officials have lifted a shelter-in-place order for government employees in a Mexican border city, but Americans are still being urged not to travel to the area.
The order applied to U.S.
government employees in Matamoros, a Mexican city across the border from Brownsville, Texas.
Mission to Mexico said on Oct.
30 that the law enforcement activity that had prompted the order had subsided.
DEADLY SECURITY RISKS PROMPT UPDATED TRAVEL WARNINGS FOR 13 COUNTRIES "The order for U.S.
government employees to shelter in place has been lifted," officials said.
They noted that the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas, where Matamoros is located, remains under the State Department's highest-level travel advisory — Level 4 or "Do Not Travel" — due to terrorism, crime and kidnapping.
The shelter-in-place order came amid heightened security concerns following two arrests in Matamoros that prompted roadblocks across Tamaulipas, according to Mexican authorities.
30 statement, Mexican officials identified one suspect as Axel Alfredo "N," the alleged second-in-command of the Gulf....
