EXCLUSIVE — GRAPHIC: Mexican State Begins 2018 with 45 Executions
MORELIA, Michoacan — Despite constant statements from officials about improving public safety, 2018 already yields more than 45 executions–with 15 of those victims being dismembered.
MORELIA, Michoacan — Despite constant statements from officials about improving public safety, 2018 already yields more than 45 executions–with 15 of those victims being dismembered.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Autoridades Mexicanas han decomisado casi un millón de dólares que estaban ocultos dentro de un autobús que partió de esta ciudad hacia el centro del país. El narco-efectivo estaba destinado a algún lugar del estado de Puebla, una zona que por años estuvo libre de la presencia abierta de carteles pero en meses recientes se ha visto azotada por el crimen organizado.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Mexican authorities seized almost a million dollars hidden in a passenger bus bound for Puebla, a state that for years was free from an open cartel presence until recently.
CIUDAD MANTE, Tamaulipas — Autoridades en este estado que colinda con Texas han localizado un campo de exterminio que se sospecha fue usado por carteles en la zona para ejecutar y desaparecer a sus víctimas. El campo de exterminio fue recientemente descubierto cerca de la Ciudad de Mante en la zona suroeste del estado. Fuentes de Breitbart Texas creen que los responsables del campamento son El Carte de Los Zetas. El cartel se ha dividido entre dos grupos rivales: Los Zetas Vieja Escuela y El Cartel del Noreste. Nuestras fuentes revelaron que es probale que basado en los movimientos de los grupos criminales en la zona, los responsables sean de Los Zetas Vieja Escuela.
CIUDAD MANTE, Tamaulipas — Authorities in this Mexican state bordering Texas have found a cartel killing field where it is believed that gunmen murdered and incinerated their victims. The killing field was recently discovered in the city of Mante in the southwestern part of the state. Breitbart Texas sources believe the cartel responsible is Los Zetas. The cartel is broken into two warring factions: Old School Zetas (Vieja Escuela) and Cartel of the North (CDN or Cartel Del Noreste). Our sources believe it is more likely that Old School Zetas is the faction of Los Zetas responsible, due to the group’s recent movements in the area.
Only days into the new year, a robbery gone wrong yielded the first murder of a Mexican journalist for 2018. The victim, an editor for one of the country’s largest newspapers, was buying toys for a holiday celebration.
A new report by one of Mexico’s top newspapers points to a sophisticated effort by Russian operators to influence the upcoming 2018 Mexican presidential election. The efforts appear to be based on the use of misinformation to create discord within Mexico.
Dos policías municipales de este estado fronterizo han sido ligados al secuestro y ejecución de un empresario y su secretaria como parte de la narco-guerra que sigue azotando la región. Uno de los policías presuntamente falleció por suicidio dentro del penal.
Officials tied two local police officers from this border state to the kidnapping and execution of a businessman and his secretary as part of the ongoing cartel war. One of the police officers later died from an apparent suicide inside a state prison.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Autoridades estatales continúan investigando la ejecución de tres hombres cuyos cuerpos fueron tirados cerca de la frontera con Texas, sobre la carretera conocida como Ribereña.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — State authorities are investigating the execution of three men after their bodies were found dumped near the Texas border along a highway known as “Riverine”.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Un operador de el crimen organizado ha exhibido a las autoridades y las cortes Mexicanas puesto que ha podido mantener su poderío y continua operando a pesar de que aunque fue convicto y debería estar cumpliendo una condena en prisión. En su mas reciente roce con el gobierno, autoridades estatales lo dejaron libre.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — A top operator for organized crime has exposed flaws within the Mexican court system, given his ability to maintain power despite convictions that should carry a prison sentence. In his most recent run-in with the law, Nuevo Leon authorities let him go free.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — Autoridades en este estado fronterizo continúan investigando la ejecución de un oficial de policía del municipio rural de Anáhuac. Se cree que dos hombres encapuchados fueron los que lo balearon en relación a alguna actividad del crimen organizado.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — Authorities are investigating the execution of a police officer from the rural town, Anahuac. It is believed two hooded gunmen shot the officer in relation to organized criminal activity.
CIUDAD ACUNA, Coahuila — Autoridades estatales han detenido a un policía municipal de esta ciudad fronteriza el cual esta acusado de haber usado fuerza excesiva la cual resulto en la muerte de una persona. La víctima murió en la parte trasera de una patrulla.
