SALTILLO, Coahuila — El alcalde de un municipio rural de este estado fronterizo se mantiene en silencio luego de que policías federales encontraron un cargamento de marijuana en un camión que presuntamente pertenece a su compañía de transportes.
SALTILLO, Coahuila — The mayor of a rural municipality in this border state is silent after federal police found a shipment of marijuana in a truck that allegedly belongs to his transportation company.
McALLEN, Texas — Two cartel-linked illegal aliens living in Pharr pleaded guilty to various weapons charges in connection with their attempt to rob an undercover DEA agent during a drug operation.
Dos sacerdotes de el estado costero de Guerrero fueron muertos a balazos por un grupo de sicarios cuando regresaban de un festejo popular en una zona rural. Un sacerdote mas fue herido en el ataque que se llevo acabo en el mismo estado donde esta la zona turística de Acapulco.
Two Catholic priests from coastal Guerrero were murdered by a group of suspected cartel hitmen while returning to their parish. One other priest was shot.
VALLE HERMOSO, Tamaulipas — Autoridades estatales se movilizaron para localizar y derribar un equipo de radiocomunicación usado por miembros del Cartel Del Golfo quienes operan en esta ciudad cercana a la frontera con Texas.
VALLE HERMOSO, Tamaulipas — State authorities located and knocked down clandestine radio communication equipment used by the Gulf Cartel near the border with Texas.
McALLEN, Texas — A previously convicted cartel human smuggler was extradited from Mexico to serve a life-term in a U.S. prison. The fugitive was sentenced in absentia for kidnapping and threatening to sever the fingers of an 8-year-old girl.
McALLEN, Texas — For almost 10 years, a Democrat Texas judge took bribes from at least one attorney in exchange for favorable rulings, federal prosecutors claim.
Un alto comandante y 4 agentes de la Policía Federal asignados a realizar tareas de inteligencia en la región fronteriza fueron arrestados tras ser acusados de proteger y filtrar información oficial a un grupo del Cártel del Golfo (CDG) que se enfocaba en el robo de combustible en Nuevo León y Tamaulipas.
Police in Mexico arrested a top commander and four agents of the nation’s federal police unit assigned to carrying out intelligence operations along the border region. Authorities discovered the federal cops were serving Mexico’s Gulf Cartel.
Federal authorities arrested a Democrat Texas state judge after a series of raids on his courtroom and his home. Information on the charges and other details of the investigation remain sealed. The judge is expected to be presented in federal court on Monday.
McALLEN, Texas — Federal authorities arrested a Texas teacher on charges for allegedly working with a Mexican cartel to smuggle drugs into the U.S.
U.S. authorities are tracking down the individuals behind a shipment of $1 million dollars headed south to Mexico’s Gulf Cartel.
Reportes de inteligencia señala que uno de los carteles mas peligrosos en Mexico continua incrementando su poder y fabricando armas para sus sicarios. Las armas son hechas en fabricas clandestinas con alta tecnología que el cartel ha podido mantener en operación.
Intelligence reports indicate that one of Mexico’s most dangerous cartels continues to increase their capabilities by manufacturing weapons. The arms are built in clandestine factories with advanced technology and practices.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Policías estatales encontraron un cohete que se sospecha es de manufactura Rusa durante una revisión de vehículo donde también encontraron droga para narco-menudeo y una pistola.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — State police officers found a Russian RPG (rocket-propelled grenade) during a traffic stop as part of an enforcement operation targeting street-level dealers in this border state. Authorities also seized some drugs and a handgun.
In a span of seven years, Veracruz authorities found 343 clandestine mass graves as part of investigations into thousands of individuals listed as missing. The sites are believed linked to cartel gunmen.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — An illegal alien pleaded guilty to federal human smuggling charges for his role in helping a group of active U.S. soldiers from Fort Hood move migrants into Texas.
Human smugglers operating in the border city of Laredo stuffed 76 illegal immigrants into the cargo area of a tractor-trailer in an attempt to get them past a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint. The tactic appears to be gaining popularity but has led to multiple deaths as human smugglers find new ways to maneuver around authorities.
