Mexico border city rocked as weekend of gang violence leaves 19 dead

• President: 15 victims were innocent bystanders in Reynosa
• Other four were suspected gunmen who fired indiscriminately

Fear has invaded the Mexican border city of Reynosa after a weekend of violence in which 19 people were killed, including taxis drivers, workers and a nursing student, and security forces responded with operations that left four suspects dead.

This city across the border from McAllen, Texas, is a key trafficking point, and has long been accustomed to cartel violence. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday that evidence indicated that 15 of the victims were innocent bystanders. The other four dead were suspected gunmen from a group that drove into the northern border city of Reynosa and opened fire indiscriminately.