Top members within the leadership of the Gulf Cartel have been discussing the use of car bombs and other explosives to incite terror in this border city. An audio recording that has been anonymously leaked onto social media and obtained by Breitbart Texas revealed that top commanders within the Gulf Cartel may be planning to set off car bombs in the near future. Breitbart Texas consulted with various U.S. law enforcement agencies who confirmed that they are aware of the situation and are following the developments south of the border very closely.
by Cartel Chronicles26 Oct 2015, 5:42 AM PST0
U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro believes it is time to make the elimination of the legal term used to describe people from another country, “Alien,” from our law books. Castro compared the term that has been used for decades to describe the immigration status of people entering this country legally or illegally to the words “lunatic” and “mentally retarded.”
by Bob Price25 Oct 2015, 10:08 AM PST0
Drug cartel members tortured and executed seven men whose bodies were found near the Sonora/Arizona Border. One of the men had been decapitated. One of the victims has since been identified as a drug trafficker who had previously been arrested in the United States.
by Ildefonso Ortiz25 Oct 2015, 6:55 AM PST0
Mexican drug cartels built a half mile long tunnel that they used to smuggle tons of marijuana from the Mexican border city of Tijuana into San Diego. During the raid, U.S. federal agents seized 2 tons of marijuana, while in Mexico authorities seized 10 tons of marijuana as well for a total of 12 tons that were about to hit American streets.
by Ildefonso Ortiz24 Oct 2015, 9:42 AM PST0
Minors caught up in sex trafficking will not longer be counted as suspects, but as victims in cases handled through the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
by Michelle Moons24 Oct 2015, 4:00 AM PST0
“Full Measure” host Sharyl Attkisson said, “most Americans would be very surprised to hear how large the problem” of crimes committed by illegal immigrants is and “many in the media have self-censored the topic” on Friday’s “O’Reilly Factor” on the
by Ian Hanchett23 Oct 2015, 10:58 PM PST0
For the second time this week multiple heavily armed gunmen stormed into a house in a Texas border city, holding people at gunpoint and assaulting their victims. The most recent home invasion took place Wednesday night in Harlingen, where four gunmen wearing black clothing and ski-masks raided a house looking for large quantities of cash.
by Ildefonso Ortiz23 Oct 2015, 11:11 AM PST0
Mexico and the United States said on October 15 they will open two jointly staffed border inspection stations on Mexican soil in a bid to streamline trade and improve communication at the frontier. This plan is not new, but has been held up for years in the shadow of controversy over US agents carrying firearms on Mexican soil.
by Sylvia Longmire23 Oct 2015, 6:59 AM PST0
Un intento fallido de capturar al máximo líder del Cártel del Golfo en esta ciudad fronteriza, dejó una tarde de terror con enfrentamientos con armas, explosiones, bloqueos de calles y persecuciones a alta velocidad. La violencia tuvo lugar a unas pocas millas de la frontera al sur de Texas.
by Cartel Chronicles23 Oct 2015, 5:14 AM PST0
Three hours of terror held this Mexican border city hostage as a cartel firefight raged. A failed attempt to capture the top Gulf Cartel leader in this border city set of an afternoon of terror with rolling gun battles, explosions, cartel blockades and high speed chases. The raging violence took place just a few miles south of the Texas border.
by Cartel Chronicles23 Oct 2015, 5:09 AM PST0
A prominent blog from Spain about citizen journalism has touted the efforts of Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project as a “successful formula” for demonstrating how the collaboration between professional and citizen journalists can bring down violent drug cartels. Journalist and director of Spain’s Periodismo Ciudadano website Paula Gonzalo writes that Breitbart Texas is acting as a bridge across the border so Mexican citizen journalists can tell these vivid cartel stories.
by Sylvia Longmire22 Oct 2015, 11:39 AM PST0
Local and National media outlets have all but ignored an RPG attack on a Mexican police headquarters building located just south of the Texas border town of Eagle Pass. This seems to follow a pattern of news outlets ignoring the cartel war occurring just south of the major Texas cities of McAllen and Brownsville.
by Bob Price22 Oct 2015, 9:43 AM PST0
A top commander with the fearsome Los Zetas cartel who may have been trying to sneak into Texas begged authorities to help him as he surrendered in the border city of Matamoros, Mexico.
