Las autoridades en el punto turístico de Cancún están trabajando para identificar varios cuerpos que encontraron en dos fosas clandestinas en Cancún. El descubrimiento llega en un momento en que Cancún y otros puntos clave del Caribe mexicano están experimentando un aumento dramático en la narco-violencia.
Mexican authorities in the tourist hotspot of Cancun are working to identify several bodies they found in two clandestine gravesites. The discovery comes at a time when Cancun and other nearby beachfront hotspots are seeing a dramatic rise in cartel violence.
A group of cartel gunmen tried to hang a man from a highway overpass in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon. The attempt failed and the cartel members left the tied-up body at the scene. The hanging of bodies is a common tactic used by drug cartels in order to inspire fear in their rivals.
An ultra-violent drug cartel with a history of using explosives and killing random innocent victims issued a threat to attack any business that provides services to its rivals. The threats in the state of Guanajuato came after cartel gunmen stormed a strip club killing eight people inside and two others outside.
Un cártel ultraviolento con un historial de uso de explosivos y de matar a víctimas inocentes en ataques masivos lanzó una nueva amenaza afirmando que atacarán cualquier negocio que preste servicios a sus rivales en el estado de Guanajuato. Las amenazas se produjeron después de que un grupo de sicarios irrumpieron en un club de caballeros y mataron a 8 víctimas adentro y otras dos afuera.
One of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels is attempting to impose a curfew on the border city of Tijuana. The move comes as Tijuana continues to experience a spike in violence as various drug cartels fight for control of lucrative smuggling routes into California.
An ongoing investigation into a mass shooting at a local bar in central Mexico led authorities to a clandestine mass grave where authorities found more than 50 bags of human remains.
Una investigación sobre un tiroteo masivo en un bar local en Guanajuato ayudó a las autoridades a llegar a una fosa común clandestina donde encontraron más de 50 bolsas llenas de restos humanos.
A dog in Mexico became a viral sensation after having been recorded walking away from a crime scene with a severed human head. Cartel gunmen left their victim’s head next to a poster board containing threats — a scene that has become all too common in several parts of Mexico.
The recent murder of a groom leaving his wedding illustrates the brutality that has taken over the Mexican border state of Sonora, just south of Arizona. The state ranks fifth in Mexico for murders due primarily to a fierce cartel turf war where rival factions fight for control of fentanyl smuggling routes into Arizona.
El reciente asesinato de un novio cuando salía de su boda pinta un cuadro de la brutalidad que se ha apoderado del estado fronterizo mexicano de Sonora, justo al sur de Arizona. El estado ocupa el quinto lugar en la nación por asesinatos debido principalmente a una feroz guerra territorial de cárteles por el control de las rutas de contrabando de fentanilo hacia Arizona.
A raging cartel turf war spread terror throughout the Mexican state of Zacatecas. Rival criminal organizations form various alliances, often turning on each other while fighting for control of lucrative routes to border states to the north.
Cartel gunmen kidnapped a Mexican border-state mayor and his staff as they traveled through the border state of Tamaulipas. After a large-scale manhunt and government pressure, the gunmen released the politician from Coahuila and his staff.
Pistoleros de Los Zetas secuestraron al alcalde del estado fronterizo de Coahuila y su personal mientras viajaban por el estado fronterizo de Tamaulipas. Después de una operación a gran escala y la presión del gobierno, los sicarios liberaron al político y su personal.
Funcionarios del Instituto Nacional de Migración de México están tratando de encubrir otra fuga en uno de sus centros de detención. Al igual que en una fuga anterior, los agentes asignados a un centro de videovigilancia nacional con la más alta tecnología no se dieron cuenta de la fuga y no alertaron a sus compañeros.
Cartel gunmen captured, murdered, and dismembered one of their rivals and left his remains inside an ice chest next to a posterboard supporting the Mexican military. The gruesome crime scene occurred in Tamaulipas, just a short distance from the Texas-Mexico border.
Sicarios del Cártel del Golfo capturaron, asesinaron y desmembraron a uno de sus rivales para luego dejar sus restos dentro de una hielera, junto a un mensaje apoyando al Ejército Mexicano. La curenta escena del crimen está a poca distancia de la frontera entre Texas y México.
Executions, shootings, and even suicides are now part of a wave of mysterious deaths of Mexican government energy workers. Cartel gunmen appear to be involved in the deaths, Mexican officials confirm.
