Cartel gunmen left a severed human head and fired their guns in the air outside of the home of a Mexican border state police investigator. The investigator was behind key enforcement actions against the criminal organization. The threat comes more than a year after a team of cartel gunmen tried to kill the investigator in his home.
Mexican military forces killed a total of 16 gunmen from a faction of Los Zetas in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. The gunmen wore cloned military uniforms and were part of a paramilitary cartel force known as Hell’s Troop or Tropa Del Infierno.
Soldados del Ejército mexicano mataron a siete sicarios de Los Zetas que habían organizado un ataque de emboscada. Dos de los sicarios eran guardaespaldas personales de un jefe regional del cartel. El tiroteo es el último episodio de violencia en la ciudad fronteriza de Nuevo Laredo, donde la organización criminal ha establecido históricamente su base de operaciones.
Mexican Army soldiers killed seven Los Zetas gunmen who had set up an ambush attack. Two of the gunmen were the personal bodyguards of a regional cartel boss. The shootout is the latest bout of violence in the border city of Nuevo Laredo where the criminal organization has historically set their base of operations.
An independent drug distribution gang in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon continues to openly challenge Los Zetas over lucrative territories in the Monterrey metropolitan area. Breitbart Texas recently unmasked their leader and has now obtained exclusive information about the identities of the gang’s top lieutenants.
Varias células de traficantes de metanfetamina independientes han logrado crecer en poder y tamaño hasta el punto en que se han podido enfrentar activamente con otros carteles que buscan controlar todos los mercados de drogas en la ciudad.
Multiple cells of independent meth dealers managed to grow in power and size to the point where they began to actively clash with other drug cartels who are trying to control all the drug markets.
A group of Los Zetas cartel members left a severed human head outside a border state prison. The move is the latest in a series of threats and intimidation tactics aimed at taking control of criminal activity inside the detention facilities in Nuevo Leon.
Las autoridades mexicanas están investigando un tiroteo fatal donde murió una niña de dos años presuntamente manos de policías locales que parecen haber confundido el vehículo de su familia con donde viajaban unos sicarios. Dos policías han sido arrestados en relación con el caso y enfrentan varios cargos.
Mexican authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a two-year-old girl at the hands of local police. The police officers appear to have mistaken her family’s vehicle for another carrying cartel gunmen. Two police officers have been arrested in connection with the shooting and are facing a variety of charges.
Un sicario de Los Zetas que había participado en un feroz enfrentamiento con las autoridades mexicanas esta semana, logró cruzar el Río Bravo hacia Texas, donde los agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza de los Estados Unidos lo atraparon e inmediatamente comenzaron a proporcionar asistencia médica. El sicario había huido de un tiroteo donde murieron 8 miembros de Los Zetas-Cartel Del Noreste.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila – A Los Zetas gunman fled to Texas after being shot multiple times during a fierce firefight with Mexican authorities this week. U.S. Border Patrol agents tracked and apprehended him before eventually giving medical assistance. The incident ultimately resulted in the deaths of eight cartel members.
A United States citizen teenager from Oklahoma died and several of his relatives sustained gunshot injuries after a squad of Mexican cartel gunmen ambushed them in Mexico near the border with Texas. The family was traveling back to the U.S. when the cartel hitmen attacked them on a highway.
Más de una docena de camionetas blindadas llenas de sicarios de Los Zetas llegaron a un pequeño pueblo en el estado fronterizo de Coahuila, esparciendo terror mientras atacaban el edificio del ayuntamiento a balazos. Esa incursión desató una feroz balacera y varias persecuciones donde murieron al menos 7 sicarios, tres civiles y cuatro policías. Los informes preliminares también apuntan a seis personas que sufrieron heridas de bala.
The U.S. Consulate General in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo issued a warning and curfew for its employees following three days of violence. The battles between cartel gunmen and Mexican military and law enforcement authorities led to at least 8 fatalities. In a similar fashion, the police department in Laredo, Texas, warned its citizens to avoid unnecessary travel into Mexico.
A series of clashes between members of Los Zetas and the Mexican military led to a two-day span of multiple shootouts in the border city of Nuevo Laredo. At least seven gunmen and one soldier died in the firefights. The gunmen carjacked numerous vehicles and set them on fire in an attempt to block streets and set up ambushes against authorities. The tactics used by the cartel gunmen once again spread terror among residents of that city.
U.S. Representative Chip Roy (R-TX) renewed his call for the Department of State to designate certain Mexican cartel factions as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The designation would bring additional law enforcement tools into play for officials attempting to combat the impact of these cartels on the U.S.
Las autoridades mexicanas mataron a un sicario que formaba parte de un equipo do hombres armados que intentó emboscarlos en una zona rural cerca de la frontera con Texas.
Mexican authorities killed a cartel gunman who was part of a team that tried to ambush them in a rural area near the border with Texas.
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) asked drug cartels in Northern Mexico to change their ways and “think of their mommies.” The comment comes after the narco-terrorist Los Zetas cartel threatened to burn down gas stations in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo if they fueled up authorities.
