US Ambassador Tony Garza to Pressure Mexico on Missing Americans
United States Ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza promised to maintain pressure on the Mexican government until it finds 22 Americans who are missing in the border city of Nuevo Laredo.
In a letter sent to Sen. John Cornyn on Wednesday, Garza said that relieving the suffering of the victims and their families, most of whom live in Laredo, Texas, is a priority for the U.S. mission here.
“John, I want to assure you that my personal attention and our U.S. mission’s efforts will not cease until Mexican officials thoroughly and openly investigate any cases involving missing American citizens,” Garza wrote in the letter to the Texas senator.
Last week, Cornyn, a Republican who chairs the Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship subcommittee, wrote to Garza expressing concern about the situation on the United States’ southeast border.
Nuevo Laredo, a city of 330,000 across the river from Laredo Texas, has been caught up in a violent turf war between rival drug gangs.
Nuevo Laredo, a city of 330,000 across the river from Laredo Texas, has been caught up in a violent turf war between rival drug gangs fighting for billion-dollar smuggling routes into the United States.
Since Jan. 1, the city has had 84 killings, most of which have been execution-style shootings.
(AP)