
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

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

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

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

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

A Texas man will spend 25 years in prison for his role in distributing around 33,000 pounds of marijuana for the Gulf Cartel. The narco boss was responsible for a distribution line that spanned from this Texas border city to Houston.
by Ildefonso Ortiz29 Oct 2015, 12:18 PM PST0

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – A menos de dos días después de que Breitbart de Texas informó sobre pláticas del Cártel del Golfo sobre el uso de coches bomba cerca de la frontera de Texas — el grupo criminal ha respondido afirmando no estar relacionados con secuestros, extorsiones o coches bomba. Breitbart Texas llamo al cartel Mexicano “Narco-terroristas” en una historia. El cartel puso en una narco-manta que ellos son narcotraficantes y no terroristas al mismo modo que insinuaron que las autoridades Mexicanas filtraron la información a “medios electrónicos” en un intento por desprestigiarlos.
by Ildefonso Ortiz28 Oct 2015, 4:15 PM PST0

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Personas que en años pasados habían sido consideradas intocables por sus nexos políticos se han empezado a convertir en víctimas a manos del crimen organizado.
by Breitbart Texas28 Oct 2015, 3:38 AM PST0

Authorities near the Texas border continue to hunt for several Gulf Cartel members believed to have been behind a fierce shootouts along a U.S. highway. Beginning last week and into this weekend San Juan Police along with their federal partners have arrested multiple cartel gunmen and continue to hunt down additional gunmen, said Police Chief Juand Gonzalez in an interview with Breitbart Texas.
by Ildefonso Ortiz26 Oct 2015, 12:20 PM PST0

Altos miembros dentro del liderazgo del Cártel del Golfo han estado discutiendo el uso de coches bomba y otros explosivos para incitar el terror en esta ciudad fronteriza. Una grabación de audio que se ha filtrado de forma anónima en las redes sociales y obtenida por Breitbart de Texas reveló que altos mandos dentro del Cártel del Golfo podrían estar planeando hacer estallar coches bomba en un futuro próximo. Breitbart Texas contacto a fuentes dentro de varias agencias de gobierno en Estados Unidos las cuales confirmaron que el caso es uno que siguen muy de cerca.
by Cartel Chronicles26 Oct 2015, 6:04 AM PST0

Top members within the leadership of the Gulf Cartel have been discussing the use of car bombs and other explosives to incite terror in this border city. An audio recording that has been anonymously leaked onto social media and obtained by Breitbart Texas revealed that top commanders within the Gulf Cartel may be planning to set off car bombs in the near future. Breitbart Texas consulted with various U.S. law enforcement agencies who confirmed that they are aware of the situation and are following the developments south of the border very closely.
by Cartel Chronicles26 Oct 2015, 5:42 AM PST0

Drug cartel members tortured and executed seven men whose bodies were found near the Sonora/Arizona Border. One of the men had been decapitated. One of the victims has since been identified as a drug trafficker who had previously been arrested in the United States.
by Ildefonso Ortiz25 Oct 2015, 6:55 AM PST0

Mexican authorities have raided close to a dozen houses in the state of Sinaloa as they continue their search for information leading to the new hideout of the elusive Joaquin “El Chapo”Guzman Loera. Recently Mexican authorities came close to catching the famous narco after a monkey helped lead them to his hideout.
by Ildefonso Ortiz24 Oct 2015, 6:37 AM PST0

Un intento fallido de capturar al máximo líder del Cártel del Golfo en esta ciudad fronteriza, dejó una tarde de terror con enfrentamientos con armas, explosiones, bloqueos de calles y persecuciones a alta velocidad. La violencia tuvo lugar a unas pocas millas de la frontera al sur de Texas.
by Cartel Chronicles23 Oct 2015, 5:14 AM PST0

Three hours of terror held this Mexican border city hostage as a cartel firefight raged. A failed attempt to capture the top Gulf Cartel leader in this border city set of an afternoon of terror with rolling gun battles, explosions, cartel blockades and high speed chases. The raging violence took place just a few miles south of the Texas border.
by Cartel Chronicles23 Oct 2015, 5:09 AM PST0

A prominent blog from Spain about citizen journalism has touted the efforts of Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project as a “successful formula” for demonstrating how the collaboration between professional and citizen journalists can bring down violent drug cartels. Journalist and director of Spain’s Periodismo Ciudadano website Paula Gonzalo writes that Breitbart Texas is acting as a bridge across the border so Mexican citizen journalists can tell these vivid cartel stories.
by Sylvia Longmire22 Oct 2015, 11:39 AM PST0