US Consulate in Mexico Border Town Tells Staff ‘To Shelter in Place’ Amid Violence

US Consulate in Mexico Border Town Tells Staff ‘To Shelter in Place’ Amid Violence
The United States Consulate General in Matamoros in Tamaulipas, Mexico, on Sept. 6, 2023. Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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MEXICO CITY—The U.S. Consulate in the northern Mexican border town of Matamoros on Monday said its “employees are currently under a shelter in place order” due to gun violence in the city.

In recent years Matamoros, which borders the southern U.S. city of Brownsville in Texas, has been racked by violence linked to drug trafficking.