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A U.S. citizen from Arizona was killed execution-style south of Nogales, a dangerous Mexican city on the border. The man’s body was discovered by officials on Monday.  Fox News Latino reported that the victim was 25-year-old Jorge Luis Soto. He was found in his

U.S. Border Patrol agents in Nogales, Arizona recently sealed a tunnel used by cartels to transport drugs and weapons from Mexico to the U.S. According to the Latin Post, it took six trucks full of cement to seal the  tunnel on

The gas and oil boom has allowed Texas to prosper, but Mexican drug smugglers may also be benefitting from the healthy industry.  A significant amount of gas and oil business is conducted on large, private ranches near the Texas-Mexican border. As

Two major U.S. banks are being looked into by U.S. regulators for suspected ties to Mexican cartels. The investigations signify a crackdown on money laundering in the U.S. According to an exclusive Reuters report, Charles Schwab Corp and Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch brokerage firm

Two vandalized billboards in El Paso, Texas, have left residents feeling uneasy. The “disturbing” displays may signify cartel threats.  According to local media outlet KHOU, one of the vandalized signs on highway I-10 says “Plata O Plato,”  which translates into “silver or

A pending proposal from President Obama to create a vast new wilderness area on the U.S.-Mexico border is drawing criticism from Republican lawmakers and local law enforcement officials who say it would significantly impede border security.  The Obama administration is

Acts of kidnapping, assault, and death threats are part of a federal indictment that could have Raul Ochoa-Perez, 42, facing the rest of his life in federal prison. Ochoa-Perez, a.k.a. “Coco,” allegedly fled to Mexico to avoid prosecution. He returned

Mexico’s Juvenile Integration Center facilities to treat youth drug addiction are witnessing skyrocketing patient numbers but only meager increases in funding. According to Mexican newspaper El Universal, there has been an 81% increase in patients between 2006 and 2013 but

Breitbart Texas reported this weekend that the Mexican government gave uniforms and assault rifles to hundreds of vigilantes in the country, creating the Rural Police Force. Authorities made the decision in response to the increasingly menacing drug cartels in the country. Recent

A marijuana dispensary in Denver, Colorado was raided by the Drug Enforcement Administration on May 7 due to its alleged ties with a Colombian drug cartel, according to the Washington Times. Four men, three of whom have been taken into federal

Uniforms and assault rifles were given to hundreds of vigilantes in Mexico, according to multiple reports. The armed civilians will be transformed into Mexico’s new rural police force. The Telegraph reported that Mexican authorities made the decision in response to the increasingly menacing drug

A 90-year-old World War II veteran has been sentenced to three years in prison for hauling over one ton of cocaine into Michigan for a Mexican drug cartel, according to news outlet KAKE.com. Although Leo Sharp was reportedly “really heartbroken”

Mexico is developing its own border patrol, as the country is increasingly burdened by illegal immigration from its southern border.  “Now that Mexico’s birth rate has stabilized, and it’s economy is improving, Mexico more and more finds itself victimized by

A man was arrested in Colombia for intercepting pivotal correspondence between the terror group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the Colombian government in an alleged attempt to sabotage peace talks and sell information on the black market. According to

 Alleged enforcers for a Mexican cartel were reportedly involved in the kidnapping and torture of U.S. teenagers over methamphetamine in St. Paul, Minnesota, according to the local St. Paul Pioneer Press. The U.S. Attorney’s office omitted Mexican cartel involvement in

Two admitted members of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABTX) recently pled guilty to racketeering charges related to their gang membership, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).  Specifically, Kelley Ray Elley of Austin and Jamie Grant Loveall,

While most Americans generally understand getting involved with Mexican drug cartels to be dangerous business south of the border, many may not be aware of the extent “spillover violence” spreads into the U.S. as well.   The following is an

Yasiel Puig’s harrowing journey from Cuba to the United States and eventually to Chavez Ravine will be turned into a blockbuster movie.  According to a report in the Hollywood Reporter, Brett Ratner acquired the rights to Jesse Katz’ Los Angeles

