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Were targeted by a gang tied to drug traffickers. the state department has authorized the temporary departure of consulate employees' families. want to dig deeper now with our cnn senior latin affairs reporter, rafael romo. what's happening? >> all three victims attended a children's party hosted by another consulate employee. as they were heading home, they were chased down by armed men who opened fire, killing both the american consulate employee identified as 35-year-old leslie enriquez and her 34-year-old husband, arthur redelfs. a detention officer at the he will passo county jail. their ...

Two victims, americans. latin american affairs editor joins us with the latest on this brazen attack. raphael romo, good to have you with us. can you ever remember anything like this happening? >> first time i see consulate employees in mexico being attacked. but the question is, whether they were attacked because they were americans who were consulate employees. and right now, we just don't know. i just spoke on the phone with the mayor of juarez who told me they believe a gang known as the aztecs tied to the drug cartel may be responsible for the shootings. the motive still a mystery. they w...

And she was a consulate worker. just minutes before the husband of the consulate -- another consulate employee was gunned down. seemingly coordinated attacks. but the fbi telling us right now that they have shut down the consulate for security reasons. today is actually a mexican holiday. but they have shut down the consulate tomorrow, especially for a security review. at the same time, the state department has issued a 30-day temporary relocation for all consulate employees' families for them to be moved away from the border for all border consulate. that includes tijuana, monterrey and so on...

The mexican government began cracking down on drug gangs in 2006, nearly 18,000 people have been killed. the u.s. is now issuing travel warnings for mexico. jim carafano is homeland security and counterterrorism expert at the heritage foundation, he's joining us with some thoughts on all of this. welcome, nice to have you here. >> good to be with you. uma: president obama is saying he is outraged by what has happened to those folks connected to the u.s. consulate there, but this has been going on for some time, and the reports we're getting are that those folks were targeted. what do you think...

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