Disappearances rise on Mexico's 'highway of death' to border

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As many as 50 people in Mexico are missing after they set off on highway trips between the industrial hub of Monterrey and the drug-cartel-dominated border city of Nuevo Laredo. Local media have dubbed the heavily traveled road ‘the highway of death.’

Family members wear T-shirts with photos of disappeared Jorge Arevelo and Ricardo Valdes, during a protest in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon state, Mexico, Thursday, June 24, 2021. As many as 50 people in Mexico are missing after they set off on simple highway trips between the industrial hub of Monterrey and the border city of Nuevo Laredo; relatives say they simply disappeared on the heavily traveled road, which has been dubbed ‘the highway of death,’ never to be seen again.

What happened to the rest, including a woman and her two young children, remains a mystery. Most were residents of Nuevo Leon state, where Monterrey is located. Desperate for answers, relatives of the missing took to the streets in Monterrey on Thursday to protest, demanding answers. The government of Nuevo Leon state acknowledged 10 days later that it had received reports of 14 people who had disappeared on the highway so far in 2021, along with five more in neighboring Tamaulipas, where Nuevo Laredo is located.

Even after acknowledging the abductions, the Nuevo Leon state government suggested it was Tamaulipas’ problem. The Nuevo Leon government also gave confusing information, first claiming to have rescued 17 people after abductions on the highway, then later acknowledging those victims had made it home on their own.

Nuevo Laredo has long been dominated by the Northeast Cartel, a remnant of the old Zetas cartel, whose members were infamous for their violence.

 

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Americas gun violence problem is Mexicos gun violence problem. Americas drug problem is Mexicos drug problem. We export guns to Mexico fueling their gun violence, our drug addiction fuels Mexicos drug cartels.

Been on that road back in 80s. Wasn't that bad then but damn sure no where to take a Sunday drive.

They probably went to a rave.

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