Cartel gunmen severed the heads of two men, one who is believed to be a police officer from this border state. A cartel message accused the police officer of having taken sides in the raging war between two rival factions of the Los Zetas drug cartel.
Severed heads and threatening banners have become a common sight in this city as two rival factions of the Los Zetas drug cartel continue their brutal war for control. The complete impunity that the cartel members have been able to operate with has spread terror among regular citizens who are continually finding severed heads and dismembered bodies in public places.
Cartel gunmen left behind five dismembered bodies along with a threatening message in the most recent wave of gruesome killings that has shaken up the Mexican coastal state of Veracruz.
Two members of a dangerous Puerto Rican gang that operates in a manner similar to a drug cartel have been arrested near the Texas border. Federal authorities recently arrested Carlos E. “El Negro” Carrion Nieves and Orlando “Elvin” Martinez Nunez near this border city.
An Arizona border sheriff is warning his residents to take extra precautions in the coming days after intelligence reports point to Mexican cartel gunmen crossing into the United States to hunt down their rivals. Known as sicarios, the dangerous professional cartel assassins have previously crossed into the U.S. and are expected to cross to hunt down rival “rip crews” or groups who steal drugs from the cartels.
Military authorities are looking to increase the participation of border residents in providing anonymous tips targeting organized crime. The fear of reprisal by criminals and the decrease of trust due to the rampant corruption throughout the country presents a large obstacle for authorities.
Autoridades militares buscan que los ciudadanos en esta ciudad fronteriza participen más en establecer denuncias anónimas en contra del crimen organizado. El miedo a represalias de parte de los criminales y la desconfianza ante la corrupción que existe en el país presenta un gran obstáculo a el tema.
Acapulco was once a bustling tourist region in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The beach-resort city has now become a heavily contested drug territory where executions have become commonplace. Large scale gun battles continue to bring the city to a halt.
The recent kidnapping and torture of three Mexican Marines and the murder of a fourth one have created much tension in this city where the troops claim they have their hands tied.
La violencia traída a esta ciudad por dos facciones rivales del cártel de Los Zetas fue finalmente reportada por varias agencias de noticias del estado después que un grupo de hombres armados mató a un dirigente sindical.
La violencia de los cárteles sigue desatando terror en esta ciudad debido a que dos facciones rivales del cártel de Los Zetas luchan por el control territorial. La violencia continúa tomando a los ciudadanos como rehenes mientras que sicarios llevan a cabo secuestros, ejecuciones y otros actos de violencia en lugares públicos y a plena luz del día.
The violence brought to this city by two rival factions of the Los Zetas cartel was finally a reported by multiple news outlets throughout the state after a team of gunmen killed a popular union leader.
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.
A self-confessed Los Zetas cartel member is now in federal custody after authorities caught him entering the country illegally. The arrest took place Saturday on at 8:20 a.m. near the border city of Roma.
La violencia y ejecuciones del cártel se han convertido en algo común en esta ciudad, debido a que dos facciones rivales del cártel de Los Zetas continúan peleando por el control.
The Mexican government and local media remain silent while cartel violence and executions have become a common occurrence in this city as two rival factions of the Los Zetas cartel continue to fight for control.
The murder of yet another journalist in Mexico continues to make that country one of the deadliest places for the reporters. Unlike other countries, in Mexico, journalists are often targeted not only by criminal organizations, but also by corrupt government officials.
Two Mexican citizens have been convicted of having taken part in a cartel execution in a Dallas suburb earning them an automatic life sentence in federal prison. A third man connected to the execution had previously pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing.
Cartel gunmen murdered one Mexican Marine and kidnapped three others. The three members of a special intelligence unit were tortured for hours by members of the Gulf Cartel until their release this weekend. The case has been suppressed by the Mexican Navy and ignored by local news outlets.
Autoridades Mexicanas se rindieron ante medidas populistas y liberaron a uno de los lideres de un grupo del crimen organizado después de que cientos de manifestantes y pistoleros rodearan su cuartel. El Procurador de Justicia de Tamaulipas luego mintio sobre el caso diciendo que nadie había sido arrestado.
Mexican Authorities gave in to populist measures and released one of the leaders of a cartel group after hundreds of protesters and gunmen surrounded their headquarters. The Tamaulipas Attorney General lied about the case claiming no one had been arrested.
Después de siete meses de brutal combate, poco ha cambiado en esta ciudad donde dos facciones rivales del cártel de Los Zetas continúan peleando por el control. El número de las brutales ejecuciones continúa incrementando mientras que los residentes viven en temor.
