A Mexican politician who was recently deported after spending time in a U.S. federal prison is now behind bars in Mexico. The former governor of Tamaulipas is facing new charges tied to his support for drug cartels. The Mexican government spent years protecting the politician.
Authorities in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas remain tight-lipped about the recent rescue of 21 victims who had been abducted by cartel gunmen and were apparently in the process of being conscripted into the criminal organization. Government officials have been actively trying to cover up the mass kidnapping and rescue while claiming that the region is safe.
Concertgoers in Mexico trashed a venue and cursed out a popular recording artist after he announced that he was not allowed to perform his popular narco-songs that praise ruthless cartel lords.
Federal agents deported a Mexican politician who spent years on the run before spending many years in a U.S. prison on money laundering charges tied to embezzled funds and cartel bribes. During his time on the run, the former governor of Tamaulipas, Mexico, had protection from the Mexican government and even had police officers assigned as his bodyguards.
Authorities arrested a Texas woman who allegedly tried to smuggle $270,000 in cash into Mexico. The woman claimed to have been hired to move the cash on this and prior occasions.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the targeting of a cartel boss behind one of the largest fentanyl seizures in Mexican history.
A group of cartel gunmen stormed a drug rehab center, killing nine victims and injuring several others in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. The mass killing is the latest chapter of a wave of violence brought on by a fierce turf war between rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel.
Una periodista mexicana fue atacada y le rompieron el equipo tras exhibir varias cámaras de video en el baño de mujeres de un popular centro comercial de la Ciudad de México.
A Mexican journalist was targeted, assaulted, and had her equipment broken after she exposed a series of video cameras inside the women’s bathroom in a popular Mexico City shopping center.
Federal authorities arrested a reputed Gulf Cartel commander who was hiding out in the border city of Brownsville, Texas. The cartel commander illegally entered the country and was operating in the region before his arrest.
Una investigación en un rancho al sur de la frontera con Texas ha desenterrado seis torsos humanos en lo que se cree fue otro campo de exterminio utilizado por el Cártel del Golfo.
An ongoing investigation into a ranch just south of the Texas border with Mexico led to the discovery of six human torsos. The dismembered bodies were unearthed in what investigators believe is yet another killing field used by the Gulf Cartel.
Four members of a Mexican music group lost their work and tourist visas to the U.S. after they opened a show in Mexico praising and showing images of the leader of Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG). This cartel has been labeled as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. Government. The musicians are also under investigation in Mexico for the charge of “crime apology or advocacy.”
The Mexican drug cartel behind a recently discovered killing field and training compounds in Mexico is trying to clean up its image with PR stunts aimed at currying favor among low-income communities.
The Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas sent a team of hitmen from Mexico into the Texas border city of Laredo to kill a man who had allegedly stolen drugs from them. Court documents revealed that the top leadership of the cartel gave the order, and the hitmen were told to “leave no witnesses.”
La facción Cártel del Noreste de Los Zetas envió un equipo de sicarios desde México a la ciudad fronteriza de Nuevo Laredo para asesinar a un hombre que presuntamente les había robado drogas. Documentos judiciales relacionados con el caso revelaron que la orden fue dada por la cúpula del cártel, y que se les indicó a los sicarios que “no dejaran testigos”.
A member of the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas who was living illegally in the border city of Laredo received a five-year, three-month prison sentence for illegally buying ammunition in large quantities. The ammo was eventually going to be smuggled to Mexico.
Mexico’s Senate voted to approve a series of joint military exercises. In the coming days, 155 U.S. Marines will head south to train Mexican Navy infantrymen.
The U.S. Treasury Department placed the leader of a cartel-connected human smuggling organization in its blacklist — a move that looks to freeze all of their assets and forbids any U.S. citizen from doing business with them.
One of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels, now considered by the U.S. to be a terrorist organization, released a video claiming that the recent news stories about a cartel killing field and training camp attributed to them are fabrications. The drug cartel contended that any evidence in that killing field was planted to place the blame on them.
In a series of coordinated attacks in Western Mexico, gunmen from Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) killed three Mexican soldiers, killed two National Guardsmen, and injured two other soldiers.
Two brothers who were the supreme leaders of Los Zetas cartel are currently facing a possible life term in prison or a death sentence if they are convicted of the numerous charges against them filed against them by U.S. prosecutors. Earlier this year, the U.S. government designated Los Zetas, who have rebranded as Cartel Del Noreste (CDN), as one of six Mexican cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO).
