The U.S. State Department is warning travelers of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) found along dirt roads near an area of northeastern Mexico that borders McAllen, Texas.

Amid escalating violence and IEDs, the U.S. Embassy advises against travel to the US- Mexico border and Mexico's Tamaulipas region.

The U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Mexico issued a travel advisory for American citizens traveling to the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas warning them over recent criminal activity at different areas on the border.

The U.S. government is asking people to avoid traveling to certain areas of the Texas-Mexico border due to security concerns.

U.S. officials have put several Mexican border towns near Texas under the highest-level travel advisory amid gun battles, kidnappings and IEDs in the area.