
MCALLEN, Texas — Texas Governor Greg Abbott is requesting that the federal government step up their game as yet another humanitarian takes place on the Texas border. The governor pointed out that Mexican cartels are largely to blame for the problem.
by Ildefonso Ortiz1 Oct 2015, 6:57 AM PST0

Twelve men and women have been tasked with deciding if two men are guilty of murdering U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry during a fierce firefight. After days of testimony and evidence, both prosecutors and defendants made their closing arguments and turned the case over to jurors who will decide if Ivan Soto Barraza and Jesus Leonel Sanchez Mesa are guilty.
by Ildefonso Ortiz1 Oct 2015, 6:28 AM PST0

Thirteen of Mexico’s worst criminals, including famed cartel bosses La Barbie and Gulf Cartel’s El Coss, have been extradited to the United States. The feds expect to prosecute them.
by Ildefonso Ortiz30 Sep 2015, 7:29 PM PST0

Federal prosecutors finished presenting their case before jurors in the murder trial of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Bryan Terry and after a day of rest defense attorneys are expected to present their evidence.
by Ildefonso Ortiz30 Sep 2015, 7:37 AM PST0

DONNA, Texas—The political witch-hunt started by a corrupt school board in this border city continues to fall apart exposing a series of conspiracies, fabricated scandals, and vendettas aimed at spending tax-payers money in one of the poorest districts in the nation.
by Ildefonso Ortiz30 Sep 2015, 7:18 AM PST0

TAMPICO, Tamaulipas—The Gulf Cartel in this city appears to have taken revenge for a crime that rocked the southern part of Tamaulipas and became worldwide news; the father and brother of a famed film director were kidnapped and executed. The murder took place even after the relatives had paid the kidnapping ransom. Days after the case became public, the bodies of the executed kidnappers turned up alongside with a narco-banner signed by the Gulf Cartel.
by Breitbart Texas30 Sep 2015, 6:54 AM PST0

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – El crimen organizado en Tamaulipas percibe como una gran amenaza las redes de video vigilancia que el gobierno ha estado instalando en todo el estado.
by Ildefonso Ortiz30 Sep 2015, 6:33 AM PST0

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – Organized crime in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas feels threatened by the video surveillance network that officials have been setting up throughout the state.
by Breitbart Texas30 Sep 2015, 6:25 AM PST0

EDINBURG, Texas – One illegal immigrant has been formally charged with capital murder and another is expected to be charged soon in connection with the execution of two men and the burning of the victims’ corpses. The two jailed illegal immigrants are said to be members of a fearsome gang called the Tri-City Bombers which has been tied to multiple massacres and high profile murders in the past.
by Ildefonso Ortiz29 Sep 2015, 5:30 AM PST0

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — As American pastor who moved to Mexico to build churches in the violence-filled state of Tamaulipas has become the topic of much controversy after Louisiana State Troopers arrested his son with an airplane filled with cocaine. The 29-year-old John Crow, who lives in this border city, is charged with drug possession as well as having drug proceeds.
by Ildefonso Ortiz28 Sep 2015, 9:24 AM PST0

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – A man who was being tortured by cartel members just south of the U.S.-Mexico border led authorities to his captors in Tamaulipas. A gun battle ensued.
by Ildefonso Ortiz28 Sep 2015, 8:00 AM PST0

California cops have arrested narco singer and NBC Universo reality star Larry Hernandez on kidnapping charges.
by Ildefonso Ortiz28 Sep 2015, 7:01 AM PST0

McALLEN, Texas – A federal court in this border city dropped all charges against a Syrian woman and her brother in law, a U.S. Citizen, who were arrested as they attempted to enter the U.S. from Mexico.
by Ildefonso Ortiz28 Sep 2015, 4:51 AM PST0

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – Authorities in this border city arrested a woman who had been using fake documents to move a group of illegal aliens by airplane to this border city. The recent arrest took place at the Reynosa International Airport when an airplane flying in from Mexico City arrived with the female human smuggler along with five illegal aliens, one of which was a child, information provided to Breitbart Texas by Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office revealed.
by Ildefonso Ortiz27 Sep 2015, 7:52 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas – A previously deported illegal alien from Mexico who had been convicted in the U.S. in connection with a large marijuana plantation is back in the U.S. and in handcuffs.
by Ildefonso Ortiz26 Sep 2015, 10:03 AM PST0

Outrage continues to grow in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas following the brutal kidnapping and murder of the father and brother of acclaimed film director Alejandro Gomez Monteverde.
by Ildefonso Ortiz26 Sep 2015, 9:52 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas – A convicted Mexican drug cartel kidnapper and suspected assassin will spend 40 years in prison for carrying out a kidnapping in this border city under orders from his bosses in Mexico.
by Ildefonso Ortiz26 Sep 2015, 9:18 AM PST0

Two top U.S. congressmen from Texas demand that the United States take “immediate action” to extradite two former Mexican governors from the border state of Tamaulipas accused of working with Mexican drug cartels.
by Ildefonso Ortiz25 Sep 2015, 10:40 AM PST0

A total of 18 members of Los Zetas drug smuggling cell that operated in Texas and moved drugs from Laredo to Dallas plead guilty to various charges in U.S. federal court and are awaiting sentencing.
by Ildefonso Ortiz25 Sep 2015, 7:47 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas — A kidnapping cell from the Mexican Gulf Cartel crossed into the Texas border city of Sullivan and took a man at gunpoint from his house. The cartel sicarios then brought the U.S. citizen into Mexico where they held him for ransom. The kidnapping took place on August 27 in Sullivan City, Texas, after which the victim was taken on a raft over the Rio Grande and then taken to the Mexican border city of Reynosa, information provided to Breitbart Texas by Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office revealed.
by Ildefonso Ortiz25 Sep 2015, 7:14 AM PST0

At least six illegal immigrants from Honduras and Guatemala have been killed, multiple others injured, and two arrested following a high-speed chase that ended with a crash in the rural town of Edna just northwest of Victoria, Texas.
by Ildefonso Ortiz24 Sep 2015, 10:10 AM PST0

Authorities on the Texas border continue to see smuggling attempts by criminals trying to get drugs into the U.S. and the profit of narcotics sales into Mexico.
by Ildefonso Ortiz23 Sep 2015, 8:34 AM PST0

Mexican authorities have announced the capture of a drug cartel lieutenant who allegedly served as the key players in the disappearance and likely murder of 43 students from the rural town of Ayotzinapa.
by Ildefonso Ortiz18 Sep 2015, 9:11 AM PST0

The president of the National Sheriffs’ Association has called out the ongoing silence by President Barack Obama and his administration in regards to cop murders and the escalation violence against law enforcement.
by Ildefonso Ortiz18 Sep 2015, 7:30 AM PST0

A Texas border sheriff and Mexican officials have begun working together in a unique partnership of sorts that has resulted in finding answers to missing persons cases as well as in capturing U.S. fugitives hiding in Mexico.
by Ildefonso Ortiz17 Sep 2015, 9:57 AM PST0