Cartel Chronicles - Page 16

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — At least 12 individuals have been killed this week in an ongoing cartel war for control of this city. In the most recent day of violence, authorities confirmed the death of five individuals in two separate attacks.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — Cartel violence continues to rage in this border state where rival factions of Los Zetas fight for control of lucrative drug distribution and trafficking routes.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Autoridades en este estado fronterizo han estado llevando a cabo dispositivos de seguridad en varios penales en un intento por evitar motines y fugas por miembros de carteles de la droga.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Authorities in this border state have been carrying out elaborate security raids at prisons to prevent riots and breakouts by cartel members.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — En un intento por salvar la temporada turística de Semana Santa, autoridades estatales y federales desplegaron varios operativos de seguridad en las carreteras que conectan esta ciudad fronteriza con el resto del estado. Ahora empresarios locales piden que los operativos sean permanentes.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — In an attempt to save the Holy Week tourist season, Mexican authorities deployed multiple operations along highways that connect this border city with the rest of the state. Businessmen are asking the government that operations become permanent.

MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Una mujer estuvo a punto de perder la vida tras ser torturada a golpes y quemada antes de ser abandonada en una brecha de este estado fronterizo.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Las negociaciones del crimen organizado con la actual autoridad municipal en la frontera de Matamoros Tamaulipas, an dejado en evidencia en manos de quien regreso el mando, dejando con ello ganancias millonarias licitas.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — The negotiations between the current municipal authority and organized crime figures tied to the Gulf Cartel demonstrate who has regained control of this border city. The move has brought illicit financial gains by the millions.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — For several hours, cartel members housed at the state prison in this city waged war over control of the facility. Gunfire could be heard as police forces moved into the facility to restore peace.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — A series of recent gun battles and executions in this border city and in Rio Bravo led to nearly a dozen deaths as clashes with military forces and internal turmoil within the Gulf Cartel is reaching a boiling point.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — Cartel gunmen murdered a two-year-old boy and his family in the most recent execution in a trend of violence without end.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — El homicidio de un hombre cuyo cuerpo fue encontrado junto con un narco-mensaje anuncia que la violenta lucha entre carteles volvio a llegar a esta zona fronteriza.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — The murder of a man whose body was found next to a narco-message reflects renewed violence in this border region as rival cartel factions continue to fight for drug territories.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — A Texas couple who had crossed into this border city to go grocery shopping were apparently shot at by a military helicopter during a cartel gun battle. The couple’s newer model SUV appears to have been mistaken for a cartel vehicle. The Mexican military claims they did not fire at the vehicle.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas– Dos presuntos sicarios han sido detenidos en relación al homicidio de tres mujeres cuyos cuerpos fueron encontrados en fosas clandestinas en esta ciudad. Los sicarios eran pertenecientes a una de las varias células delincuenciales de lo que alguna vez fue el Cartel de los Zetas.

MIGUEL ALEMAN, Tamaulipas – Una serie de feroces enfrentamientos En esta ciudad fronteriza con Texas, el fin de semana dejó un resultado de cuatro hombres armados del cártel muertos y el arresto de otros dos, mientras agentes de la policía estatal de Tamaulipas pudieron incautar más de una tonelada de marihuana.

MIGUEL ALEMAN, Tamaulipas — A series of fierce weekend gun battles near the Texas border led to the death of four cartel shooters and the arrest of two others as Tamaulipas state police were able to seize more than one ton of marijuana.

State police officers and numerous officials gathered in Ciudad Victoria to provide full police honors to a fallen comrade.

MONTERREY, Nuevo León — La violencia que existe en los penales de la frontera sigue evidenciando el autogobierno que se maneja dentro de las prisiones de la región fronteriza. Esta semana se registro un motín en el Penal de Cadereyta donde 600 internos se manifestaron por el incremento de medidas de seguridad las cuales disminuyeron el trafico de drogas.

MONTERREY, Nuevo León. — This week, roughly 600 inmates inside the Cadereyta Prison rioted over the increase in security measures aimed at keeping drugs out.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — The out-of-control violence in this city continues to spread, targeting bystanders as well. While cartel gunmen usually engage each other or Mexican authorities, average citizens continue to be the targets of kidnapping and extortion.

Citizen journalists in the rural communities of Chihuahua recorded scenes of despair caused by a fierce clash between members of the Juarez Cartel. The fighting left at least eight people dead and four police officers injured.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Mexican cartel smugglers continue trying to find new ways to bring drugs into the country. From backpackers wading over the Rio Grande to makeshift ferries used to move loaded vehicles, organized criminals continue to use this border city as launch pad to move large shipments.

MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — One of the key leaders of a faction of the Los Zetas Cartel was forced to perform oral sex and other humiliating tasks by his rivals while inside a state prison in this border state.

MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — A leaked video that was allegedly taken inside a prison in this border state revealed how a group of cartel members dressed their rivals in lingerie and mocked them as they were forced to clean various cells.

MONTERREY, Nuevo León — Un accidente vial puso al descubierto un mas de 3.300 libras de droga que eran transportadas por este estado hacia la frontera con Texas. Tras una volcadura del camión, el chofer huyo dejando atrás el cargamento de droga.

MONTERREY, Nuevo León — A highway crash uncovered more than a ton of marijuana being moved to the Texas border. The driver fled the scene.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Autoridades en este estado fronterizo continúan investigando el hallazgo de un cuerpo desmembrado que fue dejado en un tambo de basura en la capital de este estado. En un aparente intento de minimizar el terror en la sociedad, autoridades estatales están llamando la ejecución de la víctima un crimen pasional.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Authorities continue to look into the discovery of a dismembered body that was left inside a trash dumpster in the state capital. In an apparent attempt to minimize terror among its citizens, state authorities are calling the gruesome execution a crime of passion.

Mexican officials arrested four members of the Sinaloa cartel in the southern part of this border state. The four are charged with attempting to move drugs for street level distribution.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — El mas reciente homicidio en esta ciudad fronteriza apunta a un posible patrón donde el crimen organizado podría estar ejecutando trabajadores y dueños de deshuesaderos de vehículos mejor conocidos como yonkes.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — The most recent murder in this border city points to a possible trend where organized crime members could be targeting workers and owners of local car junkyards.

El Narco-terrorismo sigue creciendo cerca de la frontera con Texas donde los carteles Mexicanos que controlan la frontera entre Mexico y Estados Unidos esta usando videos de decapitaciones como ISIS para intimidar a sus rivales y para aterrorizar a los civiles a que se sometan. El Cártel de Los Zetas esta luchando por control de redituables corredores del trafico de drogas y de humanos hacia Texas. Breitbart Texas pudo obtener videos exclusivos del narco-terror de Los Zetas el cual puede ser visto en LiveLeak.

MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Un grupo de sicarios de uno de los carteles que opera en este estado fronterizo ejecuto, desmembro y embolso a tres víctimas las cuales fueron dejadas en una camioneta junto a una cartulina con un narco-mensaje.

MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — A group of gunmen from one of the cartels operating in this border state executed, dismembered, and bagged three victims. Their remains were left in the bed of a truck with a poster bearing a narco-message.