A cartel-connected former top law enforcement official in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon is publicly calling for U.S. President Donald J. Trump to be investigated for protecting Los Zetas and Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada. That same former law enforcement official was the target of several investigations by Breitbart Texas for widespread corruption, cover-ups, and protecting drug cartels during his term as the head of law enforcement for Nuevo Leon.
Un exalto funcionario policiaco del estado fronterizo mexicano de Nuevo León, exigio públicamente que se investigue al presidente estadounidense Donald J. Trump por proteger a Los Zetas e Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada. Este mismo exfuncionario fue objeto de varias investigaciones por parte de Breitbart Texas por corrupción, encubrimientos y protección a cárteles de la droga durante su mandato como jefe de las fuerzas del orden en Nuevo León.
A man from Honduras pleaded guilty to falsely claiming to be an unaccompanied minor while trying to enter the United States.
A group of activists discovered a cartel-connected killing field near the Mexican border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. In an abandoned property, activists found more than 14 separate burn sites, metal drums, and hundreds of bone fragments.
New information relating a killing field to Cartel Jalisco New Generation, where authorities found hundreds of shoes and personal items, raises serious questions as to why it was allowed to operate for so long. At the same time, the number of victims reported missing rose to more than 700 in that region.
Mexican authorities tried to take a share of the credit for a large-scale meth seizure that was carried out by officers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Roma, Texas.
Las autoridades mexicanas intentaron obtener parte del crédito por una incautación de metanfetamina a gran escala que en realidad fue realizada por oficiales de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP) de Estados Unidos en Roma, Texas.
Hundreds of shoes, clothing, and other personal effects littered the ground on a ranch that had been turned into a killing field and crematorium by Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG). The discovery comes soon after the U.S. government designated CJNG as a foreign terrorist organization and called for its eradication.
The son of the supreme leader of Mexico’s Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) will spend the rest of his life in a U.S. prison. The sentence comes as the U.S. government is placing extreme pressure on Mexico’s government to force them to act against drug cartels.
A member of Mexico’s National Guard pleaded guilty to using his position to help a car theft ring that was supplying vehicles from Texas to the Gulf Cartel in Mexico.
Un miembro de la Guardia Nacional de México se declaró culpable de usar su posición para ayudar a una red de robo de autos que suministraba vehículos al Cártel del Golfo en México.
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum publicly blamed Americans struggling with addiction as the cause of her country facing a new set of tariffs from the Trump administration. She chose to blame victims of cartel drug trafficking rather than ruthless drug lords who enjoy the protection of Mexico’s government.
The Mexican government is pushing a “Tough on Cartels” propaganda operation through U.S. media outlets while simultaneously protecting some of the country’s top, currently active, cartel bosses. Breitbart Texas reported extensively on the Mexican government’s exaggerations and half-truths about enforcement actions. Breitbart articles highlighted Mexico’s continued protection of leaders like the Cartel Jalisco New Generation boss, “El Mencho.” The New York Times fell for this PR strategy in a recent article, claiming cartels are in fear.
Mexico’s top security officials revealed that they had information that some of the 28 top cartel drug lords extradited to U.S. authorities last week could have been released by corrupt judges. The historic move occurred on the same day that Mexico’s security cabinet traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with some U.S. cabinet, military, and law enforcement officials.
Under orders from the Trump administration, the Pentagon is deploying 3,000 more troops and armored Stryker vehicles to the U.S. border with Mexico. The orders expand current operations and to “seal the border and protect the territorial integrity of the United States,” officials said.
Forty years after the kidnapping, torture, and brutal murder of DEA Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, one of the men responsible for his death finally did a perp walk as he got out of a plane into the waiting hands of U.S. agents. The criminal spent decades in Mexico under the protection of top government officials.
Mexico extradited 29 bosses from cartels designated by the Trump administration as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) on Thursday. Included in the list is the accused assassin of a cartel attorney in Dallas who U.S. authorities have wanted for 13 years. The first known image of Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez — “El Gato” — was first revealed by Breitbart Texas.
In an apparent attempt to appease U.S. officials who have been pushing for tariffs and punitive measures against Mexico for their alleged role in protecting drug cartels, that country’s authorities confirmed the extradition of 29 criminals wanted by the U.S. Department of Justice. These include a top drug boss behind the 1985 murder of DEA Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, the two supreme leaders of Los Zetas Cartel, and the brother of the supreme leader of Cartel Jalisco New Generation.
