The terrorist group known as the Gulf Cartel has shared a short video via messaging groups where they allegedly loaded improvised explosive devices onto a drone. The criminal organization uses these drones to drop explosives on rivals, police forces, and others as part of their ongoing turf war in the northern part of Tamaulipas.
Authorities in Mexico confirmed the disappearance of a U.S. citizen from Iowa who had been missing for several days after crossing the border. The disappearance comes at a time when government officials continue to claim that security conditions have been improving. However, criminal organizations like the Gulf Cartel can operate with almost complete impunity.
Mexican authorities report a shift in the production and distribution of fentanyl as the Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel is moving its operations closer to Texas.
Drug cartels in Mexico resorted, once again, to terror-style tactics by deploying dozens of landmines in their ongoing turf war for control of lucrative drug trafficking routes into Texas.
Cartel gunmen stepped up their attacks against rivals in the ongoing turf war for control of key border cities in Tamaulipas. This increase in violence led to an increase in shootouts, targeted murders, murders of innocent bystanders, and the use of graffiti to show off their incursions.
Two innocent bystanders sustained gunshot injuries and two other men died in multiple locations during a day of cartel shootouts in the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. Unconfirmed information points to the almost capture of a local cartel figure as being the trigger for the spike in violence.
Mexico’s government has called for a congressional inquiry into a federal judge who has been behind the release of several cartel members and is currently working to release a top leader with the Gulf Cartel.
Residents in a Mexican border city have experienced a new wave of terror after Gulf Cartel gunmen began openly attacking innocent bystanders over the weekend. The motive for the attacks on innocent civilians remains unknown.
Politicians in the border state of Tamaulipas continue turning a blind eye to the raging cartel violence that has been plaguing that state. With complete impunity, drug cartels have been waging fierce turf wars where they have been deploying armored vehicles for regular large-scale shootouts.
Two members of the Gulf Cartel previously convicted in connection to dozens of kidnappings received a prison sentence of 1,650 years. Both men were based in the Mexican border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, during the kidnapping spree.
Six Gulf Cartel gunmen died during a shootout with police forces in the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. The shootout comes as the Mexican border state continues to be ground zero for a fierce turf war between rival factions of the Gulf Cartel.
A cadet at a Texas border-area police academy received a sentence of more than four years in prison for supplying a cartel in Mexico with .50 caliber ammunition. Pedro Cruz Almeida, age 22, appeared before U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez
Activists found the bodies of 27 cartel victims buried in 16 clandestine graves in the Mexican border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. The discovery of the cartel gravesites comes as government officials in Tamaulipas continue making numerous claims about how they have improved the safety in the region.
A group of Gulf Cartel gunmen took two women hostage during a standoff with police in the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. The standoff came as the gunmen tried to escape from authorities after ambushing a group of police officers.
Mexican military forces killed nine Gulf Cartel gunmen during a series of confrontations in the northern part of the border state of Tamaulipas.
A long-time Gulf Cartel figure with a large following throughout the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas has resurfaced and sided with one of the two factions engaged in a fierce turf war. The secretive figure called out the influence of Cartel Jalisco New Generation in the region and called for a unified front against them.
Two drug cartels with a long history of animosity appear to have set their differences aside in an attempt to gang up on a rival organization. The new alliance led to the continued fierce turf war over control of lucrative drug and human trafficking routes into Texas.
Cartel paramilitary forces in Mexico have been spotted carrying anti-tank weapons during their clashes just south of the Texas border. The gunmen have been taking part in a fierce turf war that has lasted for several weeks. Both sides have been using armored vehicles and explosive devices with minimal interference from Mexico’s government.
Cartel gunmen and Mexican Army soldiers clashed right at the Texas border in a fierce shootout where three gunmen died. The gunfight spread terror among motorists trying to cross one of the area’s international ports of entry. The shootout is one of several clashes that have taken place in that location as rival factions of the Gulf Cartel fight for control of the region, while government officials in Mexico try to minimize the situation and claim all is safe.
Within a matter of days, Mexican military forces arrested three top cartel leaders from rival factions of the Gulf Cartel and their allies. Authorities say the leaders are partly responsible for a fierce turf war being fought throughout the border state of Tamaulipas.
Mexican authorities remain tight-lipped about a weekend raid in the border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, targeting the son of a top regional Gulf Cartel boss. The quietness behind the raid led locals to speculate if the move could be an attempt to negotiate a deal in order to stop the recent turf war between rival factions of the Gulf Cartel plaguing the border region.
In the Mexican border cities of Reynosa and Matamoros, locals are locking themselves in their homes as soon as the sun goes down due to an ongoing war between rival factions of the Gulf Cartel. The renewed fighting led to more than a week of fighting in several parts of the state of Tamaulipas despite an intense effort by state and federal authorities to deny the violence and minimize what they can’t hide.
