N4.Nuevo Laredo is the Bloodiest Highway in the World
About a year ago (2014), Nuevo Laredo spent a million dollars on a billboard campaign “Laredo is Safe”, in attempt to revamp the border town’s image.
The campaign has been called the marketing equivalent of “I am not a crook.”
However, that highway that runs through Nuevo Laredo from Mexico to the United States is one of the most dangerous and bloodiest roads in the world.
In the constant war between Sinaloa and Los Zetas cartels, the road that passes between the U.S. and Mexico passes through Nuevo Laredo.
In 2012, the road proved to be particularly bloody when nine bodies were found hanging from a bridge.
On that same morning, the bodies of 14 men were found beheaded in a vehicle in Nuevo Laredo.
