Activists found the bodies of 27 cartel victims buried in 16 clandestine graves in the Mexican border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. The discovery of the cartel gravesites comes as government officials in Tamaulipas continue making numerous claims about how they have improved the safety in the region.
A group of Gulf Cartel gunmen took two women hostage during a standoff with police in the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. The standoff came as the gunmen tried to escape from authorities after ambushing a group of police officers.
A group of Gulf Cartel gunmen ambushed a group of police officers in a coordinated attack that killed two officers and injured two others. The fatal attack is just another example of shootouts that plague the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas despite attempts by government officials to conceal the severity of the violence.
A fatal shooting inside a mall last week in the Mexican state of Michoacán was a cartel hit as rival criminal organizations continue to fight for control, law enforcement sources revealed to Breitbart Texas.
Un tiroteo fatal dentro de un centro comercial en el estado mexicano de Michoacán fue un golpe de un cártel mientras las organizaciones criminales rivales continúan peleando por el control, revelaron fuentes policiales a Breitbart Texas.
A group of gunmen shot and killed a Mexican journalist in the tourist hotspot of Acapulco, Guerrero. This is the second killing of its kind in Mexico in a span of a week. Additionally, two other journalists were kidnapped but have since been released.
A shootout inside a shopping mall in western Mexico caused widespread panic as shoppers sought cover or tried to run away. The shootout comes as state and federal authorities fail to address widespread cartel violence in the state of Michoacan and suspicions cloud its governor who is related to various cartel leaders.
A group of cartel gunmen left a five-month-old boy inside a church after they tortured and killed his parents in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon. The killing of the parents and four others is attributed to the hyperviolent Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets to block highways and riot against authorities to pressure Mexico’s government into releasing two cartel lieutenants. The government arrested the cartel leaders earlier this month. Unconfirmed information points to the protesters kidnapping 13 federal employees to pressure the government.
Mexican military forces killed nine Gulf Cartel gunmen during a series of confrontations in the northern part of the border state of Tamaulipas.
Las fuerzas militares mexicanas mataron a nueve sicarios del Cártel del Golfo durante una serie de enfrentamientos en la parte norte del estado de Tamaulipas.
Authorities in Mexico confirmed the apparent kidnapping of three journalists in the state of Nayarit. Police found one of the victims murdered over the weekend. While the cases appear unrelated, the common denominator is the victims are all journalists, authorities revealed.
A group of suspected cartel gunmen left a dismembered body hanging from a pedestrian overpass in central Mexico as criminal organizations announce a new fight over the street-level drug market. During the day, authorities found three more similar crime scenes where gunmen left body parts next to threats.
A long-time Gulf Cartel figure with a large following throughout the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas has resurfaced and sided with one of the two factions engaged in a fierce turf war. The secretive figure called out the influence of Cartel Jalisco New Generation in the region and called for a unified front against them.
A new paramilitary group surfaced in southern Mexico, claiming to have taken up arms to defend against a cartel-connected paramilitary group. The rise of paramilitary groups comes at a time when Mexico’s government has been unable to contain the rapid spread of cartel violence plaguing the country. Criminal organizations openly challenge and force police and military forces into submission.
A group of Gulf Cartel gunmen attacked the number two state official in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas as he traveled along a highway that leads to the border city of Reynosa.
A narco-terrorist organization, the Gulf Cartel, kidnapped three innocent laborers after mistaking them for rivals. The case turned fatal when one of the kidnapping victims died in a car crash along with two cartel gunmen who were moving him.
La organización narcoterrorista conocida como Cartel del Golfo secuestró a tres trabajadores inocentes después de confundirlos con rivales. El caso se volvió fatal cuando una de las víctimas del secuestro murió en un accidente automovilístico junto con dos sicarios mientras los llevaban a otra parte.
A large group of cartel gunmen stopped a bus filled with police officers and administrators in southern Mexico. The gunmen loaded them into a cargo truck and escaped with complete impunity.
Officials in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas used their official social media accounts to discredit recent news articles about cartel shootouts. At the same time, these officials made false or misleading claims about the circumstances surrounding the shooting events.
Two drug cartels with a long history of animosity appear to have set their differences aside in an attempt to gang up on a rival organization. The new alliance led to the continued fierce turf war over control of lucrative drug and human trafficking routes into Texas.
