‘Long live peace:’ Mexican drug cartel factions announce truce

Three of the main factions in a decade-old turf war – the Metros, the Scorpions and the Reds – sign a truce agreement.

Three of the warring factions of Mexico’s Gulf cartel announced they have reached agreement on a truce. Police in the state of Tamaulipas confirmed the professionally printed banners appeared in the border city of Reynosa and other cities on Monday. Cartel gunmen randomly killed 15 bystanders last month in Reynosa, which is across the Rio Grande from McAllen, Texas. Photos of the banners showed they were printed with red, white and green letters — the colours of the Mexican flag — and slogans like “Long live Peace!”