US authorizes family members of some consulate employees to leave Mexican border towns

WASHINGTON - The State Department is authorizing U.S. government employees at six U.S. consulates in northern Mexico to send their family members out of the area because of concerns about rising drug-related violence.

The department says the family members are authorized to leave until April 12. The six consulates are in the border cities of Tijuana, Nogales, Ciudad Juarez, Nuevo Laredo, Monterrey and Matamoros.

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[Posted By Antonio Ramirez and Evelyn Ramirez]