Authorities in Mexico are searching for a teenager from Texas who went missing while visiting relatives in the border state of Tamaulipas. The disappearance comes at a time when Tamaulipas has become one of the most violent states in Mexico due to raging cartel violence and the perceived failure of state and federal officials to address it.
The mayor of the Mexican border city of Tijuana announced she would be moving onto a Mexican Army base in her city after receiving numerous cartel threats. The announcement comes on the same day that cartel gunmen left seven bodies inside a vehicle in that city.
A mass kidnapping in Mexico that led to the murder of a U.S. citizen from Arizona is believed to be linked to a cartel fraud operation based out of a call center in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
A group of gunmen in Mexico overpowered two state police officers, threatened them, and then repeatedly beat them with a wooden paddle with complete impunity. State officials attempted to deny the incident.
Government officials announced the investigation into the alleged extra-judicial killing of five cartel gunmen at the hands of a group of Mexican soldiers. The killings allegedly took place in the border city of Nuevo Laredo.
Authorities in Mexico arrested a top cartel lieutenant whose gunmen have reportedly been waging a fierce turf war to control lucrative port cities. The turf war led to a rash of forced disappearances and mass killings in the western part of Mexico.
Authorities in Mexico discovered dozens of bags filled with human remains in various locations while searching for seven workers from a call center that went missing in the state of Jalisco. One of the seven missing workers is a U.S. citizen from Arizona.
Department of Public Safety troopers working the border region near Fronton, Texas, encountered a group of armed migrants. The troopers seized two tactical rifles found in the possession of the migrants.
A group of cartel gunmen left three severed human heads and a narco-banner next to a military base in Cancun. The gruesome crime scene comes as rival cartels fight for control of the lucrative local drug distribution, trafficking, and money laundering businesses in the region.
Ten cartel gunmen died, and four police officers sustained various injuries during a shootout in Mexico on a highway that connects the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, with the Monterrey, Nuevo León, metropolitan area. Nuevo Laredo is tightly controlled by the Cartel del Noreste faction of Los Zetas — one of the most ruthless criminal organizations in Mexico which is responsible for thousands of kidnappings, murders, and forced disappearances.
A cartel turf war in southern Mexico forced thousands of villagers to flee their homes as rival criminal organizations fight for control of the border with Guatemala. The cartels force young men to join their ranks. Activists claim as many as 60 were killed in days and explosives are used in the once peaceful state of Chiapas.
Authorities are searching for four men and a woman who went missing on their way to work this week in the Mexican state of Jalisco. One of the missing individuals is a U.S. citizen who was born in Arizona.
El reciente secuestro de dos adolescentes en el estado fronterizo de Tamaulipas ha revelado el uso de vehículos y uniformes policiales clonados por sicarios del Cartel del Golfo para llevar a cabo secuestros y otras operaciones. Los hombres armados se han hecho pasar por miembros de la Guardia Nacional de México.
A fierce turf war between rival factions of the Gulf Cartel turned one of the main cities in Tamaulipas into a war zone. Convoys of gunmen in armored vehicles clashed while Mexican authorities continue their claim that the state is safe and that violence in a myth spread through social media.
Una fuerte lucha territorial entre facciones rivales del Cártel del Golfo ha convertido a una de las principales ciudades de Tamaulipas en una zona de guerra, donde se han enfrentado convoyes de sicarios en vehículos blindados mientras las autoridades mexicanas continúan afirmando que el estado es seguro y que la violencia en un mito difundido a través de las redes sociales.
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador visited the border cities of Matamoros and Reynosa, Tamaulipas, to inspect the progress in a series of changes to the customs offices. However, during those visits, the president refused to address the growing cartel violence in the state. He instead claimed he had faith in the current governor.
Una de las organizaciones criminales más violentas de México entregó pequeños electrodomésticos a decenas de mujeres en barrios populares de varias ciudades como una forma de ganarse el apoyo público.
Cartel gunmen and Mexican Army soldiers clashed right at the Texas border in a fierce shootout where three gunmen died. The gunfight spread terror among motorists trying to cross one of the area’s international ports of entry. The shootout is one of several clashes that have taken place in that location as rival factions of the Gulf Cartel fight for control of the region, while government officials in Mexico try to minimize the situation and claim all is safe.
Mexican authorities remain tight-lipped about a weekend raid in the border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, targeting the son of a top regional Gulf Cartel boss. The quietness behind the raid led locals to speculate if the move could be an attempt to negotiate a deal in order to stop the recent turf war between rival factions of the Gulf Cartel plaguing the border region.
