MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Violence sparked in the Topo Chico prison when inmates tied to the Los Zetas cartel began to fight for control inside again. The riot set off a large police deployment aimed at securing the compound that killed one inmate and left at least six others with serious injuries.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — Un disparo en el cuello fue suficiente para terminar con la vida del sobrino de el que en su momento fue el jefe supremo del Cartel del Golfo. La ejecución apunta a un posible ajuste de cuentas por miembros del crimen organizado.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — A shot in the neck was enough to end the life of the nephew to the former supreme leader of the Gulf Cartel. The execution points to a vendetta among organized crime members.
The days of Mexican drug cartels being able to operate with impunity on both sides of the southern border are numbered, said Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Uno de los máximos líderes dentro de la estructura de los Zetas murió en en enfrentamiento con fuerza militares durante un intento de captura. El cartel conocido como Los Zetas fue responsable por el incremento de violencia en estados fronterizos.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — One of the top leaders in the Los Zetas cartel structure died in a shootout with military forces during a capture mission. The Los Zetas cartel has been responsible for the spike in violence in various Mexican border states.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — A Mexican military helicopter has crashed in this border state killing two lieutenants and injuring a passenger. It remains unclear if the helicopter was shot down, however sources point to it having been attacked prior to the crash.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — More than 3,800 human bone fragments have been recovered from a ranch in the Mexican state of Coahuila pointing to yet another chapter of the mass exterminations carried out over time by the Los Zetas cartel with the help of corrupt government officials.
Since early 2015, human rights groups and grieving parents have been carrying out searches in the ranch known as Patrocinio near the town of San Pedro Coahuila, information released by the Coahuila government revealed. The area where the fragments were found is part of the region known as La Laguna, a place that saw a spike in violence since 2006 when hostilities between the Los Zetas and Sinaloa cartels began.
A new report by a human rights activist from Mexico tries to shed light light on how Los Zetas carried out two high-profile massacres in Mexico with almost complete impunity. The activist’s work confirms a three-month investigation by Breitbart Texas into the extermination and incineration of 300 victims in northern Mexico.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A former U.S. Border Patrol agent and his brother, a reputed Gulf Cartel commander, are expected to go to trial this month for their alleged role in the murder of a Honduran illegal alien.
A team of gunmen stormed a local tire shop in this border city where they gunned down the owner and managed to make a clean getaway. The murder appears to continue a spike in violence that has already led to 15 murders in this small border city alone.
Autoridades federales extraditaron a un paramilitar mexicano buscado en su país natal por la emboscada fatal en contra de un convoy de activistas internacionales. El ciudadano Mexicano que fue encontrado en Nueva York, había sido deportado dos veces anteriormente.
Un niño de 9 años lucha por su vida y otros 2 menores de Centro America se recuperan en un hospital de los balazos que recibieron luego de que un policía les disparo al pensar que eran hombres armados escapando. Los niños no eran sicarios pero eran parte de un grupo de inmigrantes ilegales en ruta a la frontera con Texas.
A 9-year-old boy is fighting for his life while two other underage illegal immigrants from Central America are recuperating in a local hospital. A Mexican police officer shot them– thinking they were cartel gunmen fleeing in a vehicle. The boys were not part of a drug cartel but were part of a group of illegal immigrants trying to make their way into Texas.
