U.S. citizens traveling abroad in or near the state of Chihuahua, Mexico have been warned to remain vigilant for threats of violence after Mexican authorities captured key members of a cartel in the city of Juarez.<\/p>\n
One of those captured, Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez, is a former police officer who has admitted to ordering the deaths of more than 1,500 people near the U.S. border. He is also a suspect in a U.S. consulate employee killing at a border crossing near Juarez.<\/p>\n
The U.S. State Department warned that the captures \u201cbring with them the potential for an increase in violence,\u201d and speculated that cartel members could retaliate by targeting members of other cartels, law enforcement authorities or members of the public. The U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez and ports of entry to the U.S. are areas where U.S. citizens should remain especially vigilant, the State Department said, as the Department had obtained information (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" U.S. citizens traveling abroad in or near the state of Chihuahua, Mexico have been warned to remain vigilant for threats of violence after Mexican authorities captured key members of a cartel in the city of Juarez. One of those captured,…<\/span><\/p>\n