
Four gunmen with the Gulf Cartel allegedly pulled over a commercial truck driver, loaded his vehicle with drugs, and forced him to drive into the U.S. under threat of murdering his family. This is the story presented in court by a truck driver who was found to be hauling illegal drugs into the United States.
by Ildefonso Ortiz25 Aug 2015, 10:38 AM PST0

In response to the rising number of kidnapping in the border city of Matamoros, authorities kicked off a new anti-kidnapping unit that is supposed to investigate and prosecute the crime. The unit was also created to calm the public’s anger at the continued lack of security conditions.
by Cartel Chronicles23 Aug 2015, 7:51 AM PST0

En respuesta al creciente número de secuestros en la ciudad fronteriza de Matamoros y en un intento por tranquilizar el enojo de la gente ante la continua falta de condiciones de seguridad, las autoridades implementaron una nueva unidad anti-secuestros que se supone investigará y perseguirá el crimen.
by Cartel Chronicles23 Aug 2015, 7:38 AM PST0

A male illegal immigrant was forcibly sodomized by multiple armed men after illegally crossing into the U.S. from Mexico, according to a leaked internal document obtained by Breitbart Texas. The source is a trusted federal agent who operates under the umbrella of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The victim was from El Salvador and the rape occurred in Arizona. The internal document states that medical professionals confirmed that physical signs existed confirming the rape had occurred.
by Brandon Darby & Ildefonso Ortiz18 Aug 2015, 10:54 AM PST0

A Texas woman was shot in Mexico after leaving her dentist appointment. An unknown gunman walked up to a woman from San Antonio and shot her in the head. The woman had just walked out of a dentist’s office in the border city of Nuevo Laredo.
by Ildefonso Ortiz18 Aug 2015, 7:55 AM PST0

A Texas border woman and a male associate received steep prison sentences for their role in an attempt to smuggle approximately 36 grenades into Mexico. The grenades were destined for the hands of waiting cartel gunmen.
by Ildefonso Ortiz15 Aug 2015, 6:30 AM PST0

A woman who ran a gun store on the Texas border will spend five years in prison for selling weapons to people she believed to be Gulf Cartel members.
by Ildefonso Ortiz14 Aug 2015, 6:46 AM PST0

The ringleader of the rip crew that murdered U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in 2010 received a slap on the wrist thanks to federal prosecutors in Arizona. The prosecutors asked that he only receive a 30 year prison sentence instead of a possible life term in prison or a possible death sentence.
by Ildefonso Ortiz11 Aug 2015, 8:27 AM PST0

Un tiroteo reciente en esta ciudad fronteriza creó cierta controversia en cuanto a si un alto jefe del Cártel del Golfo que había sido detenido, habría logrado escapar o si había participado en un suceso irónico, donde capos son extorsionados por autoridades con el fin de garantizar su liberación.
by Cartel Chronicles11 Aug 2015, 6:12 AM PST0

A recent shootout in this border city created controversy as to whether a high-ranking capo within the Gulf Cartel had been arrested, if he had managed to escape. He was also asked if he had taken part in an ironic twist in which authorities extort capos in order to guarantee their release.
by Cartel Chronicles11 Aug 2015, 6:05 AM PST0

A long-time drug smuggler for the Gulf Cartel who had been arrested in Texas will spend 18 years in prison for his role in moving large quantities of marijuana and cocaine for the powerful crime syndicate.
by Ildefonso Ortiz6 Aug 2015, 3:19 AM PST0

Breitbart Texas ha agotado toda posible fuente con autoridades de Estados Unidos y México para hacer una compilación de nombres e imágenes de los actuales líderes y miembros claves del Cartel del Golfo en México. Algunas de estas personas y sus imágenes nunca antes habían sido hechas públicas. Para una organización criminal, salir en los medios generalmente significa en una mayor presión por parte de las autoridades y el inicio de su declive. Los miembros expuestos generalmente se ven forzados a esconderse y ya no pueden disfrutar su dinero o liderar de una manera efectiva sus organizaciones criminales.
by Ildefonso Ortiz and Brandon Darby4 Aug 2015, 9:43 AM PST0

