The recent killing of two border state police officers is directly linked to an attempt to murder a corrupt law enforcement official who has been working for a rival cartel. Cartel gunmen previously called out that official on cartel banners, Breitbart Texas reported at the time.
A large-scale raid by Mexican authorities prompted U.S. consular officials to issue a shelter-in-place notice warning the public of possible blockades and shootouts in the border city of Nuevo Laredo. The capture was touted by Mexican authorities as a heavy blow to the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas which has a long history of operating with complete impunity and with the protection of corrupt government officials.
Mexican troops rescued a Texas woman after cartel gunmen had kidnapped her during a cross-country drive toward Belize. The kidnapping comes as the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas continues to be one of the most dangerous places in Mexico.
Authorities in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas downplaying the discovery of two explosive devices outside of a social club across the street from the governor’s office. The incident comes as government officials continue to allow drug cartels to operate with relative impunity throughout the state.
Politicians in the border state of Tamaulipas continue turning a blind eye to the raging cartel violence that has been plaguing that state. With complete impunity, drug cartels have been waging fierce turf wars where they have been deploying armored vehicles for regular large-scale shootouts.
A lifelong rancher in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas fought off a group of cartel gunmen who tried to kidnap him from his home. The case highlights criminal organizations’ control in Mexico due to the complicity of government officials.
Cartel gunmen in the border state of Tamaulipas continue to attack tractor-trailers carrying diesel and other fuel products with complete impunity. At the same time, government officials deny the raging cartel violence in the region.
A group of cartel gunmen killed three Mexican army soldiers during an ambush-style attack. The attack comes just days after gunmen from that same criminal organization pressured Mexico’s government into releasing the son of one of their regional leaders.
One of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels forced Mexico’s government into releasing the son of one of its regional bosses. Cartel gunmen torched vehicles, set up blockades, and even clashed with authorities as they applied pressure to authorities.
Mexican Army soldiers arrested a group of cartel gunmen who crashed into their convoy a few miles south of the Texas border. After the crash, the soldiers found the bodies of four gunmen in the back of the vehicle that had been killed in an earlier shootout between rival cartels. It appears military forces did not play a role in the gunmen’s deaths.
Cartel gunmen used a ranch in northern Mexico as a killing field where they tortured, murdered, and incinerated a large number of victims with complete impunity. The discovery comes as corrupt government officials at the state and federal level in Mexico refuse to target drug cartels and criminal organizations. At the same time, government officials claim security conditions are improving under their regime.
Mexican authorities have abandoned the residents of two towns in the central part of the border state of Tamaulipas despite terrorist attacks by the Gulf Cartel. Gunmen continued to set fire to buildings, abducted innocent victims, and shot up homes.
Gulf Cartel gunmen have been buying thousands of rounds of ammunition in South Texas and smuggling it into Mexico. The bulk purchases of ammunition come as the Gulf Cartel has been waging a fierce turf war between two of its rival factions.
Government officials in the Mexican border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, remain silent as the Gulf Cartel continues to terrorize locals and carry out violent crimes with complete impunity. The criminal organization effectively silenced local news outlets into not reporting any crime connected to them.
The governor of the State of Mexico became the latest target of cartel threats in makeshift banners just weeks after assuming office. The threats come as cartel violence and influence continue to spread to once-peaceful areas of Mexico while politicians push empty claims that the country is safer.
Mexican authorities in the cartel-controlled state of Zacatecas are trying to downplay the abduction of a Colombian family who are believed to have been taken by gunmen. Through the use of semantics and word games, government officials are hiding the raging cartel violence in Zacatecas.
Authorities in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez are claiming that various drug gangs in the city planned a Halloween day killing spree to get the city’s murders to more than 100 for the month of October.
Mexico’s government remains impotent as the Gulf Cartel continues to spread terror through highways in the border state of Tamaulipas. Either for political beliefs or because of widespread corruption, local, state, and federal forces left residents to their fate as convoys of cartel gunmen freely roamed the state highways, clashing with rivals. In addition to the fighting, gunmen have also been carrying out carjackings, kidnappings, and other crimes targeting innocent civilians.
A group of Mexican cartel gunmen killed 13 police officers and injured two others in a series of attacks in the popular coastal state of Guerrero. The crime scene is not far from the tourist hotspots of Acapulco and Zihuatanejo.
A group of cartel gunmen killed the police chief of Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon, who had just begun his second day on the job in a Mexican border state that continues to experience a dramatic spike in drug shootouts and killings.
