REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Organized crime members continue to use social media, not only as a way to show off their lifestyle, but also as a way to get information out to the public through leaks, news releases and other methods similar to what Mexican authorities have done.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – A menos de dos días después de que Breitbart de Texas informó sobre pláticas del Cártel del Golfo sobre el uso de coches bomba cerca de la frontera de Texas — el grupo criminal ha respondido afirmando no estar relacionados con secuestros, extorsiones o coches bomba. Breitbart Texas llamo al cartel Mexicano “Narco-terroristas” en una historia. El cartel puso en una narco-manta que ellos son narcotraficantes y no terroristas al mismo modo que insinuaron que las autoridades Mexicanas filtraron la información a “medios electrónicos” en un intento por desprestigiarlos.
Altos miembros dentro del liderazgo del Cártel del Golfo han estado discutiendo el uso de coches bomba y otros explosivos para incitar el terror en esta ciudad fronteriza. Una grabación de audio que se ha filtrado de forma anónima en las redes sociales y obtenida por Breitbart de Texas reveló que altos mandos dentro del Cártel del Golfo podrían estar planeando hacer estallar coches bomba en un futuro próximo. Breitbart Texas contacto a fuentes dentro de varias agencias de gobierno en Estados Unidos las cuales confirmaron que el caso es uno que siguen muy de cerca.
Top members within the leadership of the Gulf Cartel have been discussing the use of car bombs and other explosives to incite terror in this border city. An audio recording that has been anonymously leaked onto social media and obtained by Breitbart Texas revealed that top commanders within the Gulf Cartel may be planning to set off car bombs in the near future. Breitbart Texas consulted with various U.S. law enforcement agencies who confirmed that they are aware of the situation and are following the developments south of the border very closely.
Three hours of terror held this Mexican border city hostage as a cartel firefight raged. A failed attempt to capture the top Gulf Cartel leader in this border city set of an afternoon of terror with rolling gun battles, explosions, cartel blockades and high speed chases. The raging violence took place just a few miles south of the Texas border.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — La desaparición y probable ejecución de la activista de redes sociales conocida como “Felina” en Reynosa, quebró a la comunidad virtual en Tamaulipas. Hay diferentes versiones sobre el desarrollo de los lamentables acontecimientos, no se sabe de avances en la investigación, surgieron pistas que probablemente no se han seguido, hay un claro mensaje de impunidad.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — The kidnapping and likely execution of the social media activist known as “Felina” in Reynosa disrupted the virtual community in Tamaulipas. There are different version about the development of the sad events and any developments in the case have yet to be made. There have been clues that have not looked into leaving behind a clear message of impunity.
MATAMOROS, Tamulipas – Las autoridades mexicanas detuvieron a uno de los principales líderes dentro de la estructura del Cártel del Golfo. El hombre, conocido como “El Orejón”, o “Ciclón 7”, es el actual líder de la facción de los Ciclones que controla esta ciudad fronteriza.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas—Mexican authorities have arrested one of the top leaders within the Gulf Cartel structure. The man, known as El Orejon, or Ciclon 7, is the current leader of the Ciclones faction which is in control of this border city.
The sheriff in this Texas border county has called out the inaccurate reporting done by the Daily Mail for a story about life on the Texas border.
A Texas man has been charged in an ongoing Mexican cartel effort to buy guns in the U.S. The man is charged with having personally purchased at least 38 weapons for the cartel. Agents with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives recently arrested 31-year-old Carlos Alberto Zamudio on straw purchasing charges. Straw purchasing refers to the practice of U.S citizens with a clean background purchasing weapons for people who are not able to such as convicted felons, foreign nationals, and, along the Texas border, Mexican drug cartels.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Mexican authorities rescued 44 would-be illegal immigrants who cartel members were holding against their will at a stash house near the Texas border. The raid on the cartel stash house took place on Wednesday in the Delicias neighborhood in this border city, information provided to Breitbart Texas by the local Mexican authorities revealed.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – Organized crime in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas feels threatened by the video surveillance network that officials have been setting up throughout the state.
MCALLEN, Texas — A kidnapping cell from the Mexican Gulf Cartel crossed into the Texas border city of Sullivan and took a man at gunpoint from his house. The cartel sicarios then brought the U.S. citizen into Mexico where they held him for ransom. The kidnapping took place on August 27 in Sullivan City, Texas, after which the victim was taken on a raft over the Rio Grande and then taken to the Mexican border city of Reynosa, information provided to Breitbart Texas by Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office revealed.
The kidnapping and likely execution of 10 persons-two of which were cops by the Gulf Cartel at a family party in this border city has resulted in a series of betrayals and twists that illustrate the crime syndicates reach. A Mexican cop, suspected of involvement in the plot, died after being interrogated by police.
El secuestro y posible ejecución de 10 personas, dos de las cuales eran policías a manos del Cartel Del Golfo en esta ciudad fronteriza ha destapado una serie de traiciones y giros que muestran el alcanza del grupo criminal.
The fearsome crime syndicate known as the Gulf Cartel sponsored a fake police brutality protest in this Mexican border city. The cartel organized the protest by forcing people to go and claim that the Mexican military and Tamaulipas police forces are abusive.
