{"id":569494,"date":"2021-06-21T14:21:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T18:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=569494"},"modified":"2021-06-21T14:21:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T18:21:16","slug":"drive-by-attacks-in-mexican-border-city-kills-at-least-14-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drive-by-attacks-in-mexican-border-city-kills-at-least-14-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Drive-By Attacks In Mexican Border City Kills At Least 14 People"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdrive-by-attacks-in-mexican-border-city-kills-at-least-14-people%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=569494&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Photo-of-truck-in-incident-e1624282133205.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Drive-by shooters\u00a0killed 14 people in the Mexican border city of Reynosa on Saturday, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>Among the 14 victims were taxi drivers, workers, and a nursing student, and there is no evidence showing they had criminal connections, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/caribbean-mexico-shootings-34e04ff423d3f8427a233ca1ded882ae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Reynosa Mayor Maki Esther Ortiz Dom\u00ednguez called for an investigation into the shooting, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/fox59.com\/news\/national-world\/gunmen-kill-at-least-14-in-attacks-near-us-mexico-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox 59<\/a>. Authorities were mobilized after the shootings and detained a suspect who allegedly kidnapped two women in the trunk of his car, according to the AP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCriminal organizations must receive a clear, explicit and forceful signal from the Federal Government that there will be no room for impunity, nor tolerance for their reprehensible criminal behavior,\u201d said Tamaulipas Gov. Francisco Garc\u00eda Cabeza de Vaca, according to the AP.<\/p>\n<p>Olga Ruiz, whose 19-year-old brother Fernando Ruiz was killed by gunmen, said: \u201cThey killed him in cold blood, he and two of his companions.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/15\/chip-roy-introduce-legislation-making-cartels-foreign-terrorist-organizations-congress-mexico-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Chip Roy To Introduce Legislation Making Cartels Terrorist Organizations)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey heard the gunshots from afar and my stepfather told him: \u2018son, you have to take shelter.\u2019 So he asked permission to enter a house but my brother and his companions were only about to enter when the vehicles arrived,\u201d Ruiz said, according to the AP. \u201cThey stopped in front of them and started to shoot.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.756906077348\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Reynosa?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Reynosa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tamaulipas?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tamaulipas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>???? Neutralizan a 3 supuestos integrantes del CDG<\/p>\n<p>2 masculinos y 1 femina fueron neutralizados por elementos de la PEA tras repeler una agresi\u00f3n en la colonia Loma Real. Fue asegurado el veh\u00edculo en que se transportaban, fornituras, armas y cartuchos. \u2013 3 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hGE3aKx12x\">pic.twitter.com\/hGE3aKx12x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 REYNOSA CODIGO ROJO (@R_CodigoRojo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/R_CodigoRojo\/status\/1406431872209543171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The city of Reynosa is near the border of McAllen, Texas, has facd major issues with drug cartel violence, and has been a major entry point for illegal immigrants, according to the AP.<\/p>\n<p>A 21-year-old woman from Reynosa, for example, was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/11\/cbp-buckets-meth-drug-border-seizure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">found<\/a> to have 18 packages of cocaine hidden in the seats of her car in May. Additionally, authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/12\/03\/cbp-colorado-methamphetamine-seized-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">arrested<\/a> a Colorado woman after officials identified 164 pounds of methamphetamine in the vehicle\u2019s tires at the Anzalduas-Reynosa International Bridge in December 2020, according to Customs and Border Protection officials.<\/p>\n<p>And a Mexican citizen was arrested near the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge in August 2020 after authorities found 76 pounds of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/09\/01\/texas-mexico-border-illegal-immigrants-narcotics-seizure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cocaine<\/a> worth $586,500 and around 12 pounds of methamphetamine worth $22,000.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drive-by shooters\u00a0killed 14 people in the Mexican border city of Reynosa on Saturday, according to the Associated Press.Among the 14 victims were taxi drivers, workers, and a nursing student, and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280867,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Photo-of-truck-in-incident-e1624282133205.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Drive-By Attacks In Mexican Border City Kills At Least 14 People","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-569494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Photo-of-truck-in-incident-e1624282133205.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Drive-By Attacks In Mexican Border City Kills At Least 14 People","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}