Terrifying moment US driver narrowly escapes drug cartel blockade in Mexican border town by throwing car into reverse and swerving past their trucks
The driver was stopped at an intersection in Nuevo Laredo in Mexico
Members of the Cartel Del Noreste surrounded the vehicle and tried to block it
The driver cleverly reversed before swerving around the SUVs in its way
By Jack Newman For Mailonline
Published: 05:56 EST, 14 January 2020 | Updated: 06:17 EST, 14 January 2020
A driver has narrowly escaped an SUV blockade set up by a Mexican cartel on the US border.
The footage shows the motorist arriving at an intersection in Nuevo Laredo, in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas, only to find it blocked with SUVs.
Read more at: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7885153/US-driver-narrowly-escapes-drug-cartel-blockade-Mexican-border-town.html
No country for Americans.
It's worse in this area than maybe Tijuana but there's not much solace to take from that. Bad is bad, dangerous is dangerous. There have been problems almost throughout the whole border. Just maybe different kinds of problems.