
Federal officers in this border city saved a baby’s life during an unexpected delivery on the international bridge that connects this border city with the Mexican city of Reynosa. The child was not breathing at first, but the quick reaction of the officers and bridge employees helped save the baby’s life.
by Ildefonso Ortiz11 Nov 2015, 5:22 AM PST0

Two of Mexico’s cruelest criminal organizations ended up making a statement about not tolerating unsanctioned crime in their territories. While the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas have been fierce rivals for years, last week the two criminal organizations ended up placing narco-banners along with tortured criminals in separate cases. In the border city of Nuevo Laredo Los Zetas left the remains of five men while in this port city the Gulf Cartel left two naked and humiliated men tied up with the banner.
by Cartel Chronicles10 Nov 2015, 10:05 AM PST0

Dos de las organizaciones criminales mas crueles en este país aparentemente mandaron un fuerte mensaje de que no toleraran crímenes no sancionados en sus territorios.
by Cartel Chronicles10 Nov 2015, 10:00 AM PST0

Authorities are hunting for 12 men and women tied to two separate massive credit card cloning and fraud investigations. Five other men have already been arrested on multiple charges tied to the case.
by Ildefonso Ortiz10 Nov 2015, 6:24 AM PST0

Un joven que caminaba en esta ciudad fronteriza fue asaltado y baleado recientemente por dos hombres encapuchados los cuales se dieron a la fuga. El crimen que aun se mantiene impune es uno mas de los hechos violentos que se llevan acabo en esta ciudad a pesar de que las autoridades declaran que la inseguridad es mínima.
by Cartel Chronicles9 Nov 2015, 7:59 AM PST0

A man who was walking home in this border city was robbed and shot by two hooded gunmen who have managed to avoid capture. This still unsolved crime is just one more of the violence acts that continue to take place in this city despite the claims made by public officials that the region is safe.
by Cartel Chronicles9 Nov 2015, 7:57 AM PST0

Panic has spread through this border city and as citizens begin to learn about a rash of kidnappings where Mexico’s Gulf Cartel has begun to target innocent people as a way to make quick money. The fears have worsened since some of those victims have not survived the ordeal despite the ransoms having been paid.
by Cartel Chronicles8 Nov 2015, 12:16 PM PST0

El pánico se ha extendido a través de esta ciudad fronteriza y mientras los ciudadanos comienzan a conocer sobre una erupción de secuestros donde el Cártel del Golfo de México ha comenzado a atacar a personas inocentes como una manera de hacer dinero rápido. Los temores han empeorado ya que algunas de las víctimas no han sobrevivido a la dura prueba, a pesar de haber pagado los rescates.
by Cartel Chronicles8 Nov 2015, 12:09 PM PST0

Once again the streets of this border community turned into a war zone as Mexican authorities battled three vehicles full of cartel gunmen. The fierce gun battle and chases resulted in two gunmen being crushed to death in a vehicle rollover.
by Ildefonso Ortiz7 Nov 2015, 8:58 AM PST0

Federal authorities in Argentina are on high alert after a possible sighting of top Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera.
by Ildefonso Ortiz7 Nov 2015, 8:00 AM PST0

Authorities from both the U.S. and Mexico ended up bumping into each other on the American side of the border as they each searched for drug cartel smugglers.
by Ildefonso Ortiz6 Nov 2015, 1:11 PM PST0

Las autoridades de esta ciudad fronteriza arrestaron a un agente federal acusado de trabajar para el Cártel del Golfo de México y de haber participado en una decapitación del cártel en Texas.
by Ildefonso Ortiz6 Nov 2015, 12:53 PM PST0

Authorities in this border city have arrested a U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of working for Mexico’s Gulf Cartel and having played a role in a cartel beheading in Texas.
by Ildefonso Ortiz6 Nov 2015, 11:41 AM PST0

Authorities at the Texas border have busted a human smuggling cell connected to Mexican drug cartels that appears to be responsible for smuggling hundreds of illegal aliens. During the investigation, authorities arrested approximately 70 illegal aliens who were being housed in two separate stash houses where it appears that some of the women may have been violated.
by Ildefonso Ortiz6 Nov 2015, 6:49 AM PST0

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Organized crime members continue to use social media, not only as a way to show off their lifestyle, but also as a way to get information out to the public through leaks, news releases and other methods similar to what Mexican authorities have done.
by Cartel Chronicles5 Nov 2015, 4:51 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas — A legal Cuban immigrant who has never held a job in America has pleaded guilty to a large-scale fraud scheme using stolen credit card information.
by Ildefonso Ortiz5 Nov 2015, 3:58 AM PST0

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — The recent execution of a top athlete at the state university in this city points to the ongoing fighting between rival factions of the Mexican Los Zetas drug cartel. Tamaulipas is the Mexican state immediately south of Texas’ Rio Grande Valley and Laredo Sectors.
by Cartel Chronicles5 Nov 2015, 3:24 AM PST0

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Violence has returned to this border city as a group of hooded gunmen broke into a house and executed a man in front of his wife. The only things the gunmen took were two cell phones. Piedras Negras sits immediately across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas.
by Cartel Chronicles5 Nov 2015, 3:02 AM PST0

EDINBURG, Texas — A Texas border man has been accused of brutally beating and raping a two-year-old girl as well as also attacking a four year old boy sending them both to the emergency room in critical condition.
by Ildefonso Ortiz3 Nov 2015, 8:36 AM PST0

EDINBURG, Texas — Authorities at the Texas border arrested a man who is believed to have crossed multiple times into America to hold female illegal aliens at gunpoint to rob them–the man would then swim back to Mexico in order to avoid capture.
by Ildefonso Ortiz2 Nov 2015, 4:12 AM PST0

U.S. federal agents in El Paso, Texas, have arrested a Mexican national woman for allegedly buying close to 11,000 rounds of ammunition for Mexican drug cartels.
by Ildefonso Ortiz1 Nov 2015, 9:47 AM PST0

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila – Una reciente carrera que se organizo con la intención de promover la actividad física y el deporte en el estado fronterizo de Coahuila, se volvió trágica cuando dos empleados en dos ciudades diferentes murieron por durante dicho evento.
by Ildefonso Ortiz31 Oct 2015, 2:22 PM PST0

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — A recent state-wide fun run meant to promote physical activity in the Mexican border state of Coahuila turned tragic when two employees in two different cities collapsed and passed away from the apparent exertion.
by Ildefonso Ortiz31 Oct 2015, 8:03 AM PST0

The previous mayors in the border city of Matamoros used to pay up to $2 million a month in protection fees to Mexico’s Gulf Cartel, the current mayor said.
by Ildefonso Ortiz30 Oct 2015, 9:12 AM PST0

An American family visiting relatives in the Mexican border city of Camargo came under fire by Mexican soldiers who had been chasing a vehicle with suspected cartel gunmen. Camargo is immediately south of Rio Grande City, Texas.
by Ildefonso Ortiz29 Oct 2015, 12:49 PM PST0