13-year-old American killed, 3 injured in Mexico drug cartel ambush From American Military News: A 13-year-old boy who lived in Stillwater, Okla. and attended Westwood Elementary through 2018 was killed Saturday night in what Mexican authorities say appears to have been an ambush by members of a drug cartel. Oscar Castillo Lopez, 13, was traveling with his 10-year-old brother Neftali, mother Jaunita Castillo Lopez, 41, of Oklahoma City and her uncle Jose Silva Mendoza, of Oklahoma City, as they returned from a holiday trip to visit family in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, a city about 427 miles south of the U.S. border. More family members were following them in a second SUV and the two vehicles were caravanning on a highway that runs parallel with the border and connects Reynosa to Nuevo Laredo. Multiple media outlets have reported that this highway through the state of Tamaulipas is a dangerous stretch of road because rival drug gangs are fighting for control of it. The attack on the family has been attributed to the Northeast Cartel due to initials written on the window of the abandoned car, but others are said to also be active in the area. The family was near Neuva Ciudad Guerrero, just across the border from Falcon Heights, Texas, when they were attacked. https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/01/13-year-old-american-killed-3-injured-in-mexico-drug-cartel-ambush/?utm_campaign=DailyEmails&utm_source=AM_Email&utm_medium=email