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.
Mexican authorities are investigating a fatal crash that killed 23 Central American migrants and injured 33 in the southern state of Chiapas. The migrants had been packed into a large cargo truck that went off the road falling into a ravine.
Mexican authorities are Investigating an overnight massacre at a bar in the state of Guanajuato. The attack left 14 men dead and 7 others injured. No arrests have been made.
Cartel gunmen murdered a municipal police director from the Mexican city of Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, while driving into the state capital on Tuesday. The attack occurred at approximately 2 p.m. as he drove his duty vehicle along the highway into the city of Chihuahua accompanied by a bodyguard who gunmen also murdered.
Four cartel gunmen carrying rifles and handguns stormed into a bar in the tourist resort city of Cancun and began firing indiscriminately. The attack on Friday left five dead and 12 others injured.
Mexican authorities in the western coastal state of Colima have discovered 69 bodies in a series of mass graves. Cartel gunmen used the graves to dispose of their victims. The discovery came after two cartel gunmen led authorities to the site in hopes of receiving a lesser sentence.
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.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila – Las autoridades en esta ciudad fronteriza están investigando la ejecución de un hombre local cuyo cuerpo fue encontrado justo detrás del refugio para migrantes donde más de 1700 miembros de la caravana Hondurena esperan para solicitar asilo en Texas. La víctima que llevaba varias semanas medio enterrada cuando fue descubierta, no es un migrante.
Authorities in Mexico are investigating the execution of a local man after finding his body just behind a shelter where more than 1700 caravan migrants are housed. The half-buried victim is not a migrant and had been there for several weeks before authorities found his remains. The caravan migrants are waiting for an opportunity to claim asylum in Texas.
The discovery took place this week in an open field just behind the migrant shelter when authorities came across the
Las autoridades mexicanas arrestaron a un migrante guatemalteco luego de que colgara una manta que amenazaba al presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Se cree que el sospechoso fue parte de una de las caravanas de migrantes que llegaron anteriormente a la ciudad y ya fue entregado a las autoridades federales mexicanas.
Mexican authorities arrested a Guatemalan migrant after allegedly catching him hanging a cartel banner threatening Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. The suspect is believed to be part of one of the migrant caravans. Police turned him over to Mexican federal authorities.
New Mexico ranchers and other residents along unsecured sections of the state’s border with Mexico claim fear of retaliation if they report crimes like drug or human smuggling. Residents of the region known as the “Bootheel” witnessed increases in both drug and human smuggling during the past few months.
Cartel gunmen murdered a police Chief from a small town that borders the popular tourist port of San Carlos Bay, in Guaymas Sonora. The attack occurred as he drove his duty vehicle along a local street last week.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – Sicarios del Cártel del Golfo arrojaron los cadáveres de tres de sus víctimas a lo largo de una de las carreteras en esta ciudad fronteriza desatando un gran despliegue de fuerzas policiales para asegurar la escena del crimen. La violencia llega en un momento en que facciones rivales del Cartel del Golfo continúan su lucha por el control de la región fronteriza.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – Gulf Cartel gunmen dumped the bodies of three victims along one of the highways in this border city. A large deployment of police forces responded to secure the crime scene. The violence comes at a time when rival factions of the Gulf Cartel continue their fight for control of the border region.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León – Un alto mando del Cartel del Golfo de México fracasó en su intento de sobornar a algunos policías federales que lo detuvieron con drogas y armas en su vehículo mientras intentaba llegar a la frontera con Texas.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon – A top lieutenant with Mexico’s Gulf Cartel failed in his attempt to bribe federal police officers who caught him with drugs and weapons in his vehicle. The arrest occurred as he tried to reach the Texas border with a large quantity of cocaine.
The United States Consulate General in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, issued a security alert following a series of coordinated attacks against police officers in that city and for Ciudad De Chihuahua. Gunmen carried out the attacks on January 17.
The Attorney General’s Office for the Mexican border state of Sonora confirmed for the first time that an investigation is underway in the kidnapping of six victims which occurred on December 26, 2018.
Mexico’s government confirmed the death of 66 people and dozens more injured following a fuel explosion in the state of Hidalgo. An attempt to illegally tap into a fuel line to steal gallons of fuel is currently listed as the cause of the explosion.
