces responded with operations that left four suspects dead.

While this city across the border from McAllen, Texas, is used to cartel violence as a key trafficking point, the 14 victims in Saturday’s attacks appeared to be what Tamaulipas Gov. Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca called “innocent citizens” rather than members of one gang killed by a rival.