Cartel Violence - Page 29

Raging cartel violence continues to take hold of this city leading to the death of six cartel gunmen. A gun battle erupted during an anti-kidnapping operation near the city’s industrial area. The fleeing cartel gunmen went into at least two manufacturing plants.

Mexican Marines killed five gunmen from the Gulf Cartel during a battle inside a cartel camp in the border state of Tamaulipas. The battle took place in a rustic field less than 15 miles north of this city when a military helicopter carrying out surveillance flights came under fire. The military aircraft was surveying the area looking for cartel activity in properties that had been abandoned due to the cartel violence in the region.

Tres hombres armados del cártel y un soldado mexicano murieron en un feroz enfrentamiento que sucedió en esta ciudad fronteriza. Los sicarios estaban en proceso de secuestrar a un individuo cuando comenzó el tiroteo.

Three cartel gunmen and one Mexican soldier died in a fierce clash near the Texas/Mexico border. The gunmen were in the process of kidnapping one individual when the shootout began.

For more than two years, a gas station in this border city worked as a front for the sale of fuel allegedly stolen by Mexico’s Gulf Cartel. State and federal authorities raided the business after an investigation revealed that, since June 2015, the gas station had not been buying gasoline from Mexican Petroleum (PEMEX), the entity in Mexico that controls all of the extraction, refining, and sale of fuel in the country.

Una vez más, hombres armados ejecutaron con total impunidad a un periodista mexicano que había estado exponiendo redes de delincuencia organizada en México.

Once again, gunmen executed with complete impunity a journalist exposing organized crime networks in Mexico.

NUEVO LAREDO, Tamaulipas — An alleged Los Zetas Cartel kidnapper linked to the mass murder and incineration of hundreds in Coahuila was found in Chicago, Illinois. The man was extradited to Mexico.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Un sicario relacionado al crimen organizado que opera en esta región fronteriza falleció en un enfrentamiento con autoridades las cuales trataban de arrestar a una célula de secuestradores. Dias después, autoridades continúan tratando de desarticular el grupo de secuestradores.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — A cartel gunman died during a shootout with authorities who were working to rescue a group of migrants kidnapped from this border city.

The ongoing struggle between the Sinaloa Cartel faction known as Los Salazares and the Beltran Leyva Cartel led to a new wave of violence as gunmen executed six victims in one day near a beach resort.

RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas — Los horrores de la guerra de cárteles que se vive en esta ciudad fronteriza se revelaron una vez mas con el descubrimiento de una narco-fosa. El descubrimiento se llevo acabo en un momento en que grupos rivales del Cartel del Golfo llevan una cruenta lucha por control de la región que ha dejado mas de 158 muertes en balaceras o ejecuciones y un numero sin fin de desaparecidos en la vecina ciudad de Reynosa.

RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas — The horrors of the cartel war in this border city have once again been revealed with the discovery of a new mass grave. The find comes at a time when rival groups from the Gulf Cartel wage war for control of the region–leading to more than 158 deaths through gun battles, executions, and disappearances in Reynosa.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – Un video tomado por un ciudadano en esta ciudad fronteriza después de un enfrentamiento con un cártel parece mostrar a un oficial de policía usando su rifle para acabar con algunos hombres armados del cártel en un vehículo. El video surge cuando esta ciudad fronteriza lleva sufriendo cuatro meses de terror debido a la guerra del Cártel del Golfo por el poder, que ha dejado más de 150 asesinatos confirmados y decenas de desapariciones.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — A video captured by a citizen journalist in the aftermath of a cartel gun battle appears to show a police officer using his rifle to execute some shooters in a vehicle. The video comes as this border city has undergone four months of terror at the hand of the Gulf Cartel’s campaign for local control–leading to more than 150 confirmed deaths.

Leaked police body cam footage reveals the moment when Mexican authorities faced off against a squad of cartel gunmen in the border state of Chihuahua.

MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Un hombre de Texas evitando ser víctima de la furia de el Huracán Harvey busco refugio en Mexico pero se volvió víctima de la violencia que domina este estado fronterizo.

MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — A Texas man trying to avoid Hurricane Harvey’s wrath sought refuge in Mexico, only to become another victim of the ongoing violence that continues to dominate this border state.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — El caso de una turista española que fue asesinada al visitar una playa de este estado fronterizo dio un revés cuando investigadores arrestaron al marido de la víctima como presunto responsable.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — The ongoing case of a Spanish woman who was murdered while visiting a local beach in this border state took a drastic turn when authorities arrested the victim’s husband as the prime suspect.

A journalist from Mexico City working to expose the inner workings of a local cartel is the target of increasing death threats. The warnings come at a time when Mexico continues to be a hotspot for murdering reporters.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Una mujer perdió la vida cuando manejaba por una de las principales avenidas de esta ciudad fronteriza cuando en la hora pico del trafico sicarios de grupos rivales comenzaron a disparar por todas partes. Otras dos personas inocentes fueron heridas durante el enfrentamiento, mientras que sicarios realizaron varias ejecuciones en varios puntos de la ciudad.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — A woman driving through one of the main avenues of this border city was killed when rival cartels began spraying gunfire. Two other innocent motorists were also hit in other areas.

NUEVO LAREDO, Tamaulipas — El cartel que controla esta ciudad fronteriza continua secuestrando víctimas para cobrar fuertes cantidades por su rescate.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Bajo total hermetismo se mantiene el secuestro de 6 jóvenes que oscilaban entre los 17 y 25 años de edad, que viajaban a bordo de un autobús de la línea Transpaís que tenia como destino esta ciudad fronteriza.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Authorities are keeping total secrecy around the kidnapping of six men between the ages of 17 and 25 who were traveling on a passenger bus from the Transpais line en route to this border city.

SAN FERNANDO, Tamaulipas — Este mes se cumplieron siete años de que sicarios masacraron a 72 migrantes en un rancho de esta zona rural y es fecha en que las familias de las víctimas continúan sin consuelo y sin poder perdonar el atroz crimen que el cartel de Los Zetas cometió. El intento por recordar la masacre se llevó acabo en un momento en que el resto del mundo parece haber olvidado dicha atrocidad.

SAN FERNANDO, Tamaulipas — Seven years have passed since cartel gunmen murdered 72 migrants at a ranch in this rural community. To date, the victim’s families are not able to overcome nor forgive the horrors carried out by Los Zetas. The attempt to honor the victims comes at a time when the rest of the world appears to have forgotten the atrocities.

RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas — Cartel gunmen trying to target a local public official brazenly roamed the streets of this border city firing weapons outside of the mayor’s office.

RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas — An SUV with cartel gunmen fleeing from authorities crashed into this border city’s mayor’s office, setting off a short battle that caught bystanders by surprise.

Once calm beach resort areas like Cancun and Playa Del Carmen are becoming prized territories for drug cartels, according to recent narco banners hung in the cities.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — State authorities arrested two former police officers suspected of pushing drugs and carrying out other duties for the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas.

RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas — Mexican military forces fought off a cartel attack in this border city. The incident led to hundreds of rounds exchanged between soldiers and gunmen.

The U.S. State Department is warning tourists about cartel violence spreading to the once calm beach resorts of Mexico. Famed cities like Cancun, Los Cabos, Cozumel, and others are now being fought over by gunmen.

Authorities confirmed the murder of yet another Mexican journalist, marking 10 unsolved cases by suspected cartel gunmen in six months.

MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Los mensajes de exterminio entre grupos rivales de Los Zetas siguen apareciendo en la zona metropolitana de este estado fronterizo, tras una ola de ejecuciones que marcan otro año violento en ese estado.