The infighting for control of the Gulf Cartel in this border city has led to the kidnapping and likely execution of a long time cartel boss and founding leader of Los Zetas. It appears his family met the same fate.
Authorities in the border city of El Paso are looking into why a high school student set himself on fire.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Mexican authorities arrested the ex-wife of the top regional leader for the Gulf Cartel on a drunken driving charge, however, rather than question her about her alleged money laundering activities or the whereabouts of her wanted ex-husband, Mexico’s court system released her the day after her arrest.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Un sicario de prisión para el Cartel Del Golfo, sobreviviente del sistema penitenciario y de las guerras entre carteles narra su vida dentro del penal de Reynosa, como a sangre y fuego se consigue el poder y se controla a la población de internos. El asesino retirado es conocido por el nombre de Betillo.
An American father who traveled to Mexico for vacation almost three years ago had his two sons kidnapped and was falsely imprisoned. Since then he has been fighting in an effort to get them back. After years of dealing with Mexico’s corrupt judicial system in the lower courts, the case is headed to Mexico’s Supreme Court where, if international laws are upheld, the children should be returned to the United States.
LAREDO, Texas — Just days after Breitbart Texas revealed that Los Zetas cartel drug smugglers were running wild in this border city by using a popular border park to run their drugs, authorities have since stepped up their presence in the area. Though local and federal authorities had been made aware that drug runners were using the children’s park in broad daylight, they took no action until Breitbart Texas was the first media outlet to cover the issue.
A previously deported member of the fearsome Salvadoran MS-13 prison gang has been arrested near this the Texas border with Mexico. The previously deported MS-13 gang member known as “El Diablo” had been convicted of stabbing an innocent man at a restaurant in Chesterfield Virginia and leaving him for dead. The case was considered at the time by Virginia authorities to be one of the most violent acts by the MS-13 in the area.
Arizona state police arrested a U.S. Border Patrol agent following a traffic stop where they found four suitcases with 50 bricks of cocaine. The agent said was traveling to Chicago where he was going to receive $50,000 for the trip.
Mexican court officials have released two suspected child kidnappers in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas setting off rage among neighbors who have vowed to take justice into their own hands.
EAGLE PASS, Texas — A Texas border sheriff has kicked off an investigation into his predecessor after discovering that approximately $700,000 in forfeiture funds went missing under his predecessors term. The investigation is taking place in Maverick County, a border region with a rich history of public corruption.
MISSION, Texas — An apparent drug theft turned into a shootout in this border city and left one person dead. The shootout comes after various home invasions have been reported along the Texas border where multiple gunmen storm rural houses looking for drug shipments or cash.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Drug cartels in Mexico are once again changing tactics in order to get their drugs into the United States. The most recent innovation was discovered when federal authorities found a large makeshift raft that traffickers were using to float vehicles, fully loaded with drugs, across the Rio Grande and into the U.S.
A former Mexican governor, wanted by the U.S. Department of Justice on money laundering charges tied to Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel, made a public appearance during the State of the State speech given by the current Tamaulipas governor where the fugitive politician said “I’m not worried.”
MCALLEN, Texas — The wife of a top Tamaulipas politician remains in U.S. federal custody as she awaits to go to trial after the FBI arrested her on money laundering charges.
The barbaric Islamic terrorist attack that shocked the world by terrorists who claimed to be refugees in Paris could spell trouble for Mexico’s efforts to import Syrian refugees.
A prominent Mexican Social Democrat has called his fellow Mexicans hypocrites for voicing their outrage at the Islamic terrorist massacre in Paris, yet the country remains silent about the many massacres that have taken place in Mexico.
DONNA, Texas — Two Texas border public school board members have been indicted on bribery and attempted extortion charges. The charges were handed down Friday morning when the U.S District Court for the Southern District of Texas unsealed an indictment charging two of the board members with bribery and extortion in connection with services contracts for the district. A third person who is believed to have acted as a middleman has also been charged.
Two relatives of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have been arrested by U.S. federal authorities on large-scale cocaine trafficking charges. They tried to claim diplomatic immunity.
The current mayor in this border city is fighting two misdemeanor charges accusing him of having used a fire truck to fill his swimming pool. His defense attorney stated that the case is politically motivated since court records point to a damage of “less than $100”.
Federal officers in this border city saved a baby’s life during an unexpected delivery on the international bridge that connects this border city with the Mexican city of Reynosa. The child was not breathing at first, but the quick reaction of the officers and bridge employees helped save the baby’s life.
Authorities are hunting for 12 men and women tied to two separate massive credit card cloning and fraud investigations. Five other men have already been arrested on multiple charges tied to the case.
Once again the streets of this border community turned into a war zone as Mexican authorities battled three vehicles full of cartel gunmen. The fierce gun battle and chases resulted in two gunmen being crushed to death in a vehicle rollover.
Federal authorities in Argentina are on high alert after a possible sighting of top Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera.
Authorities from both the U.S. and Mexico ended up bumping into each other on the American side of the border as they each searched for drug cartel smugglers.
Las autoridades de esta ciudad fronteriza arrestaron a un agente federal acusado de trabajar para el Cártel del Golfo de México y de haber participado en una decapitación del cártel en Texas.
