Four teams of gunmen from Mexico’s Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion carried out a brazen assassination attempt against the top security official in Mexico City. The gunmen wounded their target while killing two other police officers and one innocent bystander.
Un grupo de sicarios dejó doce cuerpos en la caja de una camioneta en el estado de Michoacán. El asesinato masivo sucede en un momento en que dos de los cárteles de drogas más violentos de México han estado librando una fuerte guerra territorial por el control de la producción de drogas y sus rutas de contrabando.
A group of cartel gunmen left twelve bodies in the bed of a pickup truck in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The mass murder comes at a time when two of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels waged a fierce turf war for control of drug production and smuggling routes in the western part of the country.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced the results of a months-long operation targeting one of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels known as Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion.
Cartel gunmen torched vehicles and clashed with Mexican authorities as they lay siege to the second-largest city in Michoacán following the arrest of a mid-level commander within the Los Viagras cartel. That cartel boss is reportedly linked to the mass murder of several men whose bodies were hung from highway overpasses last year.
Grupos de sicarios incendiaron vehículos y se enfrentaron con las autoridades mexicanas mientras asediaban la segunda ciudad más grande de Michoacán tras el arresto de un mando del cartel de Los Viagras. El narcotraficante ha sido vinculado al asesinato de varias víctimas cuyos cuerpos fueron colgados de puentes el año pasado.
Mexican authorities discovered a charred Truck with ten burned bodies inside. The bodies belong to a group of local musicians — members of an indigenous community of Nahua people.
Las autoridades mexicanas confirmaron el descubrimiento de un camión quemado con 10 cuerpos en su interior. Los cuerpos pertenecen a un grupo de músicos locales quienes eran de una comunidad indígena Nahua.
An ongoing investigation into a drug cartel stash house in the Mexican state of Jalisco has yielded the discovery of 50 bodies in one property. Since November, authorities in Jalisco have found a total of 81 bodies in two ranches and arrested 15 gunmen in connection with the ongoing cartel violence in the area.
The once peaceful central Mexican state of Guanajuato is now the region with the highest number of police officers murdered this year. The rising death toll of police officers comes at a time when one of the country’s most violent drug cartels is making a push for control of the region.
A series of targeted attacks led to the deaths of at least 19 people. The attacks came as part of an ongoing cartel dispute in and around the capital of the Western state of Michoacán. The state officials report 1,650 murders so far this year — locals claim the actual number is much higher.
Mexican federal agents arrested a judge who has been accused of taking hefty bribes from one of the most violent drug cartels in exchange for protection. The U.S. Department of the Treasury outed that Mexican judge when they froze his assets in the U.S. and forbade any U.S. citizen or entity from doing business with him.
Officials positively identified the victim of a shocking execution-style murder of a patient inside a central Mexico hospital as a high-ranking member of a Mexican drug cartel. The killing is believed to be part of an ongoing turf war between rival criminal gangs.
A group of cartel gunmen stormed a restaurant bar in western Mexico and fired into a group of patrons killing four and injuring several others. The shooting took place in the city of Uruapan, where initial information points to gunmen from Mexico’s Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion being behind the attack.
Authorities in the western Mexican state of Jalisco continue to discover dozens of trash bags filled with dismembered human remains. The discoveries point to an ongoing extermination tactic by cartel members fighting for control of the region. Officials found the remains in wells, shallow pits, and grassy areas as authorities continue to put the pieces back together and identify the victims.
Gunmen from rival cartels battled for hours in the rural communities of Western Michoacán before authorities arrived. Initial reports point to 9 dead and 11 injured. Unofficial accounts point to as a much higher death toll.
Las autoridades y los medios de comunicación se han mantenido en silencio en medio del aumento dramático de las narco-ejecuciones en todo un estado costero en México, donde el temible Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación continua diezmando a sus rivales.
Authorities and news outlets remained quiet amid the dramatic rise in cartel executions throughout a coastal state in Mexico. The fearsome Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion is decimating their rivals while carrying out dramatic executions.
Two recently released social media videos reveal the forced interrogations by heavily armed cartel gunmen in Central Mexico. The videos show the acts of terror associated with a bitter cartel turf war between rival criminal gangs in the area.
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.
Police in Cancún apprehended a leader of a cartel hit-team wanted for multiple killings following a shootout. The gun battle with the ministerial police on Thursday left one female cartel operative dead.
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.
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.
Kidnappers in the Mexican coastal state of Veracruz dumped the body of a woman in a vacant lot inside of a garbage bag after her husband could not pay a ransom of 4 million pesos ($200,000 USD). The kidnappers also left a taunting message to the victim’s husband blaming not paying for his wife’s death.
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents busted a “huge and sophisticated” meth lab near Atlanta, Georgia, they say is run by a Mexican drug cartel.
Mexican drug cartels continue to be the greatest criminal drug threat to the U.S., federal authorities stated in one of their latest reports. Federal agencies reported that drug cartels in Mexico continue to be the wholesale sources of drugs for street gangs that in turn push narcotics at the local level.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a “whole of government effort” to take down the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion drug operation.
An apparent chance encounter between the Mexican military and the security detail of the leader of one of the country’s most dangerous cartels was met with extreme violence. While both sides clashed, the leader escaped. The clash comes soon after authorities increased the reward being offered for his capture.
The discovery of six bodies in shallow graves in the tourist city of Ensenada set off a forensic investigation to identify the victims. Officials made the discovery on April 10 and 11, 2018, in an unpopulated area between El Saizal and Maneadero according to the State Attorney General’s Office.
Piernas, Torsos y Brazos mutilados de varios cuerpos fueron encontrados junto a un narcomensaje en una camioneta abandonada en el estado de Jalisco. La cruenta ejecución apunta a una escalada de violencia en una zona que por muchos años fue considerada relativamente pacifica.
Mutilated legs, torsos, and arms belonging to various bodies were left behind in a pickup with a narco-message in the Mexican coastal state of Jalisco. The gruesome scene indicates a spike in violence in an area that for years had been considered peaceful.
Tres policías de la ciudad de Tecatitlán Jalisco han sido detenidos en conexión al secuestro de tres ciudadanos Italianos. Los Policías presuntamente detuvieron a los extranjeros y luego los entregaron a un grupo de hombres armados sin identificar.
Three cops from Tecatitlan, Jalisco, were arrested in connection with the kidnapping of three Italian citizens. The police allegedly pulled over the foreigners before turning them over to suspected cartel gunmen.
MORELIA, Michoacán – La reciente muerte de uno de los principales líderes regionales de uno de los cárteles de droga más violentos de México ha provocado una ola de incertidumbre que apunta a una mayor violencia en este estado, a pesar de los esfuerzos de las autoridades del gobierno que afirman una mejora de condiciones de seguridad.
MORELIA, Michoacan — The recent death of a top regional leader of one of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels sparked a wave of uncertainty likely to generate more bloodshed despite the security efforts of the state government.
The mayor of a rural community in this southern state has been outed as an ally of one of Mexico’s most violent cartels. The politician was outed by a cartel gunman who was tortured and murdered by his rivals.
El alcalde de una comunidad rural en este estado sureño ha sido señalado como aliado de uno de los cárteles más violentos de México. El político fue señalado por un sicario del cártel que fue torturado y asesinado por sus rivales.
El gobierno Mexicano confirmo el hallazgo de restos humanos relacionados con el reciente secuestro de dos agentes federales quienes fueron forzados a grabar un video mensaje donde se le acusa al gobierno de violar la ley en operativos secretos contra los carteles de la droga.
