Cartel threats, constant robberies, and extortions forced one of Mexico’s largest convenience store chains to cease operations in a Mexican border city. The incident is not the first of its kind; in 2024, more than 200 stores in Tamaulipas closed their doors for several days over similar cartel threats.
The closures occurred over the weekend in the border city of Rio Bravo, a Gulf Cartel-controlled city immediately south of Donna, Texas. While Tamaulipas government officials sought to keep the store closures out of the news, more than 20 Oxxo stores, part of the FEMSA group, closed over the weekend.
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