Tue 12 Jun 2018 17.14 EDT First published ... candidates in the Mexican border city of Piedras Negras, when a well-wisher asked to join him for a selfie. Piedras Negras. According to testimony, Vasquez did so because he and other Los Zetas wanted the father to suffer. Around 9:00 at night, the red code was activated in the Piedras Negras metropolitan area , after elements of Fuerza Coahuila were attacked and after several trucks were detected with armed persons inside. In 2018, firefights took place throughout the consular district, including in Nuevo Laredo and Piedras Negras. This comes less than … Travel outside of Piedras Negras and Ciudad Acuña is discouraged due to the lack of law enforcement presence. In a prior incident, testimony revealed that Vasquez participated in the massacre of numerous people in Piedras Negras and Allende, Coahuila, Mexico, at the hands of Los Zetas members in March of 2011. Vasquez then ordered that the father be killed. Gun battles generally occur after dark, but there have been some in broad daylight, on public streets, and close to public venues. Five years ago the bridge connecting Eagle Pass and its sister city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico had to be shut down by the U.S. Border Patrol because of … In order to prevent and combat violence, the government of Mexico has deployed ... Bridge crossing west toward Piedras Negras due to reported violence. Drug-related violence on a downward trend in Mexico's Coahuila state but 'narco-messages' highlight organised crime presence Published: 13 February 2018 On 9 February, alleged members of the Cartel del Noreste unveiled two threatening banners in the border city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila state. A gunbattle in Piedras Negras, which killed a Mexican police officer, prompted American officials to close two bridges in the city.