More blockades and shootouts have again caused panic in the Mexican town of Reynosa. Gulf Cartel gunmen brazenly fight with authorities and apparently with each other bringing the city to a halt.
by Ildefonso Ortiz4 Aug 2015, 7:41 AM PST0

Breitbart Texas has exhausted every possible source in both U.S. and Mexican law enforcement to compile the names and images of the current Mexican Gulf cartel leadership and core members. Some of these individuals and their images have never been exposed in the public square. Exposure in media has traditionally led to increased law enforcement pressure on Mexican cartel leaders and members and resulted in the beginning of their downfalls. They are forced into hiding and can no longer enjoy their money or properly lead their organized criminal enterprises.
by Ildefonso Ortiz and Brandon Darby4 Aug 2015, 7:19 AM PST0

A Gulf Cartel hitman is accused of having pointed a handgun at a Texas border sheriff’s deputy while trying to flee following a botched home invasion.
by Ildefonso Ortiz2 Aug 2015, 7:00 AM PST0

Once again the Mexican border city of Reynosa was the stage of violent firefights. Gulf Cartel gunmen exchanged gunfire barrages with Mexican police and military forces. However, the Tamaulipas government remains quiet about the casualties.
by Ildefonso Ortiz31 Jul 2015, 8:03 AM PST0

In a country where most violence crimes go unpunished, court officials in the border Mexican state of Chihuahua appear to be sending a message by handing down a stiff sentence in the kidnapping, pimping, and murder of 11 women.
by Ildefonso Ortiz30 Jul 2015, 3:22 AM PST0

A fierce firefight in a Mexican rural community near the Texas border resulted in the death of nine gunmen. The are believed to be part of one of the factions of the Gulf Cartel.
by Ildefonso Ortiz27 Jul 2015, 3:00 AM PST0

Asaltos, secuestros y muerte, estos son los peligros a los que se afrentan los viajeros por carretera en este estado fronterizo.
by Cartel Chronicles19 Jul 2015, 8:17 AM PST0

Carjackings, highway robbery, kidnappings and death — those are the dangers facing travelers who take to the highways of terror through this border state.
by Cartel Chronicles19 Jul 2015, 8:06 AM PST0

Mientras la violencia sigue azotando esta ciudad fronteriza, el Consulado de Estados Unidos ha elevado los niveles de seguridad en sus instalaciones ante alguna posible situación de riesgo como las que se han hecho comunes en esta región.
by Cartel Chronicles18 Jul 2015, 9:11 AM PST0

As cartel violence continues to plague this border city, the U.S Consulate General in this city has beefed up the security measures in its offices in likely preparation for any future violent incident like the ones that have become all too common in this region.
by Cartel Chronicles18 Jul 2015, 9:07 AM PST0

Un grupo de sicarios ataco a dos policías federales por la madrugada en una emboscada donde lograron matar a uno de ellos al sur de esta ciudad fronteriza.
by Cartel Chronicles17 Jul 2015, 12:20 PM PST0

A group of cartel gunmen attacked two Mexican Federal Police officers killing one of them during an early morning ambush not far from this border city. The attack took place shortly after 2 a.m. when Officer Cesar Rolando Garza Zamarron and his partner Marco Antonio Vidal Cabanas were conducting a routine patrol along the 244 kilometer marker in the highway that connects this border city with Ciudad Victoria, information provided by government officials to Breitbart Texas revealed.
by Cartel Chronicles17 Jul 2015, 12:14 PM PST0

Two aliens from Mexico and a Texas border man have been sentenced to more than 21 years in federal prison for their role in the kidnapping and ransoming at gunpoint of four illegal immigrants.
by Ildefonso Ortiz15 Jul 2015, 5:15 AM PST0