
Many questions remain in yet another unsolved murder in Mexico City where authorities discovered the heavily decomposed body of an aspiring actress in the water tank of her apartment complex. Her body was discovered 11 months after she went missing.
by Ildefonso Ortiz16 Jan 2015, 8:27 AM PST0

Mexican authorities are looking into 20 state officials who are said to have tortured three woman who were detained after the Mexican army killed 22 cartel gunmen in the rural town of Tlataya.
by Ildefonso Ortiz16 Jan 2015, 7:32 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas — The former head of the Mexican Gulf Cartel pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy charges in Texas. He was originally caught on the Texas border by U.S. authorities.
by Ildefonso Ortiz15 Jan 2015, 9:36 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas — An illegal alien who had been allowed to stay in the U.S. under the DREAM act has been charged with human smuggling for his alleged role in a conspiracy that included a gun carrying woman and a drag queen.
by Ildefonso Ortiz15 Jan 2015, 7:44 AM PST0

Authorities continue to look into a bus crash that killed 8 prisoners and two corrections officers and injured several others in West Texas.
by Ildefonso Ortiz14 Jan 2015, 11:06 AM PST0

A jailed Mexican politician and his wife have now been formally charged with kidnapping for their alleged role in ordering the disappearance of 43 education students in Mexico who were taken by police officers and then executed by cartel members.
by Ildefonso Ortiz14 Jan 2015, 9:54 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas — A man who has been wanted for a Texas murder for 14 years has been arrested near the Texas border with Mexico. Federal agents arrested the man on murder charges.
by Ildefonso Ortiz14 Jan 2015, 9:22 AM PST0

Mexican authorities are looking into a shootout in a rural town in the Mexican state of Michoacán that killed five members of a self-defense group.
by Ildefonso Ortiz14 Jan 2015, 7:07 AM PST0

A San Antonio police officer found himself on the wrong side of the law after a man claimed that he had stolen his drugs, new rifle and cash.
by Ildefonso Ortiz12 Jan 2015, 2:08 AM PST0

Federal agents and local law enforcement along the Texas border arrested a major suspected drug trafficker. The accused kingpin had managed to stay away from convictions for almost a decade — despite years of serious accusations against him.
by Ildefonso Ortiz10 Jan 2015, 11:45 AM PST0

A former U.S. federal agent tasked with investigating cartel-corrupted law enforcement on the Texas border will spend one year and one day in prison for falsifying investigations.
by Ildefonso Ortiz8 Jan 2015, 9:23 AM PST0

A Democrat Texas Congressman wrote a letter to U.S. Vice President Joe Bidden asking him to focus on the worsening security situation in Mexico which “has ripped apart our way of life on the U.S. Mexico Border.”
by Ildefonso Ortiz7 Jan 2015, 11:00 AM PST0

Two shootouts in the Mexican state of Michoacán have left 9 dead and led to the arrest of 44 suspects.
by Ildefonso Ortiz7 Jan 2015, 8:55 AM PST0

The son of legendary Gulf Cartel leader Osiel Cardenas remains in federal custody after U.S. agents arrested him at the Texas border. He was allegedly trying to smuggle hundreds of ammunition rounds and weapons parts into Mexico.
by Ildefonso Ortiz6 Jan 2015, 11:07 AM PST0

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — The ever worsening security situation in Mexico has led to a new mode of transportation for Mexican tourists that includes traveling in a convoy with police escorts at speeds of 100 miles an hour or more — all in an effort to avoid getting carjacked by drug cartels on their journey to the U.S. border.
by Ildefonso Ortiz6 Jan 2015, 9:33 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas — After a brief firefight, the Mexican army rescued a kidnapped woman from a group of cartel gunmen near the Texas border.
by Ildefonso Ortiz5 Jan 2015, 9:00 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas – The Mexican military seized an armored vehicle loaded with a grenade launcher and several other drug cartel weapons and ammunition just south of the Texas border.
by Ildefonso Ortiz4 Jan 2015, 10:57 AM PST0

A group of gunmen stormed the home of a journalist in the Mexican state of Veracruz taking him at gunpoint while at the same time stealing his camera, computer and cell phones.
by Ildefonso Ortiz3 Jan 2015, 10:45 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas — A video released by the Mexican government in an effort to inspire goodwill for 2015 had the opposite effect drawing much criticism for making light of the many tragedies that the nation faced — including the kidnapping and murder by police and cartel hitmen of 43 education students.
by Ildefonso Ortiz3 Jan 2015, 8:48 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas – One of the most famous leaders of the Gulf cartel is suing the U.S. government in an effort to have a federal judge determine if he is a U.S. citizen or not.
by Ildefonso Ortiz3 Jan 2015, 7:32 AM PST0

At a time when police officers are often criticized for doing their job, a group of Texas border sheriff’s deputies were able to save a woman who pulled out a gun at the entrance of the county jail in an effort to get authorities to shoot her.
by Ildefonso Ortiz2 Jan 2015, 7:19 AM PST0

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Mexican investigators beat and tortured a prostitute in order to get her to confirm their version of events regarding the alleged execution of a group of cartel members in the town of Tlataya.
by Ildefonso Ortiz1 Jan 2015, 10:07 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas — Mexican authorities have confirmed the capture of one of the top lieutenants from the Sinaloa Cartel.
by Ildefonso Ortiz31 Dec 2014, 10:15 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas – A man from the Mexican border city of Matamoros has been accused of trying to smuggle 100 gallons of liquid methamphetamine hidden inside the gas tank of a truck.
by Ildefonso Ortiz31 Dec 2014, 10:04 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas – A Mexican man who is in the U.S. illegally remains behind bars and stands accused of assaulting his girlfriend and kidnapping her baby.
by Ildefonso Ortiz31 Dec 2014, 9:27 AM PST0