Un tiroteo reciente en esta ciudad fronteriza creó cierta controversia en cuanto a si un alto jefe del Cártel del Golfo que había sido detenido, habría logrado escapar o si había participado en un suceso irónico, donde capos son extorsionados por autoridades con el fin de garantizar su liberación.
A medical student’s selfie taken with a “dying woman” in the Mexican border city of Reynosa has sparked controversy all over Mexico. The scandal resulted from a photograph that the student took of herself with what appears to be a dying woman in the background.
Breitbart Texas ha agotado toda posible fuente con autoridades de Estados Unidos y México para hacer una compilación de nombres e imágenes de los actuales líderes y miembros claves del Cartel del Golfo en México. Algunas de estas personas y sus imágenes nunca antes habían sido hechas públicas. Para una organización criminal, salir en los medios generalmente significa en una mayor presión por parte de las autoridades y el inicio de su declive. Los miembros expuestos generalmente se ven forzados a esconderse y ya no pueden disfrutar su dinero o liderar de una manera efectiva sus organizaciones criminales.
More blockades and shootouts have again caused panic in the Mexican town of Reynosa. Gulf Cartel gunmen brazenly fight with authorities and apparently with each other bringing the city to a halt.
Once again the Mexican border city of Reynosa was the stage of violent firefights. Gulf Cartel gunmen exchanged gunfire barrages with Mexican police and military forces. However, the Tamaulipas government remains quiet about the casualties.
Asaltos, secuestros y muerte, estos son los peligros a los que se afrentan los viajeros por carretera en este estado fronterizo.
Carjackings, highway robbery, kidnappings and death — those are the dangers facing travelers who take to the highways of terror through this border state.
Mexican authorities continue to find clandestine radio antennas used by Gulf Cartel members to establish their communication network.
El crimen organizado ha estado usando usa una extensa red de vigilancia para monitorear las ciudades que controla en Tamaulipas como esta ciudad fronteriza. La forma organizada de operar su red de monitoreo le ha permitido al Cartel Del Golfo poder saber y controlar lo que pasa en sus ciudades en tiempo real.
Drug Cartels use extensive surveillance networks to keep tabs on the activity in their cities. The organized surveillance network has allowed criminal organizations such as the Gulf Cartel to know what is happening in their city as it happens.
Despite several blows carried out against organized crime along this border region, the Gulf Cartel continues recruiting people and operating within this city and the neighboring areas as well.
A pesar de los seguidos golpes asestados al crimen organizado en esta región fronteriza, las diferentes caras del llamado Cartel Del Golfo sigue reclutando y operando dentro de esta ciudad al igual que en las regiones colindantes.
La guerra en Tamaulipas se ha estado dando en todos los frentes por lo tanto el monitoreo se ha vuelto una estrategia de suma importancia tanto para criminales como para el gobierno. Breitbart Texas, a través del proyecto Cartel Chronicles ha obtenido fotografías exclusivas de la estrategia de vigilancia con cámaras de video usada por el Cartel del Golfo.
The Narco-war in Tamaulipas is being fought on all fronts, therefore surveillance has become a very important strategy for criminals and for authorities alike. Breitbart Texas, through the project Cartel Chronicles has obtained a series of exclusive photographs dealing with the video surveillance strategy being used by the Gulf Cartel.
Once again, Mexican authorities have dismantled a complex video surveillance system set up by the Gulf Cartel in order to keep tabs on authorities, their rivals and their future victims.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Once again the Tamaulipas government appears to be trying to minimize the public perception of an out of control cartel war along its border cities.
A series of banners hung throughout the Mexican border city of Reynosa have raised the eyebrows of many residents, and apparently point to a Gulf Cartel commander assuming control of a local crime factions.
Breitbart Texas viajo a las ciudades fronterizas Mexicanas de Reynosa y Matamoros para reclutar a ciudadanos periodistas dispuestos a arriesgar sus vidas para exhibir a los carteles que amordazan a sus comunidades. Los escritores recibirían una muerte segura a manos del Cartel Del Golfo si no usaran un seudónimo. Breitbart’s Las Crónicas De Carteles serán publicadas tanto en inglés como en su contenido original de Español. Este artículo fue escrito por “AC Del Angel” de Reynosa.
The man known as “Comandante Toro,” who runs the Los Metros faction of the Gulf Cartel in Reynosa, has managed to evade a series of recent moves by authorities to capture him. Authorities had captured him in March, however as Breitbart Texas had previously reported, he had managed to negotiate and bribe his way out.
Mexican authorities formally charged two suspected members of the Gulf Cartel with kidnapping 47 people and holding them prisoner in two stash houses in the border city of Reynosa.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Autoridades detuvieron a dos miembros del Cartel del Golfo los cuales habían estado cuidando una casa que la organización criminal estaba usando para almacenar armas. Después del arresto, los 2 hombres aparentemente comenzaron a llorar cuando las autoridades les tomaron fotografías.
Mexican authorities arrested two Gulf Cartel members who were guarding a house the criminal organization was using to store weapons and vehicles. The two gunmen apparently burst into tears as the police photographed them, and the items seized from the house they were protecting.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — A un año de que la nueva estrategia de seguridad para Tamaulipas fuera implementada por el gobierno federal, la frontera y la zona sur del estado sigue inmersa en una espiral de violencia. Las autoridades han capturado a 14 de los 15 objetivos pero los resultados no se hacen tangibles para la población que vive en constante riesgo.
