US Consulate General in Nuevo Laredo, a Mexican border town, banned employees from leaving the mission and imposed curfews in connection with increased violence, which killed eight people on Thursday, including one soldier, Trend reports..
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Diplomats were warned to avoid public places after a series of clashes between security forces and criminal groups that began on Thursday and flared up on Saturday night.
In three shootings on Thursday, seven people died, including one soldier. According to media reports, six shootings occurred on Friday night, including an attack on a police convoy in which an armed criminal was killed.