
Policías mexicanos mataron a un hombre armado del Cártel de Los Zetas durante un breve enfrentamiento en una zona rural cerca de esta ciudad fronteriza. Aunque las autoridades encontraron varios pistoleros de Los Zetas, sólo uno se enfrentó contra las autoridades, mientras que el resto huyó.
by Cartel Chronicles2 Jan 2016, 11:34 AM PST0

Mexican police officers killed a Los Zetas cartel gunman during a short clash in a rural area near this border city. While authorities found multiple Los Zetas gunmen, only one faced off against authorities while the rest fled into brush.
by Cartel Chronicles2 Jan 2016, 11:26 AM PST0

Terror continues to take hold of this border city as the number of gruesome beheadings by the Los Zetas drug cartel continues to grow. Just days after Los Zetas had beheaded three informants and made a gory show of spreading their heads around the city, they have done it again.
by Ildefonso Ortiz30 Dec 2015, 8:10 AM PST0

El terror continúa apoderándose de esta ciudad fronteriza mientras que el número de terribles decapitaciones por Los Zetas Cártel sigue creciendo. Apenas unos días después de que Los Zetas habían decapitado a tres informantes e hicieron un sangriento espectáculo con el esparcimiento de las cabeza alrededor de la ciudad, lo hicieron por cuarta vez.
by Cartel Chronicles30 Dec 2015, 7:59 AM PST0

A Mexican fisherman is accused of ramming a U.S. Coast Guard boat in an effort to elude capture and flee back to Mexico. The move resulted in one Coast Guard member being injured in the crash after the Mexican boat struck him.
by Ildefonso Ortiz30 Dec 2015, 7:16 AM PST0

Attorney’s representing a Honduran woman, her daughter and another underage girl are suing the U.S. government after a U.S. Border Patrol Agent raped them, tortured them and then left them for dead. Rather than be captured, the agent ended up killing himself.
by Ildefonso Ortiz30 Dec 2015, 6:38 AM PST0

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

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

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

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

A Santa Claus performer in Texas claiming to have a child pornography addiction is facing federal charges in connection with the downloading of explicit photos and videos–with some of the children depicted being as young as four-years-old.
by Ildefonso Ortiz20 Dec 2015, 10:27 AM PST0

An FBI operation into the Black Gangster Disciples, Vice Lords and Sipp Mob street gangs may provide some answers into the 2014 murder of a 19-year-old teen who was burned alive on a rural road in Mississippi.
by Ildefonso Ortiz20 Dec 2015, 10:02 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

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

Two Mexican newspapers and one air taxi service have been added to a list of individuals and businesses that the U.S. Department of Treasury has linked to drug cartels.
by Ildefonso Ortiz18 Dec 2015, 5:24 AM PST0