SAN FERNANDO, Tamaulipas — En dos enfrentamientos separados en dos días, soldados mexicanos se han visto abrumados por las fuerzas del Cártel del Golfo, resultando con tres soldados muertos por disparos del cártel y otros siete resultaron heridos durante los enfrentamientos. Los soldados lograron matar a tres hombres armados y decomisaron armas.
SAN FERNANDO, Tamaulipas — In two separate firefights in as many days, Mexican soldiers found themselves overwhelmed by Gulf Cartel forces, resulting in three killed by cartel gunfire and seven others injured. Troops did manage to kill three gunmen and seized weapons.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — An internal dispute within cartel-linked groups tasked with fuel theft in this border state led to the murder of three men in a span of five hours.
GOMEZ FARIAS, Tamaulipas — Human rights activists searching for cartel victims found an extermination field used by Los Zetas to bury and incinerate at least 500 near a UNESCO-protected ecological biosphere.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — A week-long manhunt led authorities to arrest a man wanted for kidnapping, raping, murdering, and disposing the body of a 12-year-old girl in this border city.
Gun battles and cartel blockades finally reached Mexico City after authorities killed a local crime boss and a team of his top gunmen in one of the areas roughest suburbs. The violence came days after top government officials claimed that Mexico City is safe and that no cartels operate in the country’s capital.
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexican authorities are trying to downplay the kidnapping of a Spanish woman by cartel gunmen in Tamaulipas. The victim’s relatives are now going public with their grievances.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Gulf Cartel gunmen once again fired their weapons at innocent families traveling from Monterrey to Texas. The criminals fired their weapons when a vehicle traveling along the highway refused to stop during a carjacking.
VALLE HERMOSO, Tamaulipas — Un persona inocente perdió la vida y un policía estatal fue herido durante una emboscada donde un convoy de sicarios en 9 camionetas ataco a las autoridades cerca de esta ciudad agrícola.
VALLE HERMOSO, Tamaulipas — Cartel gunmen riding in a nine-vehicle convoy murdered an innocent bystander and injured a state cop during an ambush.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — The newfound popularity of Uber in Mexican border states and tourist hotspots has become a lucrative option for drug cartels looking to move products and members without drawing heat.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Police in this Mexican border state continue to hunt for two Los Zetas gunmen who escaped a battle by driving to Texas and back without U.S authorities stopping them. Contrary to information released by Washington, the shooters remain at large.
Gunmen from the Los Zetas cartel who broke out of the state prison in Tamaulipas traveled to this border state to push drugs and carry out ransom kidnappings.
Sicarios conectados al cartel de los Zetas los cuales se fugaron de un penal en Tamaulipas han estado llegando a este estado fronterizo para llevar acabo secuestros y trafico de drogas.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Two cartel gunmen fleeing from a raging gun battle with Mexican authorities ran through U.S. border security measures twice as they crossed into Texas and back; using their vehicle to ram barriers.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Members of Mexico’s Gulf Cartel were caught trying to dig their way out of a border state prison through a 300-meter tunnel.
The son of a top municipal law enforcement official in the central Mexican state of Puebla was arrested for his alleged role as the leader of a kidnapping operation.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Authorities in this border state have arrested one of their own in connection with the kidnapping and extortion of a local businessman.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Two members of Los Zetas Cartel were given lengthy prison sentences for their roles in the disappearance and likely incineration of various victims in this border city.
NUEVO LAREDO, Tamaulipas — El Cartel conocido como Los Zetas logro recopilar un arsenal bélico en esta ciudad fronteriza que incluía cohetes antitanques, fusiles calibre .50, lanzagranadas, metralletas y miles de cartuchos de municiones.
NUEVO LAREDO, Tamaulipas — The criminal organization known as Los Zetas managed to amass a military arsenal in this border city that included Russian-made RPGs, .50 caliber rifles, grenade launchers, machine guns, and thousands of ammunition rounds.
