
MISSION, Texas — A fully operational criminal organization connected to the Gulf Cartel in Mexico which had been operating on the American side of the border using underage teenagers to smuggle humans using stolen vehicles has been taken down by local and state authorities near the border.
by Ildefonso Ortiz24 Apr 2015, 10:40 AM PST0

A previously convicted felon from Houston who posted on social media messages stating that he hated America and like ISIS is now facing federal weapons charges for posing in photos with firearms that he as a felon can’t have.
by Ildefonso Ortiz23 Apr 2015, 10:14 AM PST0

EDINBURG, Texas – Five previously deported illegal aliens and a human smuggler have all been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and stabbing of another illegal alien that was left for dead in a rural border area. Authorities were able to identify the stabbing victim as only a 25-year-old previously deported convicted felon who remains in serious condition at a local hospital.
by Ildefonso Ortiz23 Apr 2015, 6:06 AM PST0

As Mexico continues to spiral into chaos with their out of control cartel violence, the U.S. government continues to fuel the drug war by providing weapons, helicopters and hummers to what is considered by many to be one of the most corrupt countries in the world.
by Ildefonso Ortiz22 Apr 2015, 12:15 PM PST0

A Honduran man who had entered the country illegally but had been allowed to stay under Obama’s DREAM Act is now facing federal charges after he allegedly tried to lure a 14-year-old into a hotel room for sex. The girl turned out to be a federal agent. “Hernandez-Rodas is a Honduran National who resided in Laredo legally under the deferred action for childhood arrivals (Dream Act),” according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office obtained from Breitbart Texas .
by Ildefonso Ortiz22 Apr 2015, 9:36 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas — A Texas border police detective who worked narcotics cases is facing federal charges after an undercover sting caught him allegedly helping to steal what he thought were 8 kilos of cocaine from the a Mexican cartel. The drugs didn’t belong to the Gulf Cartel, which is the dominant criminal organization in the area, but in fact were planted by federal agents with U.S. Homeland Security Investigations as part of the operation in an effort to capture the detective and his alleged accomplice, court records obtained by Breitbart Texas revealed.
by Ildefonso Ortiz21 Apr 2015, 11:31 AM PST0

MISSION, Texas — A wanted fugitive with apparent connections to a Mexican drug cartel is dead after attacking Texas border sheriff’s deputies who were trying to arrest him. The shooting took place just north of the border city of Mission where authorities tried to arrest the wanted man. It remains unclear, at this time, if the fugitive fired a weapon at authorities or if he used some other weapon to attack them.
by Ildefonso Ortiz21 Apr 2015, 6:00 AM PST0

Two U.S. Border Patrol agents and a Mexican child were injured in what appears to have been a boating accident along the Rio Grande River on the Texas border with Mexico. While the case remains under investigation and the information is preliminary in nature, two agents on a boat had been conducting routine patrols around Anzalduas Park when a Mexican boat abruptly turned into the path of the U.S. border patrol boat causing a collision, said RGV Sector Chief Kevin Oaks during a news conference that Breitbart Texas attended.
by Ildefonso Ortiz20 Apr 2015, 10:00 AM PST0

The Mexican government has announced the capture of the man described as the heir to the Juarez Cartel. The capture of Jesus “El Chuyin” Salas Aguayo was not an easy one since the capo and his men appear to have put up a fight in the town of Ahumada Chihuahua. The firefight left at least one person dead and led to Mexican authorities seizing various vehicles, weapons, communication equipment and drugs, said Mexico’s National Security Commissioner Monte Alejandro Rubido in a televised press conference.
by Ildefonso Ortiz20 Apr 2015, 4:43 AM PST0

Nearly two hundred U.S. citizens have been murdered in Mexico since 2013. Fierce gunfights, kidnappings, bus hijackings, car-jackings and extortion by Mexican cartels are all possibilities that could be faced by U.S. citizens travelling into Mexico. These have resulted in the murder of 181 Americans in the past two years.
by Ildefonso Ortiz18 Apr 2015, 11:45 AM PST0

The capture of a regional boss for the Gulf Cartel set off a fierce firefight throughout the border city of Reynosa. The bustling industrial city was turned into a warzone. Bystanders frantically sought refuge while gunmen and soldiers exchanged gunfire.
by Ildefonso Ortiz18 Apr 2015, 7:52 AM PST0

