After almost three years, three cartel members will be going to trial this month on stalking and conspiracy to commit murder for hire charges in connection with a Mexican cartel assassination in the Dallas Suburb of Southlake.
Las ejecuciones, mensajes de amenazas y terror continúan sucediendo a diario en esta ciudad, mientras dos facciones rivales del cártel de Los Zetas; Cártel Del Noreste y Grupo Bravo luchan por el control. A pesar de las muchas seguridades dadas por el gobierno de Tamaulipas, la sangre sigue corriendo por las calles con siete ejecuciones en tres días, la semana pasada.
Blood continues to run down the streets from the Los Zetas civil war with seven executions in four days just last week despite the many assurances given by the Tamaulipas government. Executions, threatening messages and terror continue to be daily occurrences in this city as two rival factions of the Los Zetas cartel, Cartel Del Noreste (CDN) and Grupo Bravo fight for control.
Mexican Federal Police helicopters, soldiers, federal agents and state police officers all took part in a large scale gun battle just south of this border city that killed 8 cartel gunmen.
A Texas warehouse manager for a local company had been using his position to secretly allow members of the Los Zetas drug cartel to move and hide ton quantities of drugs from this border city into Dallas, Texas.
A federal judge in Texas has unsealed a multi-count indictment charging a Mexican businessman with being a large-scale drug lord. The businessman is linked to the criminal case in Spain against former Mexican border state Governor Humberto Moreira.
The most recent bouts of violence have resulted in four separate gun battles that killed four gunmen and one police officer. The raging civil war continues despite the constant assurances by Mexican government officials about the improving security conditions along the Tamaulipas border.
Mientras que la organización criminal conocida como Los Zetas continúa experimentando una feroz guerra civil entre dos de sus facciones, los grupos criminales ahora la han llevado a las redes sociales como una forma de causar terror y amenazar a sus rivales. En realidad lo que las dos facciones han hecho es revelar las figuras clave de las dos facciones rivales.
As the criminal organization known as Los Zetas continues to undergo a fierce civil war between two of its factions, the criminal groups have now taken to social media as a way to cause terror and threaten their rivals. This has resulted in the revelation of the key figures of the two rival factions.
Authorities in this border city continue to investigate the shooting death of a street level cartel drug dealer who tried to leave a life of crime. The victim was shot in the face.
Autoridades de esta ciudad fronteriza continúan investigando la muerte a tiros de un traficante callejero de drogas que intentó dejar la vida del crimen. La víctima recibió un disparo en la cara.
Una vez más la lucha por el control de esta ciudad fronteriza ha resultado en un feroz choque que ha dado muerte a la figura líder del Cártel del Golfo en esta ciudad fronteriza, así como a otras figuras clave.
A woman and her teenage son have become the most recent victims to the raging civil war within the Los Zetas cartel that continues to take place in this city. The now regular executions and shootouts come as Tamaulipas officials praise their new security plans.
Once again, the fighting for control of this border city has resulted in a fierce power struggle that appears to have killed the leading figure of the Gulf Cartel in this border city as well as other key figures.
Una diputada federal de México por este estado fronterizo ha hecho un llamado al gobierno de Coahuila sobre la violencia fuera de control que reinaba en esa región, donde el cártel de Los Zetas podía trabajar con total impunidad.
Violence along the border cities of Tamaulipas continues to rage on. Over the weekend two additional firefights brought the death toll to 18 cartel gunmen being killed by military forces in eight days. One of the deceased gunmen was from Cuba while another was from Sinaloa.
Las dos víctimas más recientes de la ola de violencia que azota esta ciudad fronteriza, fueron torturados y degollados. Casi un día después, el gobierno de Tamaulipas aun no había emitido información alguna sobre el caso.
The two most recent victims of the raging wave of violence that continues to strike this city were tortured and had their throats slit. Almost a day after the murder, the Tamaulipas government had not issued a public statement about the murders.
Once again terror took hold of this border city as cartel gunmen and Mexican authorities engaged in fierce gun-battles during apparent attempts to capture the leadership of the Gulf Cartel.