by Ildefonso Ortiz22 Oct 2015, 6:40 AM PST0
Authorities raided an underground casino near the Texas border that had been concealed in a private home in a quiet neighborhood. The raid is part of the ongoing Operation Bishop which as previously reported by Breitbart Texas is an effort by law enforcement to kick out underground casinos. These casinos are not only a magnet for criminal activity, but have also been used as a way to launder money by Mexican cartels operating in the U.S.
by Ildefonso Ortiz22 Oct 2015, 5:46 AM PST0
On October 19 Rosario Burboa-Alvarez was sentenced to 27 years in prison for his part in the December 14, 2010 murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.
by AWR Hawkins22 Oct 2015, 4:29 AM PST0
Wednesday at a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, border patrol agent Chris Cabrera, vice president of the National Border Patrol Council Local 3307 in the Rio Grande Valley, TX, said because of the Obama administrations catch-and-release
by Pam Key21 Oct 2015, 3:34 PM PST0
LA FERIA, Texas — A group of heavily-armed gunmen stormed a house and hogtied the people inside as they searched for large amounts cash in this border community.
by Ildefonso Ortiz21 Oct 2015, 4:42 AM PST0
UPDATE: Lockdowns have been lifted at Texas border schools and authorities continue search for armed gunmen. An apparent armed drug rip-crew that prepared to raid a house near the Texas border set off a massive manhunt that resulted in lockdowns on multiple area schools. Such groups rob drug shipments or loads from cartel stash houses and operatives.
by Ildefonso Ortiz20 Oct 2015, 10:23 AM PST0
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Individuals who in years past had been considered untouchables due to their political clout have begun to also be victims of organized crime in this border city. Tamaulipas authorities continue to look into the violent deaths of a man and a woman who appear to have been tortured, tied up, and shot in the head inside their home in the downtown area of Matamoros.
by Breitbart Texas20 Oct 2015, 6:38 AM PST0
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — El control que el crimen organizado tiene sobre el manejo de la información pública quedo en evidencia nuevamente en esta ciudad fronteriza al no publicarse en medios impresos la captura de uno de los máximos líderes del crimen organizado ni las balaceras que se vivieron al día siguiente.
by Breitbart Texas19 Oct 2015, 9:18 AM PST0
Gunmen suspected of being part of Los Zetas drug cartel fired an RPG at the headquarters of a special police unit in the border city of Piedras Negras Coahuila; the rocket-propelled grenade did not explode. Piedras Negras is the sister city of Eagle Pass, Texas, and sits immediately across the border.
by Ildefonso Ortiz19 Oct 2015, 7:24 AM PST0
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — La desaparición y probable ejecución de la activista de redes sociales conocida como “Felina” en Reynosa, quebró a la comunidad virtual en Tamaulipas. Hay diferentes versiones sobre el desarrollo de los lamentables acontecimientos, no se sabe de avances en la investigación, surgieron pistas que probablemente no se han seguido, hay un claro mensaje de impunidad.
by Breitbart Texas18 Oct 2015, 12:19 PM PST0
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas Una vez mas se ha detonado la guerra en esta ciudad fronteriza mientras miembros del Cartel Del Golfo continúan su lucha por controlar la organización criminal tras la captura de uno de sus líderes mas poderosos.
by Breitbart Texas18 Oct 2015, 11:26 AM PST0
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — War has broken out in this Mexican border city immediately south of Brownsville, Texas, as members of the Gulf Cartel fight for control of the criminal syndicate following the capture of one of their top leaders. Through a myriad of sources, Breitbart Texas has identified the likely successor to the captured cartel leader.
by Breitbart Texas18 Oct 2015, 11:11 AM PST0
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Una movilización masiva de militares con apoyo aéreo como resultado de un operativo por parte de las fuerzas federales Mexicanas se logro la captura de Ángel Eduardo Prado Rodríguez, alias ‘Orejón’ o ‘Ciclón 7’ líder del Cartel del Golfo en Matamoros Tamaulipas.
by Breitbart Texas17 Oct 2015, 11:16 AM PST0
