Mexican government officials are twisting facts in an attempt to downplay the raging cartel violence spreading throughout the border state of Tamaulipas. In the most recent incident, public officials are hiding a large-scale attack on law enforcement by cartel gunmen and the use of explosives by passing it off as a scuffle between drug gangs.
One Mexican police officer is recovering after being injured during a shootout with cartel gunmen in the border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas. The shootout comes at a time when government officials continuously claim that the city is safe.
The recent killing of two border state police officers is directly linked to an attempt to murder a corrupt law enforcement official who has been working for a rival cartel. Cartel gunmen previously called out that official on cartel banners, Breitbart Texas reported at the time.
Authorities in Mexico are trying to cover up the killing of a cartel lieutenant inside a Mexican border state prison. The killing comes at a time when various drug cartels continue to operate in Tamaulipas with the complicity of government officials.
Mexican troops rescued a Texas woman after cartel gunmen had kidnapped her during a cross-country drive toward Belize. The kidnapping comes as the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas continues to be one of the most dangerous places in Mexico.
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.
A lifelong rancher in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas fought off a group of cartel gunmen who tried to kidnap him from his home. The case highlights criminal organizations’ control in Mexico due to the complicity of government officials.
Cartel gunmen in the border state of Tamaulipas continue to attack tractor-trailers carrying diesel and other fuel products with complete impunity. At the same time, government officials deny the raging cartel violence in the region.
Mexican Army soldiers arrested a group of cartel gunmen who crashed into their convoy a few miles south of the Texas border. After the crash, the soldiers found the bodies of four gunmen in the back of the vehicle that had been killed in an earlier shootout between rival cartels. It appears military forces did not play a role in the gunmen’s deaths.
Cartel gunmen used a ranch in northern Mexico as a killing field where they tortured, murdered, and incinerated a large number of victims with complete impunity. The discovery comes as corrupt government officials at the state and federal level in Mexico refuse to target drug cartels and criminal organizations. At the same time, government officials claim security conditions are improving under their regime.
Mexican authorities have abandoned the residents of two towns in the central part of the border state of Tamaulipas despite terrorist attacks by the Gulf Cartel. Gunmen continued to set fire to buildings, abducted innocent victims, and shot up homes.
Government officials in the Mexican border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, remain silent as the Gulf Cartel continues to terrorize locals and carry out violent crimes with complete impunity. The criminal organization effectively silenced local news outlets into not reporting any crime connected to them.
Mexico’s government remains impotent as the Gulf Cartel continues to spread terror through highways in the border state of Tamaulipas. Either for political beliefs or because of widespread corruption, local, state, and federal forces left residents to their fate as convoys of cartel gunmen freely roamed the state highways, clashing with rivals. In addition to the fighting, gunmen have also been carrying out carjackings, kidnappings, and other crimes targeting innocent civilians.
Two murders in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas over the weekend point to the reignition of a narco-turf war between criminal organizations. The murders come as government officials try to hide the control that criminal organizations have over the state.
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.
A group of border state police officers in Mexico will spend 50 years in prison for their role in the mass killing and incineration of 19 people who were trying to reach the Texas border.
A city councilwoman from a border city in Mexico pleaded guilty to smuggling close to 100 pounds of cocaine in a U.S. federal court. The politician, still listed on her city’s website, is currently facing a possible sentence of up to life in prison.
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador claimed that his government has been protecting truckers for a long time in the border state of Tamaulipas and that they are safe. The comment comes just days after the Gulf Cartel carjacked more than 15 tractor-trailers and forced the drivers to dump the fuel they were carrying for not having paid protection.
Gulf Cartel gunmen carjacked over a dozen tractor-trailers and forced their drivers to dump thousands of gallons of fuel. The gunmen attacked the truck over non-payment of protection fees to the criminal organization.
Authorities in Mexico raided a hotel used as a front to hide a cartel surveillance center in a border city known as a “safe” tourist hotspot near the Texas border.
A private law firm released a controversial video showing a top politician in northern Mexico openly talking about using government funds to buy the allegiance of state congressmen. The video is part of a private investigation by the law firm representing a former governor from Tamaulipas. The governor claims to be the target of political persecution and that the current government turned the state over to criminal organizations.
Friends and loved ones of a murdered woman blocked the entrance to an international port of entry in the border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, for over 18 hours to pressure government officials into solving the case.
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 group of cartel gunmen attacked a group of close to 20 tourists who had just crossed into Mexico on their from Texas. Mexican authorities rushed seven injured tourists to a U.S. port of entry, where medical personnel tended to them and took them to local hospitals. Cartel gunmen used an armored vehicle to ram the cars being used by the tourists and began shooting at them.
Authorities and human rights activists found another cartel-connected killing field located just south of the Texas-Mexico border. Cartel gunmen are believed to have incinerated an unknown number of victims. The discovery of the killing field and several clandestine mass graves come at a time when Tamaulipas government officials publicly claim that crime is down under their watch.
A Mexican federal judge ordered the release of a cartel-connected border-state former governor fighting extradition to the U.S. where he is wanted on money laundering charges.
Cartel gunmen continued large-scale shootouts around the Mexican border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, despite the efforts of government officials to deny the violence or minimize its horrors.
Las autoridades del estado fronterizo de Tamaulipas están investigando a miembros de su propia fuerza policial en relación con el tráfico clandestino de armas y vínculos con cárteles de la droga.
Authorities in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas are looking into members of their own police force in connection with the underground trade of weapons and ties to drug cartels.
A group of cartel terrorists attacked a Mexican police checkpoint in the border state of Coahuila, setting off a fierce shootout. In a span of five days, cartel gunmen carried out four separate attacks on police forces, with the latest taking place on Tuesday morning.
Mexican military forces killed ten Gulf Cartel gunmen in one hour during two fierce clashes just south of the Texas border. The fighting comes while the Gulf Cartel has been responsible for numerous shootouts along several border cities as the criminal organization wages an internal turf war.
Fuerzas militares Mexicanas mataron a 10 sicarios del Cartel del Golfo durante dos feroces enfrentamientos a solo una hora al sur de la frontera con Texas. Las balaceras llegan en un momento en que el Cartel del Golfo ha sido responsable de numerosos tiroteos a lo largo de varias ciudades fronterizas mientras la organización criminal libra una guerra territorial interna.
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 ambushed a group of police officers in a coordinated attack that killed two officers and injured two others. The fatal attack is just another example of shootouts that plague the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas despite attempts by government officials to conceal the severity of the violence.
Mexican military forces killed nine Gulf Cartel gunmen during a series of confrontations in the northern part of the border state of Tamaulipas.
Las fuerzas militares mexicanas mataron a nueve sicarios del Cártel del Golfo durante una serie de enfrentamientos en la parte norte del estado de Tamaulipas.
A group of Gulf Cartel gunmen attacked the number two state official in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas as he traveled along a highway that leads to the border city of Reynosa.
A narco-terrorist organization, the Gulf Cartel, kidnapped three innocent laborers after mistaking them for rivals. The case turned fatal when one of the kidnapping victims died in a car crash along with two cartel gunmen who were moving him.
Officials in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas used their official social media accounts to discredit recent news articles about cartel shootouts. At the same time, these officials made false or misleading claims about the circumstances surrounding the shooting events.
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.