A territorial expansion by the Cartel Del Noreste (CDN) faction of Los Zetas throughout the border state of Nuevo Leon is now being challenged by two small independent drug gangs. The gangs are fighting to hold on to their territories in key municipalities in the Monterrey Metropolitan area. Breitbart News obtained exclusive access to police and military intelligence identifying the leaders of those gangs and their areas of influence.
Una expansión territorial realizada por la facción Cartel Del Noreste (CDN) de Los Zetas en el estado fronterizo de Nuevo León está siendo desafiada por dos pequeñas pandillas independientes de narcotraficantes que están peleando para mantener sus territorios en municipios clave del área metropolitana de Monterrey. Breitbart News tuvo acceso exclusivo a inteligencia policiaca y militar que identifica a los líderes de esas pandillas y sus áreas de influencia.
Three Mexican border states officially joined forces in an attempt to crush the violent drug cartels that have been plaguing their communities. The agreement calls for the sharing of intelligence, sealing up of their state borders, and cooperation during raids
An Israeli DJ performing on tour in Mexico died during an attack by suspected cartel gunmen who fired into the crowd. The attack killed the DJ and an assistant as well leaving two others wounded. The state where the shooting took place is one currently dominated by a faction of Los Zetas.
Un reciente enfrentamiento entre policías estatales y sicarios ha destapado una estrategia por una facción de Los Zetas donde falsamente se hicieron pasar por otro cartel y afirmaron que las autoridades están protegiendo a sus rivales.
A recent shootout between state police officers and cartel gunmen led to the discovery of deceptive propaganda strategy carried out by a faction of Los Zetas. The faction attempts to pass themselves off as another cartel and claims authorities are protecting their rivals.
he ruthless faction of Los Zetas known as Cartel Del Noreste continues to terrorize communities along Mexico’s border by dismembering bodies or desecrating them in other ways. The cold-blooded killers frequently leave the remains in public places in an attempt to intimidate law enforcement and rivals.
La despiadada facción de Los Zetas conocida como Cartel Del Noreste continúa aterrorizando a las comunidades de los estados fronterizos de México al desmembrar los cuerpos de sus víctimas para luego dejarlos en lugares públicos en un intento de intimidar a la policía y sus rivales.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila – Un equipo de sicarios dejó una narco-amenaza junto al cuerpo de una víctima que habían ejecutado en en esta ciudad fronteriza. El mensaje es similar a otros dejados anteriormente, donde sicarios con Los Zetas advierten a la población que no informe sobre el cartel y que no trabaje con las autoridades estatales.
A team of cartel gunmen left a threatening message next to the body of a murder victim in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, near the Texas border.
A team of cartel gunmen attacked a squad of Coahuila state police officers in a rural community near the Texas border. No injuries or deaths were reported officially and the gunmen managed to escape through a series of dirt roads despite a series of manhunts by authorities.
Two congressmen filed a bill in the House to direct the U.S. State Department to designate specific Mexican cartel factions as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs). The bill follows a letter from lawmakers to Secretary Mike Pompeo calling for the designations. President Donald Trump said he is considering the matter in an Oval Office interview on Monday.
NUEVO LAREDO, Tamaulipas – Elementos militares asignados a esta ciudad fronteriza abatieron a seis sicarios del Cartel Del Noreste tras ser atacados. Los militares decomisaron rifles calibre .50, metralletas, equipo táctico y varias camionetas presuntamente robadas.
Military troops assigned to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, killed six gunmen from a faction of Los Zetas during fierce gun battles. After the shootout with the gunmen from the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas, the military seized.50 caliber rifles, machine guns, tactical equipment, and several allegedly stolen trucks.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended several Central American migrants who reported being held at gunpoint and extorted for money by cartel members in Mexico. Agents patrolling near the border in the Laredo Sector apprehended a Honduran male in the
U.S. Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) told Breitbart News Sunday it is time to recognize that certain Mexican cartel factions are a terrorist threat to the United States. His interview follows a letter sent to the U.S. Secretary of State requesting the designation of specific cartel factions as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO).
U.S. Representatives Chip Roy (R-TX) and Dr. Mark Green (R-TN) drafted a letter that will be sent to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo requesting specific Mexican cartel factions be designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs). The letter follows years of coverage by Breitbart News and calls from Border/Cartel Chronicles Director Brandon Darby for these specific cartel factions to be added to the terror list.error list.
Las ejecuciones en esta ciudad volvieron a arreciar bajo una modalidad nueva donde los sicarios entran a las casas a las casa en la madrugada para sorprender a sus víctimas disparándoles a quemarropa.
Cartel gunmen escalated the number of executions in the capital city of the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas. Cartel hitmen began a new tactic where they are now raiding homes early in the morning. The raids are designed to surprise their sleeping victims and kill them at point-blank range.
A series of attacks on five bars in and around Monterrey left 12 individuals dead and six others injured. Law enforcement sources point to the Cartel Del Noreste faction of the cartel known as Los Zetas as having been behind the terrorist-style attacks.
