CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) _ The FBI says confused hit men may have gone to the wrong party when they fatally shot three people with ties to the U.S. consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
That casts doubt on fears that the Saturday slayings in the border city across from El Paso, Texas, show Mexican drug cartels have launched an offensive against U.S. government workers.
Gunmen chased two white SUVs from the birthday party of a consulate employee’s child and opened fire. The two nearly simultaneous attacks left three adults dead and at least two children wounded.
The attack drives home just how dangerous Juarez has become, and how vulnerable those who live and work there can be.
The assailants are believed to be aligned with the Juarez drug cartel.
Experts also cast doubt on the idea that drug cartels would be interested in turning their guns on U.S. government employees.