WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- The United States closed its consulate in Ciudad Juarez, allegedly the city in Mexico most affected by violent drug-war gangs, authorities said.
A statement from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City said it had received a "credible threat" and it would stay shut pending a security review, the BBC reported Friday.
A statement on the consular Web site advised government employees from U.S. consulates in Tijuana, Nogales, Ciudad Juarez, Nuevo Laredo, Monterrey and Matamoros to depart those cities.
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