This is the frightening moment a family-of-two is told to hand over $1,000 by a cartel in northern Mexico so that they can continue their trip after driving across from the United States.

The incident reportedly took place on a road in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, last Thursday and was recorded on one of the victims' cellphone while they were briefly sequestered by a man, who identifies himself as a member of the Cartel of the Northeast.

The male driver immediately tells his son that they being stopped by 'la maña,' a Spanish slang term for cartel.

A man and his son were reportedly intercepted last Thursday on a road in northern Mexico near the border with Texas and were told by a member of the Cartel of the Northeast that they had to pay a fee of $1,000 to continue their trip on the highway. The family said it only had $300

After driving into northern Mexico from the United States, a man (left) was forced to hand over $300 to the Cartel of the Northeast, after a man (pictured outside the vehicle) who identified himself as member of the gang originally asked for $1,000 to guarantee their safety

'Sir, put it on parking,' the cartel member member said before requesting a large sum of money for the family's right of passage.

'You have to pay a fee to the Cartel of the Northeast so that you can leave and nobody bothers you. Put the phone away please, I don’t want to take it away. Put it away.'

The man and his son keep their poise throughout the horrifying ordeal and advise the Northeast Cartel's extortioner that their phone was still on because of its online road map.

The cartel member then orders the family fork over $1,000 in order to allow them through. He even offers to provide them with a code that would serve as their 'receipt' if other cartel members stop them further down the road.

'You have to pay $1,000 to the cartel here,' he says. '$500 and $500 so that you can go on your merry way. I am going to give you a code.'

The dad remained calm throughout the frightening ordeal after a cartel forced him to stop at a checkpoint moments after driving into northern Mexico from the United States

Father and son subsequently count the few dollars they have renaming after informing the cartel member they had just paid a fee at the customs station after crossing the Mexico-Texas border.

'It is for your own protection,' the cartel man tells the young man.

'Help him out as well, sir. Add another $300, $150 for each of you,' the cartel member said before the video ended.

It's unknown if the victims drove over the Laredo International Bridge that links El Paso, Texas with Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, or the Juárez–Lincoln International Bridge connecting Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.

The Cartel of the Northeast, splintered from Los Zetas, manages its operation out of the state of Tamaulipas and also has a presence in the state of Nuevo León along with Coahuila.