REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Los enfrentamientos entre miembros del Cartel Del Golfo al igual que sus enfrentamientos contra fuerzas policiales y militares continua incrementando el numero de muertos en esta ciudad fronteriza. En uno de los enfrentamientos mas recientes hubo dos víctimas inocentes, incluyendo una persona herida que fue llevada a uno de los puentes internacionales por ambulancia para recibir atención medica en Texas.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — The fighting between factions of the Gulf Cartel and sporadic shootouts with official forces continue to grow the number of murder victims locally. Two bystanders were shot in a recent shootout with one reportedly transported by ambulance to Texas.
At least 60 municipal police officers working in in Cancun have been fired since June as the city struggles to maintain security conditions in the popular Mexican tourist beach area. Some of the police officers had been extorting bribes from tourists and engaging in other criminal activities. The area also continues to see thriving cartel activity.
Cartel smugglers used a Mexican federal healthcare truck in an attempt to move almost 600 pounds of cocaine. The smugglers hid the cocaine inside medical equipment while transporting it to the border city of Reynosa.
Un camión del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social fue utilizado por capos del narcotráfico para intentar hacer llegar a la frontera con Estados Unidos un cargamento de 371 kilos de cocaína que iban ocultos en un aparato de uso medico.
The murder rate in the Mexican border city of Tijuana spiked with a record-breaking number of murders. The number of murders climbed as drug cartels battle over control of key drug trafficking routes and the control of the lucrative street-level drug distribution business in the region. The escalating violence in the large border city can be attributed primarily to the hostilities between the Sinaloa Cartel and their one-time ally, Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG).
The recent capture of a mid-level Los Zetas cartel commander in Tamaulipas reveals new insight into former state officials’ intelligence on his location and failures to act.
The main morgue in the Mexican State of Guerrero closed its doors temporarily after the smell and lack of sanitary conditions from more than 660 corpses forced workers to walk off the job.
RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas — Sicarios del Cártel Del Golfo secuestraron, humillaron y decapitaron a tres de sus rivales dejando sus cabezas con una amenaza en esta ciudad fronteriza. La triple ejecución apunta a una continuación de la guerra entre grupos rivales del CDG por control de la frontera.
RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas — Gunmen with the Gulf Cartel kidnapped, humiliated, and beheaded three of their rivals as a warning. The triple execution is indicative of the ongoing war between rival Gulf Cartel factions for local control of the border.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Policías estatales y federales estarán escoltando a las personas que decidan manejar por las carreteras de este estado fronterizo, las cuales han sido azotadas por cruentas batallas entre carteles y por un gran incremento en asaltos a mano armada.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — State and federal police officers will escort travelers along various highways in this state amid a spike in cartel gun battles and armed robberies.
Traficantes relacionados con el Cartel de Sinaloa continúan usando cañones de aire para lanzar paquetes de drogas sobre la cerca que es la linea divisoria entre Sonora y Arizona.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — La violencia generada por los carteles que luchan por control de este estado fronterizo continúan causando un repunte de violencia que parece no tener fin. La violencia que se llevo a cabo en días recientes se reflejo en cinco homicidios en un día. Tres de las personas que fallecieron estaban extorsionando a comerciantes locales cuando fueron sorprendidos por autoridades y abatidos cuando se enfrentaron.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — The cartel violence in the capital of this border state appears to have no end as rival organizations fight for control. Recent bloodshed led to five deaths and some close calls. Three of the people who died were gunmen extorting local businessmen when police arrived and triggered a shootout.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — La lucha interna entre bandas rivales del Cártel Beltran Leyva quedo en evidenciada tras el secuestro y la ejecución de un empresario en este estado fronterizo. El secuestro se llevo acabo en una de las zonas mas exclusivas de la región.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Fighting between rival cells of the Beltran Leyva Cartel was highlighted by the kidnapping and murder of a businessman in this border state. The attack took place in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods.
The border state of Chihuahua continues to be a hotbed for violence where cartel gunmen carry out ambushes and attacks on law enforcement officials. The attacks on authorities appear to be an effort to keep law enforcement out of the ongoing fight for control of the state’s lucrative drug trafficking territories and routes.
Two MS-13 gang members that are in the country illegally and are wanted fugitives for various murders in the U.S. were recently caught hiding in Maryland.
