MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — While the Mexican government remains quiet about a clandestine gravesite discovered just south of the border with Texas, a former hit-man who recently deserted the Gulf Cartel spoke out about the horrors that took place in that area.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Mexican authorities have discovered a series of human remains in what appears to be a clandestine gravesite mere yards away from the Texas border that was used by members of the Gulf Cartel to dispose of bodies.
Federal agents arrested a group of 102 illegal aliens that had used rafts to cross into Texas.
While Tamaulipas continues to be the scene of almost daily executions, cartel gun battles, kidnappings and other atrocities, the government will take a break from to publicly admit that anything wrong is happening.
After almost three years, three cartel members will be going to trial this month on stalking and conspiracy to commit murder for hire charges in connection with a Mexican cartel assassination in the Dallas Suburb of Southlake.
Mexican Federal Police helicopters, soldiers, federal agents and state police officers all took part in a large scale gun battle just south of this border city that killed 8 cartel gunmen.
The most recent bouts of violence have resulted in four separate gun battles that killed four gunmen and one police officer. The raging civil war continues despite the constant assurances by Mexican government officials about the improving security conditions along the Tamaulipas border.
Una vez más la lucha por el control de esta ciudad fronteriza ha resultado en un feroz choque que ha dado muerte a la figura líder del Cártel del Golfo en esta ciudad fronteriza, así como a otras figuras clave.
Once again, the fighting for control of this border city has resulted in a fierce power struggle that appears to have killed the leading figure of the Gulf Cartel in this border city as well as other key figures.
Violence along the border cities of Tamaulipas continues to rage on. Over the weekend two additional firefights brought the death toll to 18 cartel gunmen being killed by military forces in eight days. One of the deceased gunmen was from Cuba while another was from Sinaloa.
Once again terror took hold of this border city as cartel gunmen and Mexican authorities engaged in fierce gun-battles during apparent attempts to capture the leadership of the Gulf Cartel.
A top ranking member of the Gulf Cartel who had been on the run since 2012 after skipping out in the middle of his drug conspiracy trial in this border city, has been arrested in the Mexican border city of Matamoros.
La ola de violencia entre miembros del crimen organizado y elementos federales no toman tregua en Tamaulipas, luego que Matamoros se suma a las jornadas de terror que vive la población ante la falta de seguridad.
The wave of violence between cartel members and Mexican authorities appears to have no end in this border state where the city of Matamoros has been added to the days of terror lived by residents amid a lack of security conditions.
The man described as the number two leader within the Gulf Cartel in the Mexican border city of Reynosa is now behind bars after Mexican authorities caught him at a race-track in Mexico City.
The residents of this border city had a rude awakening as cartel gunmen and authorities clashed in a fierce gun battles for more than three hours that left at least 10 dead. Rumors among residents point to the capture of a commander within the Gulf Cartel.
Two bodyguards tasked with protecting the mayor of this extremely dangerous Mexican border town have been jailed by federal authorities in connection with weapons charges.
A convoy of cartel gunmen hijacked a passenger bus full of travelers, stealing 24 illegal aliens who were headed to the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo. The human cargo was ultimately heading to be illegally smuggled into Texas.
Mexican authorities have confirmed a weekend shootout just south of the Texas border involving a convoy of gunmen and Tamaulipas police officers.
One of the most active police tactical teams in this border region recently finished upgrading their equipment with new body armor, helmets, night vision gear and weapons.
The arrest of a top commander within the Gulf Cartel who had been traveling through the city of Monterrey will spell even more infighting within the criminal organization as others try to take over his territory and crew.
The former Mexican president who has been speaking out against Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump is the same former politician who ignored drug cartels while he was in office. As Previously reported by Breitbart News, Vicente Fox Quezada recently met with journalist turned activist Jorge Ramos where the politico used expletives to say Mexico would not pay for Trump’s wall.
Las batallas del cártel en este estado muchas veces son mencionadas, pero algunas veces los vídeos son capaces de hablar más que las palabras o fotografías. Breitbart Texas ha obtenido un video filtrado que muestra a un escuadrón de marinos mexicanos durante una persecución a alta velocidad, momentos antes de enfrentarse en un tiroteo con pistoleros del cártel. El vídeo también fue filtrado a otras fuentes en línea como Valor x Tamaulipas y Blog del Narco.
