
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — As authorities continue to deal with a sudden spike in violence that has resulted in various executions and most recently the beheading of three informants at the hands of Los Zetas cartel members, one failed daytime execution continues to spike interests of investigators.
by Cartel Chronicles29 Dec 2015, 3:55 AM PST0

The bullet-ridden bodies of four people including the co-founder of a violent drug cartel were found early Monday on a highway in western Mexico, authorities said.
by Breitbart News28 Dec 2015, 6:31 PM PST0

A failed home invasion turned into a drug shootout near the border city of Mission, Texas, and left two gunmen dead as drug traffickers tried to steal a load of narcotics from a house — but the owners of the drugs fought back.
by Ildefonso Ortiz28 Dec 2015, 1:58 PM PST0

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Autoridades de este estado fronterizo continúan investigando una serie de ejecuciones que recientemente conmocionaron a la población.
by Cartel Chronicles27 Dec 2015, 9:09 AM PST0

MEXICO CITY, Mexico — As another year comes to a close in Mexico, it has been filled with drug violence, controversy and crime. Rather than a decrease in drug crime, the country has begun to see escalating violence in places previously untouched. The sentiment expressed by many in this country is that widespread corruption is one of the main factors that continues to fuel raging violence.
by Ildefonso Ortiz27 Dec 2015, 8:14 AM PST0

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Authorities in this border state continue to look into a series of executions that recently shook this community. The gruesome murders remain unsolved. Piedras Negras sits immediately south of the Texas border city of Eagle Pass.
by Ildefonso Ortiz26 Dec 2015, 9:53 AM PST0

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Autoridades estatales en esta ciudad fronteriza continúan investigando el tenebroso hallazgo de tres cuerpos los cuales fueron decapitados y abandonados por los Zetas en lugares públicos, mientras que todas las cabezas fueron encontradas hasta horas después.
by Cartel Chronicles26 Dec 2015, 9:01 AM PST0

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Authorities in this border state continue to look into the gory discovery of three decapitated bodies that the Los Zetas cartel dumped in public places. The heads were found in separate locations immediately south of the U.S.-Mexico border below the Del Rio Sector.
by Cartel Chronicles26 Dec 2015, 8:38 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas — A Salvadoran illegal alien who brutally attacked a U.S. Border Patrol agent has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges in federal court. The lesser charge carries a lesser sentence.
by Ildefonso Ortiz25 Dec 2015, 9:59 AM PST0

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — The cleanup of Gulf Cartel leaders in this border city continues by authorities. The structure of the criminal organization that operates on the northern side of Tamaulipas continues to lose key figures.
by Cartel Chronicles23 Dec 2015, 10:33 AM PST0

The Obama administration formally disclosed Tuesday that it deported the fewest immigrants since 2006.
by Breitbart Texas23 Dec 2015, 9:54 AM PST0

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — El crimen organizado que opera y causa terror en esta ciudad fronteriza esta tratando de deslindarze de la ola de secuestros y homicidios causados por ellos mismos.
by Cartel Chronicles22 Dec 2015, 9:57 AM PST0

A citizen of Somalia has been arrested for helping smuggle human beings across the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona. The Somali was operating from the U.S. side of the border. According to a criminal complaint filed in federal court, Omar Haji Mohamed, a Somali national, was stopped at a border checkpoint in Why, Arizona, near the Tohono O’odham Nation. He had two passengers in his vehicle, Gilberto Alcantar and Alma Delia Reyes-Castillo—both illegal immigrants from Mexico.
by Sylvia Longmire22 Dec 2015, 7:52 AM PST0

Pinal County, AZ Sheriff and Congressional candidate Paul Babeu (R) stated, “just the last two months alone, we’ve had 10,000 unaccompanied juveniles” who are “staying here” and that “the Obama administration says the border is wide open, that there is
by Ian Hanchett21 Dec 2015, 3:56 PM PST0

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — A toda costa el Gobierno del Estado de Tamaulipas busca establecer candados para amordazar a los medios de comunicación, vendiendo una imagen positiva y contrarrestar la ola de inseguridad y violencia que de vive en el estado.
by Cartel Chronicles21 Dec 2015, 9:10 AM PST0

PALMVIEW, Texas –Two women were executed in Texas on a rural road near the U.S.-Mexico border. The motive appears to be a drug dispute in an area controlled by the Mexican Gulf cartel. The women remain unidentified by authorities, however, investigators believe the women are from Mexico.
by Ildefonso Ortiz21 Dec 2015, 8:14 AM PST0

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila – Un tribunal de apelaciones mexicano ha ordenado la liberación de nueve agentes de la policía de esta ciudad fronteriza que habían sido condenados previamente por trabajar para Los Zetas.
by Cartel Chronicles19 Dec 2015, 7:28 AM PST0

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — El estado de Tamaulipas se ha convertido en uno de los sitios mas peligrosos a nivel internacional, ello como resultado de los hechos de violencia que diariamente se suscitan en esta región de la República Mexicana.
by Cartel Chronicles19 Dec 2015, 7:22 AM PST0

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas –The State of Tamaulipas has become in one of the most dangerous places worldwide. This is due to the daily violence that take place in this region of Mexico. Kidnappings, shootouts, extortions, among other crimes, keep the Mexican government busy when it comes to security matters without authorities being able to take any true control over the activities carries out by organized crime.
by Cartel Chronicles19 Dec 2015, 6:38 AM PST0

Texas Governor Greg Abbott addressed a graduating class of 102 new Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers Friday morning, calling them the “frontline of defense for our state and for our nation.”
by Bob Price18 Dec 2015, 10:41 AM PST0

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — A Mexican appeals court has ordered the release of nine police officers from this border city that had been convicted of working for Los Zetas, the murderous Mexican drug cartel controlling portions of the Texas-Mexico border.
by Cartel Chronicles18 Dec 2015, 8:45 AM PST0

Officers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) fired shots at a vehicle driving recklessly towards the inspection station of an international bridge between Texas and Mexico on Thursday.
by Bob Price18 Dec 2015, 8:29 AM PST0

The $1.1 trillion year-end omnibus spending bill includes more funding to settle illegal immigrants in the United States.
by Caroline May17 Dec 2015, 6:47 PM PST0

Prior to Paul Ryan’s election to House Speaker, American victims of illegal alien crime warned conservatives against supporting Ryan’s Speakership, given his two-decade-long history of pushing for open borders. At an October press conference just days before Ryan’s election as Speaker,
by Julia Hahn17 Dec 2015, 6:16 PM PST0

The surge in illegal immigration at the southern border is due to President Obama’s policies, House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) argues. During the first two months of fiscal year 2016 — October and November — Border Patrol apprehended 10,588
by Caroline May17 Dec 2015, 1:26 PM PST0