Collateral Damage (Undone?): U.S. Rescinds Mexico Warning

U.S. Rescinds Mexico Warning - MarketWatch: "The U.S. State Department said Wednesday it has rescinded a warning that U.S. government officials and citizens could be targeted by Mexican drug cartels in three of the country's states.

State Department Spokesman Michael Toner said, 'we thought it was credible information, and then it was later deemed that it was not credible enough to warrant it remaining on the website.'

The warning, the first indicating Americans were being targeted by drug traffickers, said U.S. officials had 'uncorroborated information that Mexican criminal gangs may intend to attack U.S. law-enforcement officers or U.S. citizens in the near future in Tamaulipas, Nuevo León and San Luis Potosí' states. Among the cities affected by the warning was Monterrey, the country's northern business hub.

The reversal of the warning didn't appear to have filtered down to all officials yet. On Wednesday, an official at the State Department hot line said the warning was still in place and a Spanish-language version of the website still contained the warning in English."