CIUDAD ACUNA, Coahuila — State authorities arrested a local police officer in connection with the death of a teen who died from excessive force in his arrest. The victim choked to death in the back seat of a patrol car.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — Autoridades estatales continúan investigando la razón por la que un grupo de sicarios ejecuto a una modelo Venezolana al salir de un bar de esta zona metropolitana.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León– State authorities are looking into why a team of gunmen shot and killed a Venezuelan model after she exited a local bar.
Authorities in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, arrested eight hitmen for Los Aztecas suspected in 16 cartel assassinations in the last three months. The 58-year-old male accused of leading the cell was also captured.
An MS-13 member was murdered two days after being released from county jail despite a federal detainer against him, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Sicarios relacionados al crimen organizado mataron a tiros al presidente municipal de Petatlán en el estado de Guerrero. El político había recibido amenazas anteriormente y uno de sus colaboradores cercanos fue ejecutado este año.
Cartel gunmen shot and killed the mayor of Petatlan, Guerrero. The murdered politician’s close aide was executed earlier in 2017.
State authorities in this border city shut down several businesses and hotels allegedly connected to a sex trafficking and forced prostitution investigation linked to the mayor’s husband. Officials say her husband is identified as part-owner of some brothels in Reynosa.
Officials identified the U.S. citizen murdered while visiting Mexico as a tourist during the Christmas holiday as a city administrator from California. Gunmen killed the Californian in the Mexican coastal state of Guerrero. The state of Guerrero has become a hotspot for cartel violence in recent years.
Mexican Navy Infantrymen (La Marina) engaged five alleged cartel gunmen during a fierce firefight that involved hundreds of rounds fired. Local media reports indicate grenades were used and all five gunmen were killed. The battle occurred in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico.
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — The raging cartel violence spreading throughout the country has marked 2017 as the bloodiest year since 1997 when the government began documenting such murders. The official figures, however, pale in comparison to reality since they do not account for the number of victims “disappeared” by cartel gunmen–including those who were incinerated or buried in clandestine graves.
American workers suing an India-based outsourcing firm accused of discriminating against its U.S.-born employees, while favoring Indian nationals, will get their day in court thanks to an Oakland, California federal judge.
Autoridades Brasileñas han arrestado a uno de los principales líderes del Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación; el arresto se llevo acabo tras una petición de detención con fines de extradición por autoridades estadounidenses.
Brazilian law enforcement arrested one of the top leaders of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion at the request of U.S. authorities.
Local police officers in Colorado seized more than 200 pounds of marijuana and six pistols, all believed to belong to a Mexican cartel.
Federal authorities arrested a man from Mexico with an extensive criminal history, including attacking a Texas cop while in the country illegally. The capture occurred near the area where a U.S. Border Patrol agent was allegedly murdered and another agent was attacked in November.
A former Mexican journalist is fighting deportation after his claims for asylum were denied by an immigration judge and his appeals were also turned down. While the case has garnered much attention from international press freedom groups, found him unconvincing.
Federal authorities confirmed the shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent patrolling the waters of the Rio Grande. The shot came from the Mexican side of the river.
Gunmen decapitated a man, leaving the head in the corpse’s lap, next to a cartel banner in the beach resort area of Cancun. The message indicates an escalation in violence where various factions are now fighting for control of the shipping port and world-famous tourist area.
Authorities in Hidalgo County, Texas, are looking into the alleged murder of a newborn girl on Christmas weekend. The mother, who is in the country illegally, reportedly confessed to suffocating her.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Autoridades en este estado fronterizo continúan investigando como uno de los carteles que opera en esta ciudad pudo utilizar un table dance como una base de operaciones desde donde se realizaron o planearon varias ejecuciones al igual que otros crímenes.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Authorities continue looking into how one of the cartels was able to use a strip club as a base of operations for planning and executions.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Autoridades de este estado fronterizo viajaron a algunos de los vecindarios mas pobres de esta ciudad y otras comunidades, no para arrestar a alguien sino para llevar regalos a cientos de niños de escasos recursos.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Authorities from this border state traveled to some of the poorest neighborhoods in the city and other neighboring communities to deliver hundreds of Christmas toys.