The raging cartel battle in this state is often talked about but sometimes videos are able to speak louder than words or photographs. Breitbart Texas has obtained a leaked video that shows a squad of Mexican Marines during a high speed pursuit moments before getting into a firefight with cartel gunmen. The video has also been leaked to other online sources like Valor x Tamaulipas and Blog Del Narco.
In a interesting turn of events, Mexican authorities seized 16 drug bundles after a shootout with cartel members near the border with Texas; however, they only reported having seized 15 bundles.
La violencia fuera de control del cártel que continúa sucediendo en esta ciudad fronteriza ha resultado en la muerte de una niña de 13 años de edad, quien junto con sus padres fueron personas inocentes atrapadas en el fuego cruzado de un despiadado tiroteo entre hombres armados del cártel y autoridades mexicanas. Los peligrosos enfrentamientos dieron como resultado la muerte de siete hombres armados, así como el decomiso de drogas y armas.
Breitbart Texas traveled to the Mexican States of Tamaulipas and Coahuila to recruit citizen journalists willing to risk their lives and expose the cartels silencing their communities. The writers would face certain death at the hands of the various cartels
Por más de una semana los tiroteos se han convertido en un hecho de casi a todos los días en esta ciudad fronteriza, a pesar de las muchas afirmaciones por parte de los funcionarios del gobierno sobre que la condición de seguridad está mejorando.
For more than a week shootouts have become almost daily occurrences in this border city despite the many claims by government officials that security condition are is improving.
McAllen, Texas — More than 200 illegal aliens have been stuffed in car trunks, sealed into tractor trailers by human smugglers, or placed in danger through other tactics this fiscal year as they attempt to get around inspection checkpoints.The period of time is from October 1, 2015 through today.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas– Continua siendo el secuestro uno de los principales delitos que atentan en contra de los ciudadanos fronterizos. Ante la demanda de la sociedad, un operativo coordinado por parte de elementos federales y estatales, logro desarticular una célula criminal dedicada al secuestro exprés en la ciudad fronteriza de Matamoros.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Kidnappings continue to be one of the main crimes that have been plaguing border citizens. In response to the demand for public safety by this community, federal and local authorities carried out a coordinated manhunt aimed at capturing a cell that had been carrying out “express kidnappings” in this border city.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — El paisaje cotidiano en las ciudades de México se ha transformado en los últimos años, una década después de iniciar la guerra contra el narco en el país la militarización es total, la forma de vida cambio en las comunidades en el norte del país.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — The daily landscape in Mexican border cities has changed in recent years. A decade after the war on drugs started in Mexico, the militarization is total. Life has changed in the communities in the northern part of the country.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — County authorities in this border region raided a Mexican drug cartel weapons, cash, and narcotics depot that was being used to store ammunition and weapons that would presumably be sent to drug cartels in Mexico and narcotics moving north. The raid took place Tuesday night in Brownsville when investigators with the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office served a search warrant at an undisclosed location, information provided to Breitbart Texas by the DA’s office revealed.
Smugglers allegedly working for the Mexican Gulf Cartel appear to be choosing to go for the more discreet look of concealed carry weapons when it comes to firearms. Gaudy jeweled handguns had previously been the fashion choice of cartel members.
La violencia se ha incrementado en varias partes del estado después del retiro de más de 680 soldados del ejército mexicano que han sido acusados de llevar a cabo funciones de policía en el estado fronterizo de Tamaulipas.
Violence has increased in various parts of this border state following the pulling out of more than 680 Mexican army soldiers who had been charged with carrying out police duties.
A team of cartel gunmen recently ambushed a squad of Mexican federal police officers near this Mexican city. The ambush turned into a pursuit and eventually a rescue effort as law enforcement officials searched for some of their missing comrades.
Mexican drug smugglers tried to disguise a ton of marijuana as fake carrots inside a freight shipment. The drugs were shaped into small long packages that were orange colored as to disguise them with the real carrots.
