BRUSSELS (AP) – Belgium’s justice minister remained under protection Monday after four people suspected of taking part in a plot by alleged drugs criminals to kidnap him were arrested in the Netherlands.
El Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos está desperdiciando dólares de nuestros impuestos en México, en una serie de programas vinculados a la Iniciativa Mérida para combatir los cárteles y el tráfico de droga. Organizaciones criminales transnacionales (cárteles) establecidas en México prosperan cuando el Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos equilibra las prioridades de las agencias policiales con preocupaciones diplomáticas, a menudo colocando a la política y la diplomacia por encima de prioridades como el desmantelamiento de las redes criminales que introducen drogas por la frontera hacia comunidades de Estados Unidos.
The U.S. State Department is wasting our tax dollars in Mexico on a series of programs tied to the Merida Initiative to battle cartels and drug trafficking. Transnational criminal organizations (cartels) based in Mexico thrive as the U.S. State Department balances U.S. law enforcement agencies’ priorities with diplomatic concerns, often placing politics and diplomacy above priorities such as dismantling the criminal networks pumping narcotics across the border into U.S. communities.
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.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Tres personas de origen Texano se encuentran detenidos en esta ciudad fronteriza tras haber sido detenidos por su presunta participación en el secuestro de tres personas que intentaban cruzar a Estados Unidos.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Three individuals from Texas were arrested for their alleged roles in kidnapping three migrants trying to enter the U.S. through the Rio Grande.
Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas — Authorities confirmed the murder of a Spanish woman visiting with her family at a local beach in this border state. The region where gunmen kidnapped her and her remains were later found is seeing a spike in cartel skirmishes for control.
LONDON (AP) — The man accused of kidnapping a British model in Italy painted a picture of big money, international intrigue and spine-chilling dealings as a member of Black Death, an organization selling drugs, guns and murder on the dark web.
A Mexican businessman who was the victim for a ransom kidnapping is claiming that his captors were all part of a special police security detail that protects a border state governor.
A judge sentenced several Mexican cartel operatives living in the U.S. illegally to prison for a failed kidnapping that turned into a rolling gun battle in North Texas. The gunmen used automatic AK-47s and AR-15s to shoot at police in their effort to escape custody.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — A woman came close to dying after cartel gunmen kidnapped, tortured, set on fire and then dumped her along a dirt road in this border state.
McALLEN, Texas — A Texas-based human smuggler working for a Mexican cartel threatened to sever the fingers and ears of an 8-year-old girl to extort her parents. The smuggler is currently on the run; he was convicted in absentia.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Two agents from a special police unit known as Fuerza Coahuila have been arrested for the alleged kidnapping and extortion of a family of Central American migrants who were trying to get to Texas.
Mexican authorities are investigating some members of the Fuerza Coahuila police unit in connection with the beating of an apparently innocent man during a kidnapping investigation.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — Autoridades en este estado han arrestado a uno de los hombres presuntamente responsables de haber asaltado, secuestrado y asesinado a dos trabajadores de una empresa cervecera a principios de mes.
SAN FERNANDO, Tamaulipas — La falta de seguridad carretera en tramos donde se mantiene la presencia del crimen organizado en Tamaulipas continua reflejando el panorama desolador de inseguridad luego de que fueran asaltados, secuestrados y ejecutados dos empleados de una empresa cervecera al hacer su recorrido habitual.
SAN FERNANDO, Tamaulipas — The lack of security conditions along highways where drug cartels operate in this border state presents an image of impunity as two beer delivery men were robbed at gunpoint, kidnapped and executed while they were making their regular deliveries.
McALLEN, Texas — A cartel-connected Texas man is accused of kidnapping a 17-year-old female his criminal organization had been hired to smuggle into the country. The man is believed to have raped multiple smuggled women.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — A leaked video obtained by the Breitbart Texas shows a crew of Gulf Cartel gunmen preparing to incinerate dozens of murdered victims. They are also seen playing soccer with a human head.
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.
