At one point, gunmen forced middle-school students off a school bus and used the vehicle as a blockade.
The Gateway International Bridge spans the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico border on February 23, 2021 in Matamoros, Mexico. – Feuding Mexican cartels briefly blocked roads Tuesday in the border city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas.
At about a dozen points in and around the city, gunmen carjacked vehicles and left them parked across roadways. The military deployed about 700 troops and two helicopters to quell the violence.
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