Mexican Public Corruption - Page 2

Three Mexican municipal police officers are behind bars as part of an investigation into the abduction of three people who went missing after a traffic stop. The incident took place in the western state of Michoacan.

Mexican federal investigators arrested the former top police commander in the state of Puebla for allegedly orchestrating the arrest and torture of a journalist.  The reporter exposed a network of pedophiles made up of powerful politicians and businessmen. The list included the former governor of that state.

A councilwoman from the Mexican city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, now faces federal charges in Texas after U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested her for allegedly transporting 42 kilograms of cocaine.

Mexican immigration officials at a detention center that went up in flames last month in Ciudad Juarez had a running extortion scheme. The scheme involved demanding money from migrants in exchange for being released. Those who were unable to pay were locked inside and eventually deported.

A group of attorneys representing a former Mexican border state governor said various government figures from Mexico’s ruling party colluded to “fabricate a false criminal case” in a failed attempt to arrest and remove the politician who belongs to a rival party. The attorneys announced they filed a criminal complaint with Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office.

A group of cartel gunmen killed an entire family during an assassination attempt targeting a narco-politician who worked for a rival organization. During the attack, the gunmen killed 6 people including the intended victim’s two children and wife.

A former Mexican police officer wanted in connection with the mass killing of 43 education students in the town of Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, in 2014, tried to sneak into New Mexico last month. U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested him this week and

A recently elected Mexican border city mayor is currently on the run amid a corruption investigation by Tamaulipas state authorities.

EXCLUSIVE: Texas Border City Builds Ties with Mexican Officials Facing Money Laundering Investigations

Un grupo de sicarios disparó y mató a un jefe de policía municipal que acababa de asumir el cargo horas antes en el estado fronterizo de Nuevo León.

A Mexican federal prosecutor is under investigation for allegedly botching an investigation that led to the release of two drug suspects arrested with more than 220 pounds of cocaine and weapons in the border state of Nuevo Leon.

Un fiscal federal mexicano está bajo investigación por presuntamente estropear una investigación que condujo a la liberación de dos sospechosos de drogas que habían sido arrestados con más de 220 libras de cocaína y armas en el estado fronterizo de Nuevo León.

A recently murdered drug distributor in Mexico was the key owner of a company that is under investigation for funneling funds into the campaign of the governor-elect of the border state of Nuevo Leon. The campaign funds went to the same politician whose family was previously exposed by Breitbart Texas as allegedly having embezzled millions from a former leader of the Gulf Cartel.

La familia inmediata del gobernador electo del estado fronterizo de Nuevo León, una larga historia de presuntamente lucrarse a través del Cártel del Golfo, según reveló una serie de documentos obtenidos por Breitbart Texas. Los padres del político supuestamente se quedaron con propiedades y cuentas del exjefe de dicha organización criminal y actualmente están bajo investigación por el uso de empresas fantasma para presuntamente ocultar fondos y evadir impuestos.

The immediate family of an incoming Mexican border-state governor allegedly has a long history of profiting from the Gulf Cartel, a series of documents obtained by Breitbart Texas revealed. The parents of the politician allegedly embezzled properties and money from a captured top boss and are currently under investigation for the use of shell companies to hide funds.

The mayor of a rural city in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon is the alleged key political figure behind the arrival of Sinaloa Cartel enforcers. The cartel members arrived in the region recently in an apparent attempt to take control of drug trafficking routes and regional distribution.

One of Mexico’s top military officials sparked a new wave of controversy by claiming the country’s judicial system works against them when it comes to going after organized crime figures.

Tensions are rising in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas as federal forces work to arrest the governor who claims to have prosecutorial immunity. The governor claims the arrest warrant is political in nature and ordered by Mexico’s president. The tension has led to some talk about Mexico’s federal government pushing to assume control of Tamaulipas and fully remove the elected government.

A Mexican federal judge issued an arrest warrant for the governor of the border state of Tamaulipas for organized crime and money laundering charges. Authorities also ordered the freezing of accounts linked to the governor and various other individuals.

Mexican authorities arrested one of their own in connection to the 2019 murder of a journalist. The journalist reported on police corruption in the state of Tabasco. He reportedly looked into the corrupt high ranking officers tied to an extortion racket.

Riots erupted in Western Mexico where protesters set fire to one police officer and physically clashed with several others. Rioters also set fire to multiple police vehicles. The incidents were not over the BLM protests in America, but to protest the death of a local day laborer who was allegedly killed by police for not wearing a coronavirus mask.

Authorities arrested several police officers and local politicians and are under investigation for working with a narco-terrorist. The terrorist planned to blow up a local government building in the border state of Nuevo Leon.

Mexican federal agents arrested a judge who has been accused of taking hefty bribes from one of the most violent drug cartels in exchange for protection. The U.S. Department of the Treasury outed that Mexican judge when they froze his assets in the U.S. and forbade any U.S. citizen or entity from doing business with him.

Investigators of the Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office arrested 15 members of a Mexican border state municipal police force, including their commander, earlier this week for allegedly protecting drug cartels. The arrests took place in the border state of Chihuahua in the municipality of Ciudad Madera.

Mexican authorities arrested a retired Army general in connection with an ongoing investigation into the large-scale theft of fuel as part of an organized crime money-making scheme. The general was responsible for providing security for Mexico’s state-owned oil company (Pemex). The investigation also implicates another top general who was the chief of security for former Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.

Las autoridades mexicanas han arrestado a un general retirado del Ejército en relación con una investigación sobre el robo de combustible a gran escala. El general trabajaba como uno de los encargados de seguridad para Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex); la investigación también implica a otro general de alto rango que era el jefe de seguridad del ex presidente mexicano Enrique Peña Nieto.

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he is very sorry that the infamous drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman will spend the rest of his life in an inhumane prison.

Police arrested three members of Mexico’s newly formed militarized National Guard police force for the alleged kidnapping of a 14-year-old teen in the state of Guerrero. Authorities took the three National Guard members into custody along with an adult civilian male. The arrests came during a joint operation by investigative anti-kidnapping personnel from the state prosecutor’s office of the states of Mexico and Guerrero.

Cartel gunmen murdered a municipal police director from the Mexican city of Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, while driving into the state capital on Tuesday. The attack occurred at approximately 2 p.m. as he drove his duty vehicle along the highway into the city of Chihuahua accompanied by a bodyguard who gunmen also murdered.

MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon – A top lieutenant with Mexico’s Gulf Cartel failed in his attempt to bribe federal police officers who caught him with drugs and weapons in his vehicle. The arrest occurred as he tried to reach the Texas border with a large quantity of cocaine.

The son of one of the top leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel testified that former Mexican President Vicente Fox’s chief bodyguard worked for them. The bodyguard was one of several top military figures that received large cash bribes in exchange for favors and information.

A former Mexican border state governor who has been linked to drug cartels and is a current U.S. fugitive is one step closer to standing in front of a federal judge in Texas. The former governor lost his request for an injunction he had filed to stop his extradition to the U.S.

The Secretary for Public Security in Tijuana announced the arrests of six kidnappers including an active duty Tijuana municipal police officer and the rescue of a female kidnapping victim.

La organización criminal que controla esta ciudad ahora ha ampliado su operación a la extorsión al exigir el pago de cada automóvil importado de Texas.

The drug cartel that controls this city has branched out their extortion operations by demanding payment for every used car that is imported from Texas. 

Oficiales de la policía estatal en la ciudad de Reynosa suenan la alarma luego de que los líderes de seguridad de las instituciones les den ordenes de no luchar contra el crimen organizado.