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.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Government officials from this border state have confirmed that cartel gunmen hijacked and kidnapped 15 passengers from bus that was headed from Tamaulipas to Coahuila. While the Tamaulipas government remains silent, the fate of the sequestered remains unknown.
A newly leaked security video shows the moments when cartel gunmen stormed an upscale restaurant in the resort town of Puerto Vallarta to kidnap the son of famed drug lord, El Chapo.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Sicarios del Cártel del Golfo (CDG) interrogaron y ejecutaron a cinco integrantes de una banda de asaltantes y extorsionadores que operaban en esta ciudad fronteriza.
La violencia que se ha apoderado de esta ciudad parece no tener fin. En los más recientes episodios de violencia, hombres armados del cártel tiraron un cuerpo desmembrado y continuaron con ejecuciones y amenazas.
Marinos Mexicanos lograron rescatar a una víctima de secuestro que había estado en manos de hombres armados del cártel desde el fin de semana. A pesar de la retórica del gobierno, el Cártel del Golfo continúa aterrorizando a los ciudadanos de esta ciudad fronteriza con continuos secuestros por cobros de rescate.
Mexican marines managed to rescue a kidnapping victim who had been held by cartel gunmen since the weekend. Despite much governmental rhetoric, the Gulf Cartel continues to terrorize the citizens of this border city with non-stop ransom kidnappings for profit.
MCALLEN, Texas — Mexican cartel members kidnapped an American citizen in this border city and crossed him into Mexico and then demanded ransom money from his family. The region is controlled by the Gulf Cartel and outsiders engaging in kidnapping for ransom in their territory does not occur. The Mexican neighborhood where the victim was held is also a stronghold for the Gulf Cartel and considered a major base for their cross-border operations into the Rio Grande Valley Sector of Texas.
MCALLEN, Texas — Members of an American family that were driving to a funeral in Mexico spent 19 days being held captive by a Mexican drug cartel before authorities were able to rescue them. During the rescue, authorities killed one of the captors and arrested two others.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Kidnappings continue to be one of the main crimes that have been plaguing border citizens. In response to the demand for public safety by this community, federal and local authorities carried out a coordinated manhunt aimed at capturing a cell that had been carrying out “express kidnappings” in this border city.
Mexican authorities arrested a teenager accused of taking part in a fake kidnapping scheme of an employee in order to fool a local businessman.
Terror continues to take hold of this border city as the number of gruesome beheadings by the Los Zetas drug cartel continues to grow. Just days after Los Zetas had beheaded three informants and made a gory show of spreading their heads around the city, they have done it again.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Autoridades de este estado fronterizo continúan investigando una serie de ejecuciones que recientemente conmocionaron a la población.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Authorities in this border state continue to look into a series of executions that recently shook this community. The gruesome murders remain unsolved. Piedras Negras sits immediately south of the Texas border city of Eagle Pass.
A Mexican cartel hit man has killed and disposed of the bodies of more than 30 individuals in that country and he is not sorry. The hit man’s logic is that the victim’s were in fact evil who would hurt innocents and the government would not do anything to protect them.
Cartel gunmen kidnapped 21 Mexican migrants that had hoped to cross illegally into Texas. The gunmen had been holding them for ransom for several days in the Mexican border city of Reynosa until the Mexican army rescued them. In a separate raid, authorities arrested 25 other aliens.
Mexican authorities arrested 19 members of a Gulf Cartel kidnapping cell that terrorized this border city by holding innocent civilians for ransom.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Fear continues to hold a tight grip in this border city as the Gulf Cartel continues to kidnap innocent victims despite authorities unveiling a new anti-kidnapping police unit. Despite much fanfare, in one week the new unit has only made one arrest, which appears to have been just by chance.
The Tamaulipas government continues to minimize the out-of-control wave of cartel crime and kidnappings that continues to plague this border region. In his most recent speech, Governor Egidio Torre Cantu dismissed the wave of cartel kidnappings that have caused mass panic in this area as being “rumors”. The speech took place during the most recent meeting of the Tamaulipas Coordination Group where Torre Cantu announced a new group made up of state and federal law enforcement officials aimed at tackling — kidnappings.