Mexican state police arrested two Sinaloa cartel operatives in separate law enforcement operations near Mexico’s border with Arizona and California earlier last week. The arrests resulted in the seizure of one handgun and a quantity of methamphetamine according to local media reports.
A shootout between Gulf Cartel gunmen and Mexican military forces sparked fear among residents of Matamoros who were forced to seek cover during the clash.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – Un tiroteo entre miembros del Cártel Del Golfo y las fuerzas militares provocó temor entre los residentes de esta ciudad fronteriza que se vieron obligados a buscar refugio durante el enfrentamiento.
Sicarios y militares mexicanos se enfrentaron en esta ciudad horas antes de que el presidente mexicano Andrés Manuel López Obrador visitara Reynosa para impulsar un nuevo plan económico para la franja fronteriza. Se presume que el jefe de plaza del Cartel del Golfo en Nuevo Progreso murió en ese enfrentamiento.
Police in Mexico arrested a cartel assassin wanted in connection with the videotaped torture and execution of a border state police commander and another officer. The arrest followed a shooting at a bar in one of the ritziest suburbs of Northern Mexico. Nuevo Leon police turned the hitman over to Tamaulipas state authorities for prosecution.
Un sicario buscado por la ejecución y tortura de dos policías en Tamaulipas fue arrestado luego de un tiroteo en un bar en uno de los municipios más lujosos del norte de México. El sicario ya se encuentra en aquel estado fronterizo donde enfrenta cargos de homicidio y secuestro por una ejecución que fue grabada en video.
Authorities arrested seven Mexican customs agents as part of an investigation into the smuggling of thousands of ammunition magazines from Texas into Mexico.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – Siete agentes de aduanas mexicanos han sido arrestados como parte de una investigación sobre el contrabando de armas y partes de armas desde Texas a México.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila – Authorities in this border state are searching for the mayor of a small rural town who has been missing for a week. The town is not far from the main highways that connect the region to international ports of entry and other Mexican states.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — Un alto mando del narcotráfico que presuntamente desempeñó un papel clave en la planeación del asesinato de un abogado en Dallas enfrenta procedimientos de extradición luego de su reciente captura por parte de autoridades estatales.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon – A top-ranking cartel boss who allegedly played a key role in planning the murder of a Dallas attorney is facing extradition to the U.S. after his capture by Mexican state authorities.
Un juez estatal mexicano en Yucatán ordenó la liberación de un mando criminal recientemente capturado, que es buscado en Estados Unidos en relación con una amplia acusación criminal contra líderes de Los Zetas y Cartel del Golfo. La medida fracasó debido a que autoridades federales mexicanas ya habían recibido la notificación de que se estaba realizando una solicitud de extradición y lo volvieron a arrestar.
A Mexican state judge in Yucatan ordered the release of a recently captured cartel leader who is wanted in the U.S. He is wanted in the U.S. in connection to a large criminal indictment targeting the leadership of Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel. Mexican federal authorities received notice that an extradition request was in the works and rearrested him under federal law.
Mexican authorities are investigating the recent murder of three prison guards who worked at the same facility where guards found a top-ranking cartel boss hanging in his cell.
Mexican authorities arrested a top cartel operator who is linked to the escalation of violence in this border state. The arrest took place in the southeastern state of Yucatan, not far from numerous popular tourist resort towns.
Authorities in Mexico are investigating a grenade attack at the U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Authorities have not revealed if the attack resulted in any fatalities or injuries.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila – Un equipo de sicarios secuestró a un veterano del ejército estadounidense, su hermana y su novio en esta ciudad fronteriza. Las autoridades estatales recuperaron el cuerpo de una víctima y rescataron a las otras dos. El veterano militar y su hermana fueron trasladados a un hospital de Texas donde él se encuentra en condición grave.
A team of cartel gunmen kidnapped a U.S. Army veteran, his sister, and her boyfriend in the Mexican border city of Piedras Negras. Coahuila state authorities recovered the body of one victim and rescued the two others. Officials transported the U.S. veteran and his sister to a Texas hospital where he is listed in serious condition.
The migrant crisis in Tijuana continues to intensify as migrants flood into the border city which is in the midst of a deadly cartel war that has now registered 2,220 in 2018.
Wolverines quarterback Shea Patterson had a long road to the college gridiron, a road that led through the constant gunfire from Mexican drug cartels on the other side of the Rio Grande from his home in South Texas.
