Ildefonso Ortiz

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas — A Texas father will soon be reunited with his daughter 12 years after the girl’s mother allegedly kidnapped her and took her to Mexico from where U.S. federal agents working alongside their Mexican counterparts were

MCALLEN, Texas — Mexican authorities have arrested the leader of the Beltran Leyva Cartel, one of the main cartels that operates in central Mexico. The arrest marks another trophy to the failed administration of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto who

MCALLEN, Texas — A former law enforcement officer and political candidate previously convicted of using his badge to move more than $40 million for Mexican drug cartels has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. On Wednesday morning, former Hidalgo County

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A Texas border Gulf Cartel smuggler will spend close to 20 years in prison for the shipping of 3,000 to 5,000 pounds of marijuana to Houston every few weeks.  On Monday morning, 46, year-old Rogelio “Barrotes”

LAREDO, Texas –The Mexican Navy has seized more than 2,400 pounds of cocaine in southern Mexico following a pursuit by boat. The seizure took place earlier this week near the town of Boca Del Cielo after the Mexican Navy deployed

OZONA, Texas — A suspected drug smuggler trying to move four kilograms of cocaine from the Texas border to Connecticut drew the suspicion of authorities because he used a bag with the U.S. National Guard logo on it. The value

MCALLEN, Texas — Cartel threats have forced a university in the Mexican border city of Reynosa to cancel it’s classes for almost a week.The Valle de Mexico University sent out a memo to its students this week and posted an

HOUSTON, Texas — An American citizen was beaten to death by drug cartel members while another barely managed to survive the kidnapping and torture just south of the Texas border. The two men have been identified as 38-year-old Erick Candanoza,

MCALLEN, Texas — As the Mexican government continues to make assurances about the improving safety in their country, it seems they are not even able to protect a member of their ruling elite who was kidnapped and his body torched.

MCALLEN, Texas — Two underage illegal aliens are in custody accused of breaking into ranch homes to steal firearms.  The arrest came after deputies with the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office, who were working a separate case, ended up finding a

MCALLEN, Texas — A convicted sex offender is once again facing charges following his arrest at a Texas border international bridge with child pornography in his cell phone.  Court records obtained by Breitbart Texas reveal on Tuesday shortly after 1

MCALLEN, Texas — Federal agents arrested three illegal aliens from China who were among 11 aliens being held at a stash house on the Texas border; the human smuggler had her young child in the vehicle when she tried moving

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A group of over a dozen U.S. citizens are facing federal weapons charges for allegedly running a conspiracy throughout the southern Texas border to buy and smuggle weapons for the Gulf Cartel. Young, good looking and wearing

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Some groups are claiming that a gruesome Mexican cartel execution video making the rounds on social media claims shows the cartel members relaying a “message to America.” Breitbart Texas has confirmed that the video is not a

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Despite much raucous on social media, less than five protesters arrived at the Veteran’s International Bridge near the Texas-Mexico border, claiming that “cartel threats” had kept many away. However, those threats fell apart after further investigation by

EDINBURG, Texas — Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott said he is preparing to sue the Obama administration to recuperate the money spent by the state dealing with the recent border crisis.  He made the claim on Friday evening

MCALLEN, Texas – The protest calling for shutting down various ports of entry across the Texas-Mexico border was called off just hours before it was set to begin. While the group claimed that the cancellation was made due to cartel

MCALLEN, Texas — Two Austin men stand accused of driving a tractor trailer with illegal aliens inside, running a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint and leading police in a high speed chase for more than 180 miles before coming to a

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A security guard for the federal courthouse in the border city of McAllen has been arrested and charged by federal agents with child pornography charges.  On Thursday morning, Ricardo A. Garcia, from McAllen, TX, who works as

LUBBOCK, Texas — Cops are on the hunt for a previously deported 14-year-old illegal alien suspected of trying to execute a teenaged human smuggler on the Texas border in an apparent cartel hit. The victim in the case had a lengthy

LUBBOCK, Texas — A Texas border man who smuggled grenade launchers for drug cartels has been sentenced to more than 6 years in prison. On Monday evening in McAllen, U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez sentenced 27-year-old Erik Perez Bazan to 75 months in

LUBBOCK, Texas — A U.S. Army soldier in uniform allegedly tried to smuggle illegal aliens into Texas, according to court records obtained by Breitbart Texas. Authorities claim the soldier attempted to drive across a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint with two

PATAGONIA, Arizona – Agents along the South Texas Border arrested close to 6,800 illegal immigrants including 19 convicted rapists and three fugitives wanted for sexual abuse of children and child pornography within a two week span. During that time frame

MCALLEN, Texas — Federal agents arrested a woman accused of trying to pick up a group of immigrants; she had been arrested previously seven different times on smuggling cases but had never been prosecuted. According to court records obtained by

RUIDOSO, New Mexico — A suspected Mexican cartel hitman has been charged for the brutal double murder of a Texas family. The brutal killings occurred as the family members were sitting down for dinner together in the Texas border area home