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At least 50 missing after traveling on Mexico's "highway of death"
Erin Doherty
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At least 50 people are missing in Mexico after embarking on three-hour car trips between the industrial hub of Monterrey and the border city of Nuevo Laredo, a stretch of road local media have called "the highway of death," AP reports.
The big picture: About a half-dozen men have reappeared alive, beaten, saying only that armed men forced them to stop on the highway and took their vehicles, per AP.
What happened to the others remains a mystery. About half a dozen of those who are missing are believed to be U.S. citizens or residents, per AP. The government of Nuevo Leon, where Monterrey is located, did not warn people against traveling on the highway until June 23, after receiving dozens of reports of missing travelers for more than a month.
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https://www.axios.com/dissaperances-mexico-highway-d4487d16-1584-4c4b-98f6-fd1aa23c84a9.html