Mexican military forces clashed with Gulf Cartel gunmen in the border city of Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas. The clashes come after months of military forces avoiding direct conflict with gunmen. The shift in strategy comes after Gulf Cartel gunmen began using drones to drop explosive devices on rival gunmen and police forces in areas just south of the Texas border.
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.
Four members of a Mexican border-city family died this week, and two others are in critical condition after a group of Gulf Cartel gunmen crashed into their vehicle while fleeing from authorities.
A tip from a concerned citizen in Rio Bravo, Texas, led to the rescue of 39 migrants warehoused near the Rio Grande. None of the people packed into the small house had personal protection equipment to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents arrested three previously deported child molesters after they illegally crossed the border from Mexico into Texas. This marks the eleventh time this fiscal year that agents in this sector have stopped illegal aliens convicted of sex crimes against children from successfully making their way into the U.S. interior.
RIO BRAVO, Texas — Chaos erupted in a small Texas border town as Los Zetas smugglers launched a complex smuggling operation. Border Patrol agents responded to an illegal crossing that quickly tied up agency resources in the area, enabling smugglers to move higher-value cargo elsewhere.
RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas — Sicarios del Cártel Del Golfo secuestraron, humillaron y decapitaron a tres de sus rivales dejando sus cabezas con una amenaza en esta ciudad fronteriza. La triple ejecución apunta a una continuación de la guerra entre grupos rivales del CDG por control de la frontera.
RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas — Gunmen with the Gulf Cartel kidnapped, humiliated, and beheaded three of their rivals as a warning. The triple execution is indicative of the ongoing war between rival Gulf Cartel factions for local control of the border.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Funcionarios estatales de la educación en las ciudades fronterizas de este estado han minimizando la narco-violencia que se vive donde convoyes de sicarios se han estado enfrentando en la region fronteriza con camionetas blindadas, metralletas, lanzagranadas.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Education officials in the border cities of this state minimized the cartel violence experienced by local residents as convoys of gunmen fight in armored SUVs with machine guns and grenade launchers near schools.
RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas – Decenas de camionetas todoterreno llenas de hombres armados del Cártel del Golfo entraron en la ciudad fronteriza de Río Bravo, blandiendo sus rifles mientras se preparaban para cazar a sus rivales en lo que se convirtió en un día de feroces enfrentamientos armados.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — The raging war for control of this border city continues as large scale gun battles, blockades, and terror spread over the weekend. The fighting is tied to a long-standing factional struggle for territorial control within the Gulf Cartel.
Por mas de dos años, una gasolinera de esta ciudad fronteriza trabajo como un puesto de venta de gasolina robada para el Cartel Del Golfo.
For more than two years, a gas station in this border city worked as a front for the sale of fuel allegedly stolen by Mexico’s Gulf Cartel. State and federal authorities raided the business after an investigation revealed that, since June 2015, the gas station had not been buying gasoline from Mexican Petroleum (PEMEX), the entity in Mexico that controls all of the extraction, refining, and sale of fuel in the country.
RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas — Los horrores de la guerra de cárteles que se vive en esta ciudad fronteriza se revelaron una vez mas con el descubrimiento de una narco-fosa. El descubrimiento se llevo acabo en un momento en que grupos rivales del Cartel del Golfo llevan una cruenta lucha por control de la región que ha dejado mas de 158 muertes en balaceras o ejecuciones y un numero sin fin de desaparecidos en la vecina ciudad de Reynosa.
RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas — The horrors of the cartel war in this border city have once again been revealed with the discovery of a new mass grave. The find comes at a time when rival groups from the Gulf Cartel wage war for control of the region–leading to more than 158 deaths through gun battles, executions, and disappearances in Reynosa.
RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas — Cartel gunmen trying to target a local public official brazenly roamed the streets of this border city firing weapons outside of the mayor’s office.
RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas — An SUV with cartel gunmen fleeing from authorities crashed into this border city’s mayor’s office, setting off a short battle that caught bystanders by surprise.
RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas — Mexican military forces fought off a cartel attack in this border city. The incident led to hundreds of rounds exchanged between soldiers and gunmen.
Cartel gunmen injured three Mexican marines during a brazen attack in this border city where they rammed a military SUV causing it to roll over multiple times.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — A series of recent gun battles and executions in this border city and in Rio Bravo led to nearly a dozen deaths as clashes with military forces and internal turmoil within the Gulf Cartel is reaching a boiling point.
RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas — Machine gunfire and rolling battles along the main avenues of this city spread terror among townspeople who tried to hide inside homes and businesses. Stray bullets went through the walls of some houses.
RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas — One of the leading commanders within the faction of the Gulf Cartel that controls this border city was apprehended by Mexican federal authorities but was suspiciously released days later.