SALTILLO, Coahuila — Las autoridades de este estado fronterizo han puesto la mira en un grupo de policías que se cree ejecutaron a dos turistas estadounidenses y luego encubrieron su crimen culpándolos de estar en un tiroteo con contrabandistas de drogas.
SALTILLO, Coahuila — Authorities in this border state set their sights on a group of police officers believed to have executed two U.S. tourists and then covered up the crime by claiming the victims were armed drug smugglers.
Two members of Los Zetas drug cartel received life sentences their roles in the murder of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Jaime Zapata and the shooting of another federal agent on a Mexican highway in 2011.
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — Residents of this rural community jumped each time the phone rang as they anxiously waited to hear news of their loved ones. Hours before, a man in black clothing went on a shooting rampage in and around their church.
Un grupo de hombres armados del cártel operando en esta ciudad fronteriza disparó y mató a un informante del gobierno y a su chofer. La víctima había logrado sobrevivir a un intento de homicidio en 2015.
A team of cartel gunmen operating in this border city shot and killed a government informant and his driver. The victim survives a prior murder attempt in 2015.
McALLEN, Texas — Members of Mexico’s Gulf Cartel are deploying teams to various stores in this border city area to purchase bulk quantities of ammunition for smuggling back to Mexico. It remains unclear if the reported stockpiling attempts could indicate a coming escalation in violence in across the border in Reynosa.
At least four U.S. Army soldiers worked with Mexico’s Gulf Cartel to supply them with more than 40 assault rifles.
The power vacuum felt following the arrest of a top regional cartel boss is likely to cause a spike–or at least sustain–the ongoing violence rocking the Mexican border state of Chihuahua.
MORELIA, Michoacán – Uno de los cárteles mexicanos que lucha por el control de este estado ha escalado en los horrores de sus actividades terroristas a un nuevo nivel de depravación al no solo desmembrar a las víctimas inocentes sino también al asar las partes del cuerpo. Los horrores son parte de lo que se ha convertido en algo cotidiano en este estado, mientras que las autoridades del gobierno continúan minimizando la violencia y aseguran que la región es segura.
MORELIA, Michoacan — One of the Mexican cartels fighting for control of this state escalated their terrorist activities by dismembering innocent victims and roasting their body-parts to leverage local support. Such tactics are becoming a part of everyday life in this state while officials continue to minimize regional safety concerns.
MORELIA, Michoacán — Mientras el gobernador de este estado continúa visitando California con el fin de impulsar el turismo en este estado, dos cárteles de la droga han estado propagando el terror durante más de seis días mientras continúan peleando por las rutas de producción y tráfico de drogas.
MORELIA, Michoacan — As the governor visits California to push tourism for this state, two drug cartels spread terror for more than six days as they fight over drug production and trafficking routes.
SALTILLO, Coahuila — Dos sicarios fallecieron tras enfrentarse con policías estatales en este estado fronterizo.
SALTILLO, Coahuila — Two gunmen died after getting into a shootout with state police officers.
Un autobús de turismo fue frenado a balazos en el estado fronterizo de Coahuila, en su trayecto hacia McAllen, Texas, para obligar al chofer a detenerse para que se pudieran subir hombres armados que atemorizaron a los pasajeros para robarles dinero, objetos de valor y sus visas.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Funcionarios estatales de la educación en las ciudades fronterizas de este estado han minimizando la narco-violencia que se vive donde convoyes de sicarios se han estado enfrentando en la region fronteriza con camionetas blindadas, metralletas, lanzagranadas.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Education officials in the border cities of this state minimized the cartel violence experienced by local residents as convoys of gunmen fight in armored SUVs with machine guns and grenade launchers near schools.
La violencia entre carteles rivales luchando por control de este estado resulto en la ejecución de 20 personas en un día mientras que las autoridades continúan siendo completamente rebasadas por el crimen organizado.
Mexican authorities appear powerless to stop the cartel violence that continues to rage in one southern state. The fighting between rival criminal organizations left 20 people dead in a single day.
Un funcionario estatal y empresario del estado de Tamaulipas fue herido de bala cuando un grupo de hombres armados trataron de asaltarlo sobre la carretera que conecta esta ciudad con la cuidad fronteriza de Reynosa.
