U.S. consulate in Mexico border city urges staff to stay indoors after gunfight

FILE PHOTO: Mayor of Nuevo Laredo Carmen Lilia Canturosas and the Mayor of Laredo Pete Saenz speak at a news conference as the U.S. reopens air and land borders to COVID-19 vaccinated travellers for the first time since coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions were imposed, near the Gateway to the Americas crossing in Laredo, Texas, U.S. November 8, 2021. REUTERS/Pu Ying Huang/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The U.S. consulate in Nuevo Laredo on Monday urged staff to stay indoors after overnight reports of gunfighting near the premises and elsewhere in the northern Mexican border city.

On Twitter, the consulate advised its employees to "shelter in place," and urged U.S. citizens to avoid the area or stay inside in the city across the border from Laredo, Texas.