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador claimed that his government has been protecting truckers for a long time in the border state of Tamaulipas and that they are safe. The comment comes just days after the Gulf Cartel carjacked more than 15 tractor-trailers and forced the drivers to dump the fuel they were carrying for not having paid protection.
Cartel terrorists used an oven in the Mexican state of Jalisco to incinerate an unknown number of victims. A group of mothers searching for their missing children found the still-smoking oven. The mothers tried to get government officials to help locate victims, identify them, and bring closure to thousands of grieving families in Mexico.
Gulf Cartel gunmen carjacked over a dozen tractor-trailers and forced their drivers to dump thousands of gallons of fuel. The gunmen attacked the truck over non-payment of protection fees to the criminal organization.
A Texas Department of Public Safety drone captured video of a major gun battle in Mexico between warring cartels.
Authorities killed a cartel gunman and arrested a second following a chase and shootout in the border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas. The shootout comes as government officials continue to claim that Tamaulipas is a safe state. The U.S. Department of State labeled the region in the same category as countries with active warzones.
Authorities in Mexico found an advanced cartel communications and surveillance center in the state of Jalisco. The discovery comes at a time when Cartel Jalisco New Generation has been carrying out terrorist attacks on military and law enforcement, as well as been linked to several mass abductions in the region.
Groups of cartel gunmen set up blockades while simultaneously fighting authorities in various parts of the border state of Nuevo Leon. The gunmen caused chaos along a series of important highways. The generalized violence comes just days after gunmen dumped 12 dismembered bodies in that state with banners threatening rival cartels.
A migrant suspected of being a Mexican cartel informant brutally assaulted and bit a Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agent after crossing the border from Mexico. A photo shows the word rata (rat) branded on his forehead. Former Republican
Three Mexican municipal police officers are behind bars as part of an investigation into the abduction of three people who went missing after a traffic stop. The incident took place in the western state of Michoacan.
Six Gulf Cartel gunmen died during a shootout with police forces in the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. The shootout comes as the Mexican border state continues to be ground zero for a fierce turf war between rival factions of the Gulf Cartel.
A group of cartel gunmen attacked a search party of women who were looking for clandestine gravesites throughout Mexico in an attempt to find their loved ones. The women survived the ordeal when a police escort fought off the attack.
A group of cartel gunmen attacked a group of close to 20 tourists who had just crossed into Mexico on their from Texas. Mexican authorities rushed seven injured tourists to a U.S. port of entry, where medical personnel tended to them and took them to local hospitals. Cartel gunmen used an armored vehicle to ram the cars being used by the tourists and began shooting at them.
A special forces squad from Mexico’s Navy (SEMAR) arrested one of the Gulf Cartel’s top enforcers in the border city of Reynosa. The arrest comes as the Gulf Cartel has been going through a fierce turf war between rival factions, bringing almost daily shootouts to various border cities.
Las autoridades mexicanas mataron a cuatro pistoleros del Cártel Del Golfo durante un tiroteo esta semana en la ciudad fronteriza de Matamoros. El tiroteo se produce en un momento en que el Cartel del Golfo han estado llevando a cabo varios secuestros en la región.
Mexican authorities killed four cartel gunmen during a shootout in the border city of Matamoros on Monday. The shootout comes as Gulf Cartel gunmen have been carrying out several kidnappings in the region. The shootout took place on Monday morning
Authorities in Mexico found at least 11 bodies in a mass grave in the border state of Chihuahua. The bodies are believed to be part of a group of migrants that were attacked and killed by cartel gunmen in 2021.
Mexican authorities are investigating a cross-border shooting where a member of the Texas National Guard shot from El Paso at a man in Ciudad Juarez.
A Texas National Guard soldier shot and wounded a suspected cartel operative in Mexico while witnessing a violent assault on a group of migrants preparing to cross the border into the United States, according to sources within the Texas government. The Guardsman reportedly observed the man armed with a pistol and a machete beating a migrant on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande near El Paso.
Authorities and human rights activists found another cartel-connected killing field located just south of the Texas-Mexico border. Cartel gunmen are believed to have incinerated an unknown number of victims. The discovery of the killing field and several clandestine mass graves come at a time when Tamaulipas government officials publicly claim that crime is down under their watch.
Cartel gunmen hung three bodies from a highway overpass in a Mexican state that borders Texas. The gory crime comes at a time when the state of Nuevo Leon is experiencing an unending rise in cartel violence.