Un grupo de sicarios fuertemente armados, presuntamente con el cartel de los Zetas, viajando en un convoy de 9 camionetas atacaron la comitiva donde viajaba la primera dama del Municipio de San Fernando Tamaulipas, Rosa Elida Garza de Ríos. Policías estatales que eran parte de la comitiva repelieron el ataque donde no se reportaron heridos ni muertos.
A squad of cartel gunmen, presumably with the Los Zetas cartel, traveling in a convoy of nine vehicles attacked the wife of the mayor of this rural community. The gunmen fired machines guns at her and her escort vehicles. Police officers assigned to her security detail fought off the attack and there were no injuries or fatalities.
Autoridades Mexicanas decomisaron múltiples paquetes de dinamita pertenecientes a miembros de una de las facciones de Los Zetas que operan en este estado fronterizo. Aparte de los explosivos, autoridades también encontraron chalecos blindados, y mas de una tonelada de marijuana escondidos en la Ciudad de Mante.
Mexican authorities seized multiple packages of dynamite belonging to one faction of the Los Zetas cartel that operates in the border state of Tamaulipas. In addition to the explosives, authorities also seized body armor and more than a ton of marijuana stashed in the city of Mante.
At least 28 inmates died with five beheaded during a fierce prison riot in the Mexican state of Guerrero–the same day that U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly visited the region to discuss cartel violence.
Questions continue to surround the recent execution of a high-ranking commander within the Michoacan State Police who was previously singled-out for having ties with various cartels.
At least 15 gunmen were killed during a fierce clash between the Sinaloa cartel and their rivals, La Linea, in the southern part of Chihuahua.
PIEDRAS, NEGRAS, Coahuila — A team of gunmen killed a newly reinstated Coahuila state police commander after being tied to an embezzlement scheme. The murder occurred outside a local gym in Saltillo.
NUEVO LAREDO, Tamaulipas — Un jefe de plaza de la zona centro del estado de Tamaulipas perteneciente al cartel de “Los Zetas Vieja Escuela”, fue muerto a cuchilladas en la penitenciaria de Nuevo Laredo, frontera con Texas y donde tenía pocos días del haber sido ingresado.
NUEVO LAREDO, Tamaulipas– A regional commander for Los Zetas Cartel was shanked to death inside a local state prison. The commander was aligned with the Vieja Escuela Z faction and was recently transferred to Nuevo Laredo from Ciudad Victoria.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — 92 individuals have been killed in less than two months in this border city as rival cartel factions continue to fight for control.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Mexican authorities shut down a clandestine radio network used by suspected members of Los Zetas south of the Texas border.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — La delincuencia organizada que opera en los estados fronterizos de Nuevo León y Tamaulipas han dejado en claro que tiene una estrecha relación pues delincuentes que salen huyendo de esa entidad son reclutados para continuar con su vida criminal en el otro estado. En el caso mas reciente, dos sicarios responsables por el homicidio de una activista en Tamaulipas fueron arrestados en Nuevo León.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — Two cartel gunmen linked to the murder of an activist mother in Tamaulipas were arrested in Nuevo Leon.
Nineteen cartel gunmen and two others died in a series of fierce firefights near the Mexican beach resort town of Mazatlan, Sinaloa. The violence began on Friday night in the village of Villa Union located near the famed resort town of Mazatlan, information provided to Breitbart Texas by Mexican Military officials revealed. In that village, a team of gunmen executed two men outside of a house along a road that leads to the nearby town of Mapa.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — A Mexican cartel operator arrested earlier this month is one of the suspects tied to the murder of a cartel attorney in South Lake, Texas.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — A group of cartel gunmen used machine guns to murder a seven-year-old boy during a failed carjacking in the outskirts of this border city. The Gulf Cartel and has a long history of targeting, extortion, kidnapping, and murdering innocent victims.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Las condiciones de inseguridad que se mantienen en este estado fronterizo han reflejado nulo interés en el paseo de playa, ya que los turistas temen visitar una zona costera que esta cerca zonas donde operan sicarios del crimen organizado.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — The lack of security in this border state is taking a toll on local tourism–beaches in particular–as visitors are required to cross through cartel-controlled territories.