NUEVO LAREDO, Tamaulipas — One soldier died after a fierce gun battle between the Los Zetas Cartel and Mexican military.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — A female kickball coach from Brownsville, Texas has been criminally charged in connection with kidnapping a 14-year-old female and taking her to Mexico.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – La nueva alcaldesa de esta ciudad fronteriza ha ordenado una investigación sobre los archivos de la administración anterior después de que las autoridades arrestaron a tres ex empleados de la ciudad irrumpiendo en un edificio del gobierno para robar archivos.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — The newly-sworn mayor of this border city has ordered an investigation into the previous administration after authorities arrested three former city employees breaking into a government building to steal files and computers.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — La presunta reubicación de un interno y la lucha por el poder al interior de la prisión estatal en esta ciudad fronteriza desataron un motín que dejo cinco personas heridas y varias secciones en llamas.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — The relocation of a prisoner and a power struggle inside set off a riot that injured five and left some sections in flames.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Two cartel gunmen killed a young woman as she walked out of a local restaurant. The assassins switched vehicles as they made their escape.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Authorities have arrested a cartel gunman believed to have been behind the execution of a young couple near the Texas border. That murder has since been tied to drug cartel activity.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – Una vez más, uno de los principales líderes dentro del Cártel del Golfo de México ha logrado escapar de un intento de captura a tan solo unos metros de la frontera de Texas.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Once again, one of the top leaders within Mexico’s Gulf Cartel has managed to escape capture mere yards from the Texas border.
A raid on a cartel stash house led to a fierce gun battle where three gunmen were killed. Authorities found the bodies of three recently executed victims inside the house. Cartel kidnappings and gun battles continue to take place on a regular basis in this border state.
Gunmen with the Sinaloa cartel carried out a brazen rescue operation where they ambushed a Mexican military convoy killing five soldiers and injuring 10 others.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — La guerra que llevan acabo facciones rivales del Cartel de Los Zetas ha desatado una ola de violencia imparable la cual sigue dejando muerte y terror. Esta semana la violencia tuvo un repunte con un siete ejecuciones y una balacera que mato a seis mas todos en menos de 24 horas.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — The war between two rival factions of the Los Zetas Cartel has set off an unstoppable wave of violence that continues to spread death and terror. This week, the violence spiked with seven executions and a gun battle that killed six others in a span of less than 24 hours.
Mexican citizen journalists are exposing what appears to be complicity between Mexican police officers and cartel gunmen during an apparent kidnapping in Sinaloa.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — Cinco segundos y una ráfaga de AK-47 fueron suficientes para terminar con la vida de un comandante, encargado de realizar operativos en la región norte donde sangrientos sicarios luchan por control del rutas de distribución de narcóticos.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Five seconds and a barrage of AK-47 gunfire was enough for a team of gunmen to murder a police commander in this border state where cartel killers continue to fight for control of drug distribution routes.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — A recently leaked video revealed the moment when cartel gunmen set fire to a gas station in the latest example of the lawlessness that local residents from this border state continue to report.
El secuestro de un niño estadounidense de 7 años por tres hombres encapuchados desató un mega-operativo un operativo de rescate donde participaron agentes varias dependencias estatales y locales al igual que se tuvo coordinación con el FBI y personal de la Embajada de Estados Unidos en Nuevo León.
The kidnapping of a seven-year-old U.S. citizen by three gunmen set off a large scale rescue operation. The search was carried out by Mexican state and local law enforcement officials who coordinated with the FBI and personnel from the U.S. Embassy. The child was later found safe and unharmed.
Authorities continue to investigate why a group of gunmen executed a young couple on the banks of the Rio Grande River and set their vehicle on fire.
A commercial truck driver from the border city of Eagle Pass was murdered in this border city setting off an investigation that continues to puzzle local authorities. The truck driver has beed reported missing in Texas days prior to the discovery of his body in Mexico.
RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas – Uno de los principales comandantes de la facción del Cártel del Golfo que controla esta ciudad fronteriza fue detenido por las autoridades federales de México, pero sospechosamente fue liberado días después.
RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas — One of the leading commanders within the faction of the Gulf Cartel that controls this border city was apprehended by Mexican federal authorities but was suspiciously released days later.
Contrabandistas de cártel mexicano modificaron una camioneta para instalar un gran cañón usado para disparar grandes paquetes de droga sobre el muro en la frontera entre los estados mexicano de Sonora y Arizona.
Mexican cartel smugglers converted a van to house a cannon used for shooting large drug bundles over the border fence between the Mexican State of Sonora and Arizona.