Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Mar 16, 2022 / 14:01 pm
On a day marked by violence on the border with the United States, the Diocese of Nuevo Laredo encouraged prayer for peace in that area, and throughout Mexico.
During the early morning hours of March 14, shootings, explosions, fires and roadblocks occurred in different parts of Nuevo Laredo in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas. The area near the US consulate was also affected.
According to various social media users, the shootings were also heard in the neighboring US city of Laredo, which lies on the other side of the Rio Grande.
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, whose hometown is Laredo, told Border Report the violence was triggered because “one group is not happy because (the Mexican army arrested) their leader and the other two groups are saying ‘Is there a vacuum here because we might need to come in?'”