A drug cartel unleashed a new wave of terror in the Mexican border state of Coahuila. The cartel carried out several attacks in multiple cities including a large-scale ambush on state police in an apparent show of force.
El Cártel de Los Zetas ha desatado una nueva ola de terror en el estado fronterizo de Coahuila, llevando a cabo varios ataques en varias ciudades, incluida una emboscada de gran escala a la policía estatal en una aparente demostración de fuerza.
El hermano de una delegada regional de la fiscalía de este estado fronterizo enfrenta varios cargos luego de que policías del estado lo arrestaran a él y a otro hombre que presuntamente movía más de 77 libras de marihuana.
The brother of a top regional prosecutor in this border state faces multiple charges after state police arrested him and another man allegedly moving more than 77 pounds of marijuana.
Un grupo de sicarios trato de emboscar a un escuadrón de oficiales de la policía estatal antes de poder darse a la fuga en esta región fronteriza.
Cartel gunmen ambushed a squad of state police officers in a fierce gun battle before making a clean getaway.
A Mexican police dog from the border state of Coahuila earned attention on social media after it appears to smile in a photograph following the arrest of a street-level drug pusher.
CIUDAD ACUNA, Coahuila — Un equipo de policías estatales especializados en luchar contra carteles rescataron a una mujer que había sido secuestrada por un grupo de sicarios para cobrar un fuerte rescate a su familia.
CIUDAD ACUNA, Coahuila — A team of police officers specializing in fighting cartel forces rescued a woman kidnapped by gunmen to demand a hefty ransom from her family.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Police officers from this border state killed a regional leader with Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel during a gun battle.
Mexican officials arrested four members of the Sinaloa cartel in the southern part of this border state. The four are charged with attempting to move drugs for street level distribution.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Traficantes de droga siguen utilizando las aguas del Rio Bravo para mover drogas hacia los Estados Unidos tomando ventaja de la falta de seguridad fronteriza en el lado norte del río.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Drug smugglers from this border region continue using the waters of the Rio Grande to move product into the U.S. by taking advantage of the lack of security on the northern part of the river.
Dos agentes del grupo de policía especial conocido como Fuerza Coahuila fueron arrestados por el presunto secuestro de una familia de migrantes mientras ellos trataban de cruzar la frontera hacia Texas.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Two agents from a special police unit known as Fuerza Coahuila have been arrested for the alleged kidnapping and extortion of a family of Central American migrants who were trying to get to Texas.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Authorities in this border city have seized two radio repeaters used by Los Zetas cartel as part of an underground communication network.
Mexican authorities are investigating some members of the Fuerza Coahuila police unit in connection with the beating of an apparently innocent man during a kidnapping investigation.
Narcotraficantes operando en esta ciudad fronteriza escondieron paquetes de droga dentro de bloques de concreto dentro de una de sus casas de seguridad en un intento por burlar a la ley. El intento resulto en fracaso.
Drug smugglers operating in this border city hid bundles of narcotics inside concrete blocks at one of their stash houses in an effort to fool authorities. The effort was not successful.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Convoys of black trucks carrying heavily armed police officers in tactical gear rolled into the some of the poorest and roughest neighborhoods in this border state as part of a special mission.
CIUDAD ACUÑA, Coahuila – Autoridades de esta ciudad fronteriza decomisaron chalecos antibalas, drogas, ropa de combate y una camioneta SUV abandonados por miembros del cártel de Los Zetas.
CIUDAD ACUNA, Coahuila — Authorities in this border city have seized body armor, drugs, tactical clothing and an SUV left behind by members of the Los Zetas cartel.