Un sicario de Los Zetas que había participado en un feroz enfrentamiento con las autoridades mexicanas esta semana, logró cruzar el Río Bravo hacia Texas, donde los agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza de los Estados Unidos lo atraparon e inmediatamente comenzaron a proporcionar asistencia médica. El sicario había huido de un tiroteo donde murieron 8 miembros de Los Zetas-Cartel Del Noreste.
Mexican officials confirmed that a sixth grade student shot teachers and students at a school in Coahuila before turning the gun on himself. One teacher and the underage gunman are confirmed dead, while six others were rushed to a local hospital.
Authorities along the U.S. border are on alert after receiving a law enforcement intelligence warning about a possible suicide bomber heading north toward the U.S.-Mexico Border. Breitbart obtained an exclusive copy of the leaked official document from a source operating under the umbrella of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Mexican authorities discovered the body of a previously kidnapped radio journalist from Michoacán. His death marks the first murder of its kind in 2020. Authorities have not released a motive for the murder.
Mexican authorities are investigating the apparent suicide of a man who used a knife to slash his throat after being denied entry into Texas for a political asylum claim.
Mexican authorities announced the rescue of two Pakistani migrants in Nuevo Laredo. The region is seeing a spike in violence as the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas attacks police and targets civilians.
The Mexican government confirmed the discovery of more than 3,600 mass graves since 2006. The report also highlighted more than 60,000 remain missing in the time frame. The mass graves are largely tied to cartel turf wars, however, the actual numbers are likely much higher.
A video leaked by citizen journalists captures the moment when a driver barely escapes from cartel gunmen in Nuevo Laredo. Blockade reports are becoming commonplace in the border city amid numerous shootouts in recent days, prompting consular officials to warn against crossing into Mexico.
ROMA, Texas — During a recent border tour, Breitbart News visited an unsecured section of the Texas border with Mexico. Across the river, the “crown jewel” of the Gulf Cartel — Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – A man described as a Cuban migrant died in a shootout with police after taking two hostages during a robbery attempt. The Cuban is believed to have taken part in at least 10 other robberies throughout the border city.
A United States citizen teenager from Oklahoma died and several of his relatives sustained gunshot injuries after a squad of Mexican cartel gunmen ambushed them in Mexico near the border with Texas. The family was traveling back to the U.S. when the cartel hitmen attacked them on a highway.
A group of Mexican cartel hitmen used a cell phone to record the action as they carried out a daytime execution along one of the busiest avenues in the border region of Ciudad Juarez.
Raging cartel violence in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo led to seven murders and five injuries during a three-day span. Cartel gunmen are often seen in armored convoys with mounted machine guns, grenade launchers, and .50 caliber rifles.
A narco-terrorist who became one of the top leaders within the Cartel Del Noreste (CDN) faction of Los Zetas was apparently shot during a series of clashes with state police in the border city of Nuevo Laredo. The near-capture of the drug lord, along with some of his close associates on New Year’s Eve, led to a series of shootouts the following day as cartel gunmen actively targeted officers. Mexico’s newly formed National Guard did not intervene in the clashes.
A Texas border area sheriff issued an alert via social media warning residents to not cross into the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo following several hours of shootouts between cartel gunmen and police.
The infamous drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman had, at one time, as much power and influence as the president of Mexico, said Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador during his New Year message.
Mexican federal authorities arrested a local police chief in the border state of Chihuahua in connection with a cartel attack that killed nine U.S. citizens. The murdered women and children were part of a Mormon family residing in Mexico.
EDINBURG, Texas – Authorities arrested two men in connection with the Christmas Day kidnapping of a woman at an international port of entry parking lot in Texas.
Mexican authorities are downplaying the murder of an American citizen who was killed as he waited at an international port of entry. Since the incident, officials tried to present him as a Mexican national, however, Breitbart Texas confirmed the victim held a U.S. passport.
A U.S. citizen in line to cross into Texas at an international port of entry died during a failed carjacking attempt in Reynosa, Tamaulipas. The fatal incident follows a series of recent armed robberies and carjackings in the Mexican border city’s downtown district.
Mexico’s Ambassador to Argentina allegedly tried to steal shirts from an airport store as he was traveling home to face a separate petty theft accusation. In the aftermath of the two cases, Mexico’s Foreign Relations Ministry said the diplomat’s resignation was officially due to medical reasons.