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – Los cuerpos desmembrados de dos mujeres metidas en hieleras y el cuerpo sin cabeza de un hombre causo terror de las principales plazas comerciales en esta ciudad la cual está a sólo unos pasos de distancia de uno de los puentes internacionales que une esta ciudad región con la ciudad fronteriza de Brownsville Texas.
by Breitbart Texas17 Apr 2015, 12:05 PM PST0

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – The dismembered bodies of two women stuffed into ice chests and the headless body of a man spread terror throughout a large commercial plaza just a few feet away from an international bridge that connects this border city to Brownsville, Texas.
by Breitbart Texas17 Apr 2015, 11:41 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas – A Mexican news outlet unknowingly debunked a story that was circulated in U.S. news claiming that a former Mexican cop turned immigration advocate was killed by cartel gunmen, after his request for asylum was denied, and he
by Ildefonso Ortiz16 Apr 2015, 6:38 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas — U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Agents received weapons from Colombian paramilitary terrorist groups for personal use and engaged in wild sex parties as if they were teens on Spring Break, yet rather than face stiff punishment, they either got
by Ildefonso Ortiz16 Apr 2015, 4:30 AM PST0

Two reporters in Mexico have exposed the second most powerful man in that country’s government for living in lavish mansions at the dime of contractors. He denied the accusations and they slammed him with even more proof.
by Ildefonso Ortiz14 Apr 2015, 8:16 AM PST0

A former Texas state district court judge from San Antonio has pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with taking cash for favorable rulings from defense attorneys and will spend two years in prison. Angus Kelly McGinty, the former state judge for the 141st State District Court went before a U.S. federal judge in New Mexico where he pleaded guilty to one of the five counts filed against him which included wire fraud and bribery.
by Ildefonso Ortiz14 Apr 2015, 7:59 AM PST0

A Texas border county’s reserve deputy constable remains behind bars after federal agents arrested him along with three illegal aliens that he is alleged to have been transporting in his car. Agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested Luis Enrique Guevara this week after Robstown Police pulled him over for speeding and authorities learned that he had three illegal aliens from Mexico in his car, court records obtained by Breitbart Texas revealed.
by Ildefonso Ortiz13 Apr 2015, 7:34 AM PST0

As the once relatively quiet Mexican state of Jalisco becomes battleground of brazen attacks between cartel gunmen and police, it seems that a major news outlet, the Washington Post, may have jumped the gun in claiming that Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion is becoming the most powerful crime syndicate in Mexico.
by Ildefonso Ortiz13 Apr 2015, 6:52 AM PST0

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Tras dos ejecuciones de empresarios locales, hoy solamente moños negros limitan las puertas de acceso a los establecimientos, revelando un panorama desolador que se vive a diario en la frontera.
by Breitbart Texas12 Apr 2015, 11:42 AM PST0

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — The Tamaulipas state government and local media are silent after the executions of two local entrepreneurs in recent weeks by drug cartel gunmen. Black ribbons now decorate the doors to their businesses acting as a grim reminder of the daily life in this border city just south of Brownsville, Texas.
by Breitbart Texas12 Apr 2015, 11:38 AM PST0

A recent statement released by the federal government acknowledged that street gangs in the U.S. work as hired foot soldiers for Mexican and Central American transnational criminal organizations. The revelation was made by U.S. law enforcement after a massive national raid that
by Ildefonso Ortiz11 Apr 2015, 8:40 AM PST0

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — El ambiente en esta ciudad fronteriza sigue tenso y violento, enfrentamientos y ejecuciones el día a día en la frontera de Tamaulipas.
by Breitbart Texas10 Apr 2015, 6:10 PM PST0

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Clashes and executions are daily occurrences at the border of Tamaulipas, just south of the Texas border with Mexico. The atmosphere in this border city remains strained and violent.
by Breitbart Texas10 Apr 2015, 9:30 AM PST0

U.S. federal agents could soon be working in Mexico with their service weapons holstered by their side after a hotly debated historic bill that has been approved by Mexico’s Senate. The bill is likely to make its way into law.
by Ildefonso Ortiz10 Apr 2015, 9:05 AM PST0