Mexico - Deteriorating security in Tamaulipas

A crowded criminal landscape is contributing to more frequent, high-profile violence in Mexico’s northeast.

Last week, a series of confrontations between state security officials and criminal organizations in Matamoros, Tamaulipas caused at least three police deaths and at least three other fatalities, according to news reports (the state police have not confirmed fatalities officially). On Tuesday, armed men fired at police officers in the northeastern San F…