Good Samaritans inside a Reynosa, Tamaulipas, bank rescued a kidnapping victim as his abductors were forcing him to empty his accounts. The border city customers rushed the suspect, helping the victim escape until the police arrived.
Mexican authorities rescued eight migrants from Sri Lanka and Nepal after cartel-connected human smugglers kidnapped them. The smugglers held the migrants against their will and demanded a series of ransoms to release them.
A fresh travel advisory issued by the U.S. State Department shortly before the Christmas holiday travel period continues to label five Mexican states in the same danger category as war-torn Middle Eastern countries. Such states have a Level 4 designation, where U.S. travelers are asked not to visit. State Department officials continue to avoid using the word “cartel” to describe the main organizations operating in those parts of the nation.
As rival cartels continue to fight for control of lucrative drug and human smuggling routes into Texas, a series of video clips circulated by gunmen provide glimpses into escalating violence as criminal organizations use armored vehicles and high powered weapons in Mexican border city streets.
A Mexican father who picked up an old rifle to rescue his son from a group of kidnappers will likely spend Christmas with his family after a judge placed him on house arrest instead of jail. He is still facing criminal charges in connection with the “homicide in a fight” of one of kidnapper.
The man who once ran Amazon’s operations in Mexico is currently deemed an international fugitive for an investigation into his estranged wife’s murder, according to Interpol. The suspect supposedly crossed into California from Mexico in recent weeks.
An ongoing investigation into a drug cartel stash house in the Mexican state of Jalisco has yielded the discovery of 50 bodies in one property. Since November, authorities in Jalisco have found a total of 81 bodies in two ranches and arrested 15 gunmen in connection with the ongoing cartel violence in the area.
The once peaceful central Mexican state of Guanajuato is now the region with the highest number of police officers murdered this year. The rising death toll of police officers comes at a time when one of the country’s most violent drug cartels is making a push for control of the region.
Two U.S. Senators filed a bill that would target Mexican cartels and other transnational criminal organizations through financial, criminal, and immigration sanctions. The sanctions are similar to the ones they would face if they were designated as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) by the State Department.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – The vice president of a Texas border city school board is facing federal charges for allegedly using her position to solicit bribes from vendors.
Mexico’s former public security secretary took millions from the Sinaloa Cartel in exchange for letting the organization operate with impunity, federal prosecutors revealed following his arrest in Dallas, Texas. While in office, he served as Mexico’s top security official who oversaw the country’s entire Federal Police apparatus reporting directly to the former president. He faces multiple drug conspiracy charges in a New York federal court.
A father in Mexico is facing potential murder charges after he picked up a weapon to rescue his son from two kidnappers in coastal Veracruz.
Mexico’s ambassador to Argentina is expected to be recalled after news broke about police investigating the diplomat in connection with a petty theft case in October. The scandal comes soon after another diplomat was outed for targeting a Mexican journalist for her work. While the incident went unnoticed for weeks, new details of the alleged theft caused controversy in Mexico.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Altos funcionarios de seguridad en el estado fronterizo de Tamaulipas anunciaron la adquisición de cuatro helicópteros para ayudar en las operaciones de seguridad a lo largo de áreas que continúan viendo una fuerte actividad de cárteles.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – Top security officials in this border state announced the upcoming purchase of four helicopters to help counter cartel activities in key areas near the U.S.
In the aftermath of a weekend attack by a faction of Los Zetas that killed at least 23 individuals, the governor of Coahuila claimed that the attack was meant to “scare” his people.
Just hours after saying that a group of approximately 150 cartel gunmen illegally snuck into Texas through a series of dirt roads and over the border river before crossing back into Mexico to attack a rural community for a shootout that killed at least 23, the governor of Coahuila is now walking back his statement, claiming the gunmen did not cross the international boundary.
Two U.S. citizens who traveled to Coahuila on a hunting trip had their vehicles taken at gunpoint by cartel operatives during a fierce firefight that killed 21 individuals near the border with Texas.
Mexican authorities announced the arrest of four suspects in connection with their alleged roles in the high-profile attack that killed nine women and children from a Mormon U.S. family last month in Sonora. One was identified as the regional leader for the “La Linea” faction of the Juarez Cartel.
