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.
SIERRA VISTA, Arizona — The sheriffs in Arizona have been forced to spend millions of dollars to prosecute cartel smugglers, jail them and pay for their legal fees since the federal government refuses to press charges.
Sierra Vista, Arizona — Sheriffs from across the border and western states have gathered here to present a unified front on the many issues affecting the border-area law enforcement community. The sentiments shared by the many speakers at the conference deal with the apparent lack of support from the federal government on border security issues, a lack of regard for law enforcement in general, and the constant danger presented by Mexican drug cartels.
As the world continues to actively search for news and follow any information about famed drug lord El Chapo, a photograph that was posted on social media that claimed to show the capo in Costa Rica has been proven to be a fake.
An air raid by Egyptian authorities using Apache helicopters killed at least 12 tourists and left many others injured after claim security forces mistook the tour vehicles for Islamic terrorists.
Bus hijackings and robberies enable Cartel members in this border city to make a quick buck and continue to pray on the public while federal and state authorities are unable to meet the community’s demand for safety.
La delincuencia organizada en esta ciudad fronteriza se mantiene latente en diferentes ámbitos, atentando contra la población, sin que autoridades de las fuerzas federales, estatales puedan hacer frente a la demanda de la comunidad, por lo cual la Cámara de Comercio en Matamoros está solicitando la reactivación de la policía Municipal.
A drug smuggler who picked up a drug load from the banks of the Rio Grande River on the Texas border was on his way north ended up crashing into the water and swimming back into Mexico to get away from authorities.
La frontera entre Estados Unidos y México sigue siendo uno de los corredores más activos de drogas, donde los cárteles mexicanos utilizan a diario a ciudadanos mexicanos con permisos para cruzar y residentes legales para cruzar vehículos cargados con drogas.
The border between the U.S. and Mexico continues to be one of the most active drug corridors where everyday Mexican drug cartels use Mexican nationals with crossing cards and Legal residents to cross vehicles loaded with drugs.
The fearsome crime syndicate known as the Gulf Cartel sponsored a fake police brutality protest in this Mexican border city. The cartel organized the protest by forcing people to go and claim that the Mexican military and Tamaulipas police forces are abusive.
Federal authorities have seized a private airplane full of illegal immigrants. The aircraft was being used in an attempt to smuggle seven illegal immigrants from the Texas border into the interior U.S. to avoid immigration checkpoints.
Authorities in this border city arrested a Texas man and his Mexican wife in connection with their alleged human smuggling team activities. The woman is also suspected of running a drug distribution point in this border city.
A Texas woman has pleaded guilty to having made various animal torture fetish videos. In the videos, she tortured, suffocated or hacked puppies, kittens, and chicks alive.
A Texas border man who said he thought he was carrying bottles with steroids ended up getting arrested on drug trafficking charges. The liquid inside the bottles was not an anabolic substance. His car was allegedly carrying 27 bottles of liquid methamphetamines.
A routine traffic stop in Waco, Texas, resulted in police officers finding drugs in the vehicle and a loaded pistol in a woman’s vagina. Waco police officers had initially pulled over a 1998 Toyota SUV in the city’s north side on Monday night, information released by Waco Police revealed.
A convicted burglar from Mexico with a history of repeated felony convictions and deportations is back in Texas. Arturo Oleague Martinez, 48, was arrested by federal agents last week at the county jail in this border city and taken before a U.S. Magistrate Judge. He was charged with one count of illegally re-entering the country.
Mexican drug cartels control drug trafficking in multiple cities throughout the Southwest and continue to spread over the entire nation, a DEA report reveals.
Four gunmen with the Gulf Cartel are facing federal charges in connection with the murder of a police officer during a deadly ambush earlier this year.
After an independent human rights organization proved that the Mexican government has lied in the case of 43 education students. The government ordered a new investigation into the matter.
An El Chapo sighting of the famed drug lord at a hospital in Mexico led that country’s military and federal police forces to carry out a series of searches. The operation comes just as an unconfirmed Twitter account claiming to be that of El Chapo’s son, Alfredo Guzman, tweeted a photo from Costa Rica where he claims to have been eating with his father.
A previously deported criminal alien from Mexico with a felony conviction has been allowed to stay in the United States because he is transgender. Deportation would be inhumane, the Federal Appeal Courts for the Ninth Circuit ruled.
The Mexican government continues to claim progress in all areas despite its failing economy and failed security strategy. Mexico’s economy continues to be in a downward spiral and the security conditions of that country continue to be alarming.
Cartel smugglers attempted to sneak drugs in fence posts across the Rio Grande River. Smugglers hid close to 500 pounds of marijuana inside hollowed out wooden posts in an effort to fool law enforcement. The plot failed miserably and the drugs that were being smuggled were confiscated.
Police are investigating a failed gang hit where two vehicles with filled with gang members zoomed down a busy road of this Texas border community firing multiple shots while chasing another car. That care was driven by their target, a member of a rival gang.