A nephew of the infamous drug kingpin known as El Chapo died from gunshot wounds sustained while celebrating Mexico’s Independence in the border state of Chihuahua. The shooting happened during a fight as he celebrated with a group of people.
Two Mexican border state police officers received a 50-year prison sentence for killing an innocent motorist near the border with Texas.
A Texas border judge appears to have set a $5,000 bond on a woman from Mexico who is facing money laundering charges. Authorities stopped the woman from trying to cross to Mexico with $250,000 and two handguns.
Three drug cartels are reported to be the main instigators of violence in the border state of Baja California, Mexico, and California according to a list of 115 alleged cartel members recently unveiled by Mexico’s military.
The U.S. Consulate in Tijuana issued a shelter in place alert after cartel members torched numerous vehicles and cars in five of the main cities in the border state of Baja California. The attacks are tied to an apparent demand by one of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels to release some jailed members.
A clash between cartel gunmen led to the discovery of at least six bodies and two severed heads along a highway north of the tourist hotspot of Acapulco.
Abe Hamadeh, a Republican candidate for Attorney General in Arizona, spoke with Breitbart News about his plan to declare Mexican drug cartels “terrorist organizations” if elected.
A group of burglars in a Mexican border state tried to kill a woman using firebombs as payback for her reporting the crime to the police and for having identified them on social media. After the attack, authorities released one of the burglars they had taken into custody.
Un grupo de ladrones en un estado fronterizo de México intentó matar a una mujer usando una bomba incendiaria como venganza por haber denunciado el crimen a la policía y por haberlos identificado en las redes sociales. Poco después del incidente, las autoridades soltaron a uno de los sospechosos que habían detenido.
Authorities in the Mexican beach hotspot of Cancun will investigate social media posts that spread false information about violence in the region that scares away tourists.
One of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels posted a social media video where they asked other cartels in the country to keep the violence amongst themselves and to avoid hurting innocents, especially priests and pastors. The video comes just two weeks after a cell of the Sinaloa Cartel murdered two Catholic priests inside a church sparking international outrage.
Federal authorities arrested a cartel member who was at one point wanted in connection to the murder of a Mexican politician. While the suspect’s involvement has since been ruled out, the man is linked to at least another murder in Mexico and has previously been deported from the U.S.
The arrest of a top aide to a politically connected fuel-theft mogul who was killed last year sparked a new wave of controversy in northern Mexico as the region prepares for this summer’s gubernatorial elections.
A group of gunmen fired into two separate bars in Cancun killing two people and injuring nine others. The shooting attack comes as the region is experiencing a wave of violence linked to a cartel turf war leaving tourists caught in the middle.
Video from the Texas Department of Public Safety shows what appears to be a Gulf Cartel gunman pointing an AK-47 rifle at a helicopter aircrew as they patrolled the border in Starr County. The gunman eventually flees and Mexican law enforcement responds to the area.
Mexican authorities arrested an elusive top leader within Mexico’s Gulf Cartel. The feared drug lord has been arrested two times in the past only to be released by federal judges. It is the second successful high-value target operation this week.
FBI agents teamed up with U.S. Border Patrol agents and Mexican military officials to rescue a U.S. citizen being held by kidnappers in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. Nuevo Laredo is the headquarters for Los Zetas Cartel, also known as CDN. The rescue effort led to the recovery of 14 others being held against their will by the cartel.
The U.S. government stopped imports of Mexican avocado after cartels threatened an American inspector working in that country.
A group of gunmen left a total of 16 bodies in two separate towns in a central Mexican state. Some bodies were hung and some were wrapped in blankets and dumped, the gory discovery is the latest in a long line of executions and mass killings that have plagued the region as two drug cartels fight for control.
Mexican authorities have found a new killing field in the border state of Tamaulipas being used by cartel gunmen to incinerate their victims. The discovery comes at a time when the federal government has been unable to stop the country’s raging cartel violence and forced disappearances.
A federal court in El Paso convicted two Mexican gunmen for shooting a group of U.S. Consulate workers in Ciudad Juarez in 2010. The gunmen are part of the Barrio Azteca gang which, at the time, was working with the Juarez Cartel to fight against the Sinaloa Cartel for control of the lucrative border city.
A group of Gulf Cartel gunmen and police forces clashed in the streets of the capital of the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas causing panic among locals. A gunman carjacked a local woman while trying to flee and gunfire struck an innocent bystander during the clash.
