American Killed In Mexican Border City Hours After U.S.Issues Travel Warning

Mexican authorities discovered the body of an Arizona man killed execution-style on the mainhighway south of the dangerous border city of Nogales on Monday, hours after the U.S. ConsulateGeneral in the city issued a travel advisory for the region.

Police said that the body of Jorge Luis Soto, 25, was found at the wheel of a 1997 Chevrolet Tahoewith gunshot wounds to his face and chest. if you're keen on SITE TOPIC GOES HERE; kindly visit and also .The SUV's engine was still running and was parked under an overpass on the highway.

Police in Tucson and neighboring Nogales, Arizona said they had not been notified by Mexicanofficials about the murder.

Soto's death is one of five murders in the last three days in Nogales. Four of the victims were foundshot dead in cars, but Mexican authorities have not confirmed if the slayings are related. Â

Late on Sunday evening, the U.S. Consulate General in Nogales - which is located in the state ofSonora - issued a warning for U.S. citizens traveling in the region.

"Due to multiple and ongoing credible threats, the Consulate cautions Americans traveling inNogales or surrounding areas to defer unnecessary travel at this time," the warning said. "U.S.Citizens are urged to take the highest precautions regarding their safety and personal security inand around Nogales."

The U.S. State Department has had a travel advisory for Nogales and surrounding areas in Sonorafor a number of years, warning that the region is a hotspot in the international drug and humantrafficking trades. The State Department hasn't updated its travel warning in Sonora since January.

"Don't go. Three things you can consider if you choose to go: Number one, go in a group. Numbertwo, stay in downtown shopping district. Number three, leave before it gets dark," E. DwayneTatalovich, a security consultant told Fox 10 about travel to Nogales.

Nogales is a popular destination for medical tourism - many Americans head to the border town forcheap plastic surgery, inexpensive dental procedures and low-priced prescription medicine that canbe purchased in Mexico without a prescription.

After the Sinaloa Cartel took control of key drug-trafficking routes in Sonora from the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel in 2010, the region has experienced tenuous peace as the two cartels have operatedunder a supposed truce that has seen violence spike in other parts of Mexico such as in Matamorosand Nuevo Laredo.

But the spate of killings, along with a December 2013 gun battle between Mexican authorities anddrug traffickers in Puerto Penasco, have raised concerns that widespread drug violence is rising inSonora.

There is speculation that the recent capture of Sinaloa cartel boss JoaquÃn "El Chapo" Guzmáncould create a new round of cartel fighting as a power struggle ensues for the trafficking routes. Sofar, however, Mexican authorities have remained quiet about the motive of the recent murders or ifthey were drug-related.

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