‘We Are Urging Individuals to Avoid Travel to Mexico’: Officials Issue Warning After 3 Go Missing

Mexican authorities search for evidence to locate four Americans who were shot by gunmen and then kidnapped shortly after crossing the border from Brownsville, Texas, to Matamoros, Mexico, on March 6, 2023. Stringer/Reuters

Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is urging individuals to avoid traveling to Mexico after three Texans went missing in Mexico.

“We have a duty to inform the public about safety, travel risks, and threats. Based on the volatile nature of cartel activity and the violence we are seeing there; we are urging individuals to avoid travel to Mexico at this time,” DPS Director Steven McCraw said.