Mexican authorities denied the violence taking place in the northern part of Tamaulipas. Hours later, they deployed more than 700 military soldiers and national guardsmen to the region.
Public officials in the border state of Tamaulipas are working to marginalize the violence that is spreading through their cities. Violence escalated in recent days as rival cartels fight for control of drug and human trafficking routes. The violence manifested itself in numerous blockades inside multiple cities while convoys of gunmen in armored vehicles fight in the outskirts and along key highways.
Several vehicles seized during a day of shootouts revealed that the fearsome narco-terrorist Cartel Jalisco New Generation appears to be operating in the border state of Tamaulipas. The deadly cartel is allegedly working in an alliance of sorts with one faction of the Gulf Cartel.
A group of gunmen believed to be with one faction of the Gulf Cartel left at least two ice chests filled with dismembered human body parts in the Mexican border city of Reynosa. Authorities recovered one of the ice-chests, while unknown gunmen absconded with the other one.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – State police officers in Mexico rescued three kidnapping victims after a shootout with suspected cartel gunmen in the border city of Reynosa. The rescue took place early on Friday morning when Tamaulipas state police officers patrolling the central part
Policías estatales arrestaron a un presunto miembro del Cartel del Golfo que supuestamente estaba usando un tracto-camión para derribar cámaras de vigilancia policiales en la ciudad fronteriza de Reynosa. El arresto se produce después de que varios operadores del CDG han estado derribando cerca de una docena de cámaras en todo Reynosa esta semana.
Mexican border state police officers arrested a suspected Gulf Cartel operator who allegedly used a tractor-trailer to knock down law enforcement surveillance cameras in the border city of Reynosa. The arrest comes after Gulf Cartel members knocked down nearly a dozen cameras throughout Reynosa.
La facción del Cartel del Golfo que opera en la ciudad fronteriza de Reynosa llevó a cabo una serie de acciones coordinadas encaminadas a desmantelar las cámaras de vigilancia instaladas por las autoridades estatales. Utilizando camionetas y camiones robados, los operadores del cartel derribaron varios postes que se usaban para sostener las cámaras de la policía.
The Gulf Cartel faction that operates in the border city of Reynosa carried out a series of coordinated actions aimed at disrupting the surveillance cameras set up by state authorities. Using SUV and carjacked cargo vehicles, cartel operators knocked down several light poles being used to hold up police cameras.
The Mexican border state of Tamaulipas announced the rollout of a special forces police unit equipped with air surveillance and armored vehicles. The move by the state police is aimed at securing key parts of the state as cartel violence continues to be one of the main concerns in the region.
Agentes de la policía estatal lograron confiscar una camioneta y varias armas después de repeler un ataque por miembros del Cártel del Golfo. Esa organización criminal recientemente apareció en los titulares por tratar de ganarse el favor de la gente a través de una campaña en las redes sociales donde repartieron despensas a las comunidades pobres de la región.
State police officers in Matamoros managed to seize an SUV and several weapons after fighting off an attack from members of Mexico’s Gulf Cartel. That criminal organization recently made headlines for trying to gain favor through a social media campaign where they handed out boxes with food to poor communities in the region.
MISSION, Texas — Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a group of migrants shortly after they were smuggled into the U.S. by Gulf Cartel-connected smugglers. The incident occurred during a border tour by Breitbart News in November. One of the migrants admitted to being caught by Border Patrol multiple times.
Gulf Cartel gunmen continue to spread terror among their rivals and citizens alike by leaking photographs and videos of gruesome executions. In the most recent case, Gulf Cartel members from the border city of Reynosa captured the moment when they set fire to two of their rivals who were still alive.
Sicarios del Cártel del Golfo intentan una vez más difundir el terror entre sus rivales y ciudadanos filtrando fotografías y videos de sus horribles ejecuciones. En el caso más reciente, los miembros del CDG de la ciudad fronteriza de Reynosa capturaron el momento en que prendieron fuego a dos de sus rivales mientras ellos aún estaban vivos.
U.S. Representative Chip Roy (R-TX) renewed his call for the Department of State to designate certain Mexican cartel factions as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The designation would bring additional law enforcement tools into play for officials attempting to combat the impact of these cartels on the U.S.
A fierce shootout that killed at least two gunmen in the border city of Reynosa led to several parents rushing to local schools to pull their children out of class. The parents feared the violence could spread further. Unofficial accounts by neighbors point to a much higher death toll.
The graphic murder of a man described as an accountant for the Gulf Cartel points to a reigniting of violence within the ranks of the faction known as Los Metros. Cartel gunmen videoed the gruesome murder and then shared it on social media as a warning to their rivals within the same cartel.