Yasiel Puig’s harrowing journey from Cuba to the United States and eventually to Chavez Ravine will be turned into a blockbuster movie.  According to a report in the Hollywood Reporter, Brett Ratner acquired the rights to Jesse Katz’ Los Angeles

SIERRA VISTA, Arizona—A routine traffic stop in a small Arizona town near the Mexican border has left one man dead from the gun of a police officer and “credible” assassination threats against the officer and his father, the county sheriff,

While President Enrique Peña Nieto’s campaign against violence is helping subdue crime in many parts of Mexico, the southwestern state of Michoacán, home to some of the most violent drug cartels in the nation, experienced a 55% spike in homicides

An unknown number of men reportedly began shooting at a Mexican military helicopter and three of the assailants were shot dead near the Texas border. The incident occurred on April 18 in Tamaulipas, Mexico, according to Sergio Chapa of ValleyCentral.com.

The Sinaloa cartel is losing its grip and control over the Mexican city of Juárez, according to numerous experts. Breitbart Texas’ border expert and contributing editor Sylvia Longmire, the U.S. private intelligence firm Stratfor, and the well-respected Borderland Beat news

Lt. Governor David Dewhurst seeks re-election in November 2014. The federal government’s litany of policy failures is endless, but their longstanding refusal to take meaningful steps toward securing the border has created a crisis with deadly repercussions. In recent testimony

Lupe Trevino, the former sheriff of Hidalgo County in south Texas, pled guilty to money laundering on April 14, according to local reports. The plea came only 17 days after Trevino stepped down from his position, Breitbart Texas has learned.  Trevino,

A recent trend along Texas’ southern border involves illegal immigrants flocking to the U.S., turning themselves in to Border Patrol officials, and then expressing credible fear for their lives. Word has apparently spread throughout Central America that immigrants who take

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush insisted that many of the instances of illegal immigrants coming into the U.S. were “acts of love.” Though many of the human beings who enter the U.S. illegally or overstay their legally permitted time in

Breitbart Texas’ Contributing Editor and author of the forthcoming book Border Insecurity recently joined Fusion LIVE to discuss the market effects of American states legalizing marijuana with respect to Mexican cartels. “[Legalization] will be a big financial hit if marijuana

Chicago is going through a heroin epidemic fueled by Mexican drug cartels and pushed by local gangbangers that is leaving a wave of death and crime in its wake. The Windy City already leads the country in heroin-related overdoses with

On Wednesday, two more drug-smuggling tunnels were discovered along the San Diego-Mexico border and a 73-year-old Chula Vista woman was arrested for overseeing the logistics of the operation. According to the federal complaint against Glennys Rodriguez of Chula Vista, she is the

Three massive cartel tunnels were discovered by U.S. authorities this week–connecting the U.S. and Mexico. The tunnels were presumably used for the trafficking narcotics and human beings. The business of narcotics, human smuggling, and human trafficking are under tight control

The infamous Mexican drug cartel the Knights Templar has apparently diversified outside of illegal substances and into illegal mining, logging and extortion according to recent wire reports and leading border crime experts. According to an Associated Press (AP) report, Alfredo

An alleged member of the Mexican Knights Templar cartel, 34-year-old Manuel Plancarte Gaspar, was arrested by police in the state of Michoacán–suspected of killing young children by removing their internal organs. Michoacán state Public Safety Secretary Carlos Castellanos accused the alleged gang member of involvement in the

Breitbart Texas’ Managing Director Brandon Darby joined Chad Hasty on KFYO-AM Lubbock today to discuss the creeping issues along the Texas/Mexico border that mainstream media in the state refuse to cover. Darby detailed how the oil and gas boom in

HOUSTON, TEXAS–Acting Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABTX) leader Larry Max Bryan pled guilty to a number of federal charges involving racketeering and conspiracies to commit murder, drug trafficking and kidnapping. The development this week follows 36 similar individuals charged recently

It’s rarely said that Mexican cartel kingpins have nine lives, and most people involved in the drug business know that their predicted life spans are dramatically shortened by their chosen line of work. But it’s even more rare for a