After seven months of brutal infighting, little has changed in this city as two rival factions of the Los Zetas cartel continue to fight for control. The number of brutal executions continues to rise while residents continue to live in fear.
Federal authorities have set their sights on the wife of a fugitive Mexican drug lord wanted for the kidnapping and murder of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent.
El tiroteo sucedió la mañana del pasado viernes, cuando de acuerdo con la información dada a conocer por el gobierno de Tamaulipas, un grupo de infantes de marina mexicano fue atacado por hombres armados del cártel. El ataque provocó un breve pero feroz tiroteo que terminó con la huída de los sicarios. De acuerdo con el gobierno de Tamaulipas, uno de los hombres armados identificados como Oscar Eduardo Ortega Rodríguez murió en el enfrentamiento. Sin embargo, residentes en esta ciudad fronteriza afirman que Ortega no era un hombre armado, sino en realidad una víctima inocente confundido con un hombre armado del cártel.
La falta de condiciones de seguridad a lo largo de las carreteras que llevan a esta ciudad fronteriza continúan siendo un área bajo el control de los miembros del cártel en donde logran atacar vehículos de la policía con total impunidad y logran escapes limpios.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — The lack of security conditions along the highways that lead to this border city continue to be an area under the control of cartel members where they are able to attack police vehicles with complete impunity and make clean getaways.
La alcaldesa de esta ciudad fronteriza ha señalado al crimen organizado de estar detrás de un cierre en el transporte público que ha dejado a los ciudadanos varados. Los cierres parecen estar vinculados a las organizaciones criminales que apoyan a ciertos candidatos, tratando de mantener a la gente fuera de los eventos de otros candidatos.
The mayor of this border city has called out organized crime as being behind a shut down in public transportation that has left citizens stranded. The shutdowns appear to be tied to the criminal organizations supporting certain candidates and trying to keep people out of the events of other candidates.
Varios miembros del ejército mexicano que habían estado operando en esta ciudad fronteriza han sido detenidos por la policía militar en un aparente enredo de corrupción.
Several members of the Mexican army who had been operating in this border city have been arrested by military police in an apparent corruption roundup.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — Two rival factions of the Los Zetas drug cartel that continue to fight over control of this city have been using social media as a way to further spread their messages of terror and intimidation as beheadings continue to be a common sight.
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.
Authorities in rural Ohio have not been able to provide answers as to what led to 8 family members being brutally executed by gunmen. The brazenness of the criminal act, the lack of answers, as well as the finding of a marijuana growing operation have led many to ask if the executions were carried out by a Mexican drug cartel over rivalries or debts.
Los cinco miembros confesos de la organización criminal temible conocida como el Cártel del Golfo que fueron detenidos la semana pasada cuando trataban de encontrar su camino hacia Texas recibieron un estirón de orejas después de que las autoridades federales sólo les impusieron cargos de inmigración. Los cargos mínimos fijados contra los miembros del cártel, que estaban huyendo de una muerte segura a manos de su propia organización criminal, significa que algunos serán liberados y posiblemente deportados entre 15 y 30 días, mientras que el quinto miembro será liberado y deportado en cuestión de meses.
The five self-confessed members of the Mexican Gulf Cartel who were arrested last week as they tried to raft their way into Texas received a slap on the wrist after U.S. federal authorities only charged them with common immigration charges. The minimal charges set against the cartel members, who had been fleeing a certain death at the hands of their own criminal organization, means that three cartel members will be released in 15 days, one will be released in 30 days while the fifth member will be released in a matter of months.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila – Autoridades mexicanas detuvieron a dos mujeres miembros del cártel de Los Zetas y a otro miembro más que han sido acusados de esperar un rescate de un grupo de cinco migrantes del estado mexicano de Guanajuato en esta ciudad fronteriza. Mientras que las víctimas de México habían planeado cruzar a Estados Unidos ilegalmente, no habían cometido un crimen al momento en que fueron secuestrados.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Residents in this border city have been under fire for at three days as military forces hunt for Gulf Cartel leader Comandante Toro. The most recent clash killed an innocent bystander who had been playing baseball at a local park when a gun battle suddenly began and a stray bullet hit him.
CIUDAD VICTORIA – Hombres armados arrojaron una granada cerca de un jardín de niños mientras los niños celebraban afuera un evento especial; el artefacto explosivo no detonó pero causó terror en esta ciudad que durante semanas ha estado sujeta a una interminable violencia.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Mexican authorities arrested two female members of the Los Zetas drug cartel and another male member who are accused of holding for ransom a group of five migrants from the Mexican state of Guanajuato in this border city. While the victims from Mexico had planned to cross into the U.S. illegally, they had not committed a crime at the time they were kidnapped.