La violencia no se detiene en los negocios del popular centro turístico de Cancún donde el mes de Enero ha visto 30 ejecuciones relacionadas a la narco-violencia. En meses recientes el destino turístico de Cancun ha visto una escalada de violencia donde carteles rivales continúan peleando por control de la zona.
Violence at various businesses in Cancun has not slowed with at least 30 cartel-linked executions taking place in January.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Cuatro policías municipales de la ciudad de Saltillo han sido arrestados y enfrentan cargos por secuestro agravado. Los policías están acusados de usar su puesto para secuestrar y extorsionar a sus víctimas.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Four police officers from Saltillo were arrested and are facing aggravated kidnapping charges. Prosecutors say they used their badges to kidnap and extort innocent victims.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — Un grupo de sicarios ingreso violentamente a un casa en un suburbio de esta zona metropolitana para ejecutar a 9 hombres que estaban reunidos. Las mujeres y niños fueron encerrados en un cuarto mientras que los sicarios ejecutaron a las víctimas a sangre fría.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — A team of hooded cartel gunmen barged into a suburban home of this metropolitan area to execute nine men at a party. The women and children were locked in a room while gunmen executed their victims.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Marinos Mexicanos lograron abatir a uno de los líderes del Cartel Del Golfo y a tres de sus guardaespaldas tras una fuerte balacera. Autoridades Mexicanas habían estado ofreciendo $2 millones de pesos por su captura.
NUEVO LAREDO, Tamaulipas — Presuntos narcotraficantes que pertenecen al Cartel del Noreste fueron sorprendidos y detenidos por soldados mexicanos en los momentos en que bajaban un cargamento de mas de 600 kilos de marihuana que recién les había llegado.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Mexican marines have killed one of the top leaders of the Gulf Cartel and three of his bodyguards after an intense shootout. Mexican authorities were offering a $2 million pesos or approximately a $100,000 reward for his capture.
NUEVO LAREDO, Tamaulipas — Suspected smugglers with the Cartel Del Noreste, the main faction of Los Zetas, were caught by Mexican soldiers as they were in the process of unloading a new shipment of more than 1,400 pounds of marijuana that they had just received.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — Con muestras de asfixia y deshidratación fueron rescatados 109 Centro-Americanos que eran transportados en la caja de un tráiler desde el sur de Mexico y cuyo destino era llegar a los Estados Unidos Americanos.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — The discovery of over 100 migrants headed to Texas took place at a military checkpoint just 30 minutes north of Ciudad Victoria, the capital of Tamaulipas. According to information released by Mexico’s National Immigration Institute (INM), the discovery became a rescue operation once authorities realized the health conditions of the migrants.
A traffic stop led Mexican authorities to seize enough fentanyl to kill millions of people as well as almost 1,000 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and other drugs that were headed to the California border.
Mientras que el gobierno Mexicano públicamente dice estar luchando en contra de los carteles de la droga, un juez federal sigilosamente dejo en libertad al líder fundador de uno de los carteles mas poderosos y peligrosos del país. La razón por dejarlo en libertad, la presunta falta de pruebas.
While the Mexican government claims to be waging a war against drug cartels, a federal judge quietly released the founding leader of one of the most dangerous organizations in the country due to lacking evidence.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — President Enrique Peña Nieto canceled an upcoming local visit. The decision comes after Reynosa recently suffered days of fierce gun battles as cartel gunmen to fight for control.
NUEVO LAREDO, Tamaulipas — Mayor Enrique Rivas was forced to dive for cover after cartel gunmen opened automatic fire in a clash yards away from a public event. While the mayor was not a target, military forces moved him as a security precaution.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – Más de 387 personas han sido asesinadas en conexión directa con la terrible violencia que ha tomado el control de esta ciudad fronteriza desde mayo de 2017 cuando la organización criminal inició una guerra en esta ciudad fronteriza.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — More than 387 people have been killed in direct connection with the raging violence for cartel control of this border city since May 2017.