A former Mexican cop is being singled out at the triggerman behind the assassination of a congressional candidate in Piedras Negras, Coahuila. The former cop’s brother, a retired Mexican military officer, is believed to have directly helped.
A statement issued by the Permanent Commission of Mexico’s Congress is calling for an end to bi-national cooperation with the U.S. in fighting cartels, immigration enforcement, and counter-terrorism, over the separation of families at the border.
The governor of Coahuila is offering a reward for information leading to the capture of two suspects for their alleged roles in the assassination of congressional candidate Fernando Puron.
U.S. Border Patrol officials opened the doors of a Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector processing center to journalists on Sunday. The media tour provided journalists with information about the ongoing situation at the border and the debate surrounding a policy called Zero-Tolerance.
A team of cartel gunmen in the violent state of Michoacan murdered the current mayor of a small city as he was campaigning for re-election days after a hitman killed a congressional candidate in the border state of Coahuila.
The Texas-born drug boss known as “La Barbie” was sentenced to 49 years and one month in prison and ordered to turn over $192 million. The drug lord is believed to have started a fierce drug war with Los Zetas Cartel in the Laredo-Nuevo Laredo metropolitan border area.
Gunmen assassinated the former mayor of the border city of Piedras Negras as he left a political debate.
HIDALGO, Texas — U.S. authorities and the border state of Tamaulipas kicked off a new program that creates a U.S. based tip-line for callers from Mexico to provide information on the cartel members and their activities.
A Mexican federal court ordered the re-opening of an investigation into the forced disappearances of 43 students from the rural community of Ayotzinapa, Guerrero.
Six days after convicting one of two men responsible for murdering a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was fishing with his family in 2014, a jury found that the man should die by lethal injection. The other defendant is still awaiting trial.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – Una feroz batalla armada entre facciones rivales del Cártel del Golfo, justo afuera del Puente Internacional Reynosa-Pharr, forzó a los automovilistas que pasaban por la zona a correr en busca de refugio.
PHARR, Texas — A fierce gun battle between rival factions of the Gulf Cartel immediately outside the Reynosa-Pharr International Bridge zone forced a panicked motorist to run for cover as the cartel gunmen unleashed a barrage of gunfire.
State authorities in the border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, arrested a former border city official on extortion and organized crime charges. The same official is also under federal investigation for allegedly trying to smuggle more than 1100 bulletproof vests.
McALLEN, Texas — After a short deliberation, jurors convicted one of the men who shot and killed U.S. Border Patrol Agent Javier Vega during a family fishing trip in 2014. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
Mexican authorities are investigating the murder of a journalist in Tamaulipas, marking the second killing of its kind in the border state this year and the sixth overall in 2018. In May, Mexico suffered three media homicides alone.
Mexican authorities arrested the wife of one of the top drug lords in the nation–a man blamed in large part for spreading cartel violence and the distribution of significant portions of drugs in the U.S. opioid crisis.
EDINBURG, Texas — Four individuals were arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged illegal voting practices during a local election in 2017. One of the individuals who is accused of voter fraud is also a convicted human smuggler.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — While politicians in border cities often try to portray their region as safe, those areas are often home to some of the most dramatic crimes typically overlooked by legacy media. Breitbart Texas interviewed a recently retired homicide detective from Brownsville Police who recalled helping solve some of the most horrific crimes, including the beheading of three infants by their parents and other murders with direct ties to Mexican cartels.
A financial writer for one of Mexico’s largest publications was beaten to death in her home in Monterrey. The case marks the fifth journalist to be murdered in Mexico, a country labeled by press freedom groups as the most dangerous for media workers.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The son of Mexican drug lord who headed the Gulf Cartel and founded Los Zetas is facing a possible 13-year prison sentence for waving a gun in a bar while claiming to be a U.S. Marshal.
Bodycam footage released by the Texas Department of Public Safety challenges claims made on social media by activist Shaun King and attorney Lee Merritt that a woman was allegedly raped by a state trooper after a traffic stop in Waxahachie.