A fugitive accused in a Texas home invasion shootout that left two men dead has been arrested in Mexico. The shootout began when the suspect and a group of gunmen allegedly stormed a rural home to steal a load of drugs.
A top ranking member of the Gulf Cartel who had been on the run since 2012 after skipping out in the middle of his drug conspiracy trial in this border city, has been arrested in the Mexican border city of Matamoros.
La ola de violencia entre miembros del crimen organizado y elementos federales no toman tregua en Tamaulipas, luego que Matamoros se suma a las jornadas de terror que vive la población ante la falta de seguridad.
The wave of violence between cartel members and Mexican authorities appears to have no end in this border state where the city of Matamoros has been added to the days of terror lived by residents amid a lack of security conditions.
Dos facciones del Cártel de Los Zetas continúan peleando por el control de esta ciudad dejando más ejecuciones, balaceras y la colocación de mantas buscando incitar el miedo. Las mantas más recientes ofrecen recompensas en efectivo por las cabezas de sus rivales.
Mexican politicians continue to claim that security conditions in this border state are improving and that the almost daily shootouts, kidnappings, murders and other violent crimes are “isolated incidents.”
The man described as the number two leader within the Gulf Cartel in the Mexican border city of Reynosa is now behind bars after Mexican authorities caught him at a race-track in Mexico City.
This border city was the scene of a fierce daytime gun battle that caused panic among the citizens and resulted in the death of one gunman from the Los Zetas drug cartel.
The residents of this border city had a rude awakening as cartel gunmen and authorities clashed in a fierce gun battles for more than three hours that left at least 10 dead. Rumors among residents point to the capture of a commander within the Gulf Cartel.
Dos guardaespaldas asignados a proteger a la alcaldesa de esta ciudad fronteriza fueron encarcelados por autoridades federales en relación con cargos de armas.
Two bodyguards tasked with protecting the mayor of this extremely dangerous Mexican border town have been jailed by federal authorities in connection with weapons charges.
Mexico’s top cop claims that crime has been decreasing in his country even though the cartel violence continues to spiral out of control in that country.
Las autoridades de esta ciudad fronteriza encontraron los cuerpos de dos miembros de una unidad élite de la policía, junto con el cuerpo de una mujer en el garaje de un hotel local. Autoridades sospechan que la evidencia pudo haber sido manipulada en el caso.
Hombres armados presuntamente del cártel de Los Zetas ejecutaron a tres hombres que fueron acusados de ser informantes de la unidad policiaca que combate al cártel conocida como Los GATES. El asesinato parece seguir un patrón que indica que Los Zetas van tras personas que creen que han cooperado con las autoridades.
Breitbart Texas traveled to the Mexican States of Tamaulipas and Coahuila to recruit citizen journalists willing to risk their lives and expose the cartels silencing their communities. The writers would face certain death at the hands of the various cartels
Las autoridades mexicanas han sido incapaces de detener la violencia de los cárteles en esta ciudad debido a que dos facciones rivales del Cártel de Los Zetas siguen luchando por el control de la plaza.
A convoy of cartel gunmen hijacked a passenger bus full of travelers, stealing 24 illegal aliens who were headed to the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo. The human cargo was ultimately heading to be illegally smuggled into Texas.
As executions continue, Mexican authorities have been unable to stop the raging drug cartel violence that has descended on this city as two rival factions from Los Zetas drug cartel continue to engage in a civil war to fight for control of this rich smuggling area.
The bloody civil war that has taken hold of the Mexican city of Ciudad Victoria has begun to spillover to other cities in Tamaulipas and the neighboring state of Nuevo Leon. The war expanded while two rival factions of the Los Zetas drug cartel continue to fight for control of trafficking territories. Local news outlets have largely ignored most of the violence in Tamaulipas.
Mexican authorities have confirmed a weekend shootout just south of the Texas border involving a convoy of gunmen and Tamaulipas police officers.
One of the most active police tactical teams in this border region recently finished upgrading their equipment with new body armor, helmets, night vision gear and weapons.
