MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas—Speaking about this border city one talks about the northernmost part of Tamaulipas, where Matamoros has become a synonym of violence, drug trafficking, human trafficking, and kidnapping. It also means talking about fierce gun battles that have left their mark here in recent years. The scars throughout the city act as a reminder of the many figures that worked for drug cartels.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – El crimen organizado en Tamaulipas percibe como una gran amenaza las redes de video vigilancia que el gobierno ha estado instalando en todo el estado.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – Organized crime in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas feels threatened by the video surveillance network that officials have been setting up throughout the state.
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.
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.
Emails made public by WikiLeaks revealed that the Tamaulipas government purchased software from the company Hacking Team in 2014. This is the year that played key tole in the government’s new security strategy.
Correos publicados en wikileaks revelan que el gobierno de Tamaulipas adquirió software de la empresa HakingTeam en el 2014, año clave en la estrategia de seguridad del estado.
Heavily armed Gulf Cartel Gunmen tried to kidnap the former mayor of this border city in a case that authorities are trying to keep under wraps but has become a hotly debated topic as citizens claim that no one is safe.
Hombres fuertemente armados del Cártel del Golfo intentaron secuestrar al ex alcalde de esta ciudad fronteriza, un caso que las autoridades han tratado de mantener en secreto, pero que se ha convertido en un tema muy debatido mientras que los ciudadanos afirman que nadie está a seguro.
In response to the rising number of kidnapping in the border city of Matamoros, authorities kicked off a new anti-kidnapping unit that is supposed to investigate and prosecute the crime. The unit was also created to calm the public’s anger at the continued lack of security conditions.
En respuesta al creciente número de secuestros en la ciudad fronteriza de Matamoros y en un intento por tranquilizar el enojo de la gente ante la continua falta de condiciones de seguridad, las autoridades implementaron una nueva unidad anti-secuestros que se supone investigará y perseguirá el crimen.
Looking to avoid getting arrested, the top Gulf Cartel operative in the Mexican port city of Tampico, Tamaulipas, allegedly tried unsuccessfully to bribe authorities.
Un tiroteo reciente en esta ciudad fronteriza creó cierta controversia en cuanto a si un alto jefe del Cártel del Golfo que había sido detenido, habría logrado escapar o si había participado en un suceso irónico, donde capos son extorsionados por autoridades con el fin de garantizar su liberación.
A recent shootout in this border city created controversy as to whether a high-ranking capo within the Gulf Cartel had been arrested, if he had managed to escape. He was also asked if he had taken part in an ironic twist in which authorities extort capos in order to guarantee their release.
The drug cartels’ war on media continues to escalate with journalists being targeted in Mexico City. Being a journalist in Mexico that brings attention to drug trade and other forms of organized crime has routinely been regarded as one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.
Breitbart Texas ha agotado toda posible fuente con autoridades de Estados Unidos y México para hacer una compilación de nombres e imágenes de los actuales líderes y miembros claves del Cartel del Golfo en México. Algunas de estas personas y sus imágenes nunca antes habían sido hechas públicas. Para una organización criminal, salir en los medios generalmente significa en una mayor presión por parte de las autoridades y el inicio de su declive. Los miembros expuestos generalmente se ven forzados a esconderse y ya no pueden disfrutar su dinero o liderar de una manera efectiva sus organizaciones criminales.
More blockades and shootouts have again caused panic in the Mexican town of Reynosa. Gulf Cartel gunmen brazenly fight with authorities and apparently with each other bringing the city to a halt.
Breitbart Texas has exhausted every possible source in both U.S. and Mexican law enforcement to compile the names and images of the current Mexican Gulf cartel leadership and core members. Some of these individuals and their images have never been exposed in the public square. Exposure in media has traditionally led to increased law enforcement pressure on Mexican cartel leaders and members and resulted in the beginning of their downfalls. They are forced into hiding and can no longer enjoy their money or properly lead their organized criminal enterprises.
Asaltos, secuestros y muerte, estos son los peligros a los que se afrentan los viajeros por carretera en este estado fronterizo.
Carjackings, highway robbery, kidnappings and death — those are the dangers facing travelers who take to the highways of terror through this border state.
Mientras la violencia sigue azotando esta ciudad fronteriza, el Consulado de Estados Unidos ha elevado los niveles de seguridad en sus instalaciones ante alguna posible situación de riesgo como las que se han hecho comunes en esta región.
As cartel violence continues to plague this border city, the U.S Consulate General in this city has beefed up the security measures in its offices in likely preparation for any future violent incident like the ones that have become all too common in this region.
Un grupo de sicarios ataco a dos policías federales por la madrugada en una emboscada donde lograron matar a uno de ellos al sur de esta ciudad fronteriza.
A group of cartel gunmen attacked two Mexican Federal Police officers killing one of them during an early morning ambush not far from this border city. The attack took place shortly after 2 a.m. when Officer Cesar Rolando Garza Zamarron and his partner Marco Antonio Vidal Cabanas were conducting a routine patrol along the 244 kilometer marker in the highway that connects this border city with Ciudad Victoria, information provided by government officials to