NUEVO LAREDO, Tamaulipas — Roughly 200 protesters took to the streets demanding the Mexican military leave the city. The protest was sponsored by Los Zetas faction Cartel Del Noreste, which has been on the receiving end of numerous raids costing the criminal organization drugs, weapons, and cash.
A candidate for Maverick County judge in Eagle Pass, Texas, was arrested in connection with a threat he allegedly made claiming he would send a Mexican cartel against the county’s Democratic Party chairman. In the region where the threat was made, Los Zetas Cartel is responsible for hundreds of disappearances where victims from both sides of the border were kidnapped, murdered, and incinerated.
A team of gunmen shot and killed a Mexican journalist outside of his home in the southern Mexican state of Tabasco. The murder is being considered a targeted assassination by investigators.
Mexican law enforcement agents arrested a former top official with the Tamaulipas government in the border city of Matamoros on state embezzlement charges. That official is also a fugitive in Texas where he faces multiple charges including money laundering and bank fraud.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – Los medios de comunicación locales en la ciudad fronteriza de Matamoros, Tamaulipas, han sido completamente silenciados por el Cartel del Golfo cuando se trata de asuntos relacionados con las actividades de las organizaciones delictivas, particularmente el robo de combustible. A pesar de un fuerte ataque y otros eventos de alto perfil, los medios de noticias en Matamoros han tenido que guardar silencio para evitar represalias y ataques por parte del cartel.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Local news outlets in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, are completely silenced by the Gulf Cartel with respect to reporting on the criminal organization’s activities, particularly the theft of fuel. Despite a series of high-profile events and murders, journalists remain silent to avoid violent reprisals.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Federal authorities arrested a man accused of buying more than $112,000 in counterfeit erectile dysfunction pills from India and selling them through social media groups in South Texas.
McALLEN, Texas — A Hidalgo County bailiff is facing federal charges after FBI agents claimed he helped two men steal loads of cocaine.
A recent article by National Public Radio aimed at portraying Mexico’s immigration enforcement and checkpoints in a positive light overlooked allegations of corruption against Mexican federal agencies and did not speak with law enforcement officials.
A top special forces colonel for the Guatemalan Army is facing various charges in his own country for allegedly laundering money for the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent in the Laredo, Texas, faces state theft charges after allegedly pawning his government-issued night vision equipment after claiming it was stolen.
A fight at a bar featuring narco-music led to a shootout where 12 people were injured in the central Mexican city of Cuernavaca, Morelos. The shooting apparently escalated from a fist fight.
A series of raids by Mexican military forces in the downtown area of Nuevo Laredo uncovered a cache of military-grade weapons. Those weapons include rocket launchers, grenades, dynamite sticks, machine guns, rifles, and several cloned Mexican infantrymen uniforms and vest.
Una serie de redadas por parte de las fuerzas militares mexicanas en el centro de la ciudad de Nuevo Laredo descubrió una fuerte cantidad de armas de uso militar incluyendo lanzacohetes, granadas, dinamita, ametralladoras, rifles y varios uniformes y chalecos clonados para parecer que eran de la infantería mexicana clonados.
A Los Angeles Police Department officer is facing human smuggling charges after federal authorities arrested him during an alleged attempt. At the time of his arrest, the officer was carrying his duty weapon and presented police credentials.
A former governor for the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas who is facing U.S. drug trafficking, money laundering, and racketeering charges in Texas pleaded not guilty and will remain in federal custody without bond.
Outrage and disbelief is spreading throughout Mexico after authorities in Jalisco announced that three film students reported missing were killed and dissolved in acid. The suspects are members of Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG).
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A former governor for the border state of Tamaulipas is currently facing close to a dozen charges in a U.S. court accusing him of drug trafficking, money laundering, and racketeering. Prosecutors claim the Mexican politician worked with the Gulf, Los Zetas, and Beltran Leyva Cartels.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A U.S. judge ordered that a cartel-linked former Mexican governor will remain behind bars until his trial, where he faces close to a dozen charges tied to drug trafficking, money laundering, and racketeering. He also faces the forfeiture of $132 million in cash, an airplane, and various properties. The former Mexican politician asked for a court-appointed attorney–claiming he did not know if he had any money.
