U.S. issues travel advisory near Texas-Mexico border

U.S. issues travel advisory near Texas-Mexico border due to reported crime, kidnapping
The U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Mexico have issued a travel warning for certain parts of the Texas-Mexico border due to reports of violence and kidnapping, officials said in a news release. The level four security alert includes Reynosa,
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US consulate warns of gun battles, IEDs, kidnappings in Mexican border towns near Texas
U.S. officials have put several Mexican border towns near Texas under the highest-level travel advisory amid gun battles, kidnappings and IEDs in the area.
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The warning was issued because of "increasingly frequent gun battles" and the discovery of "improvised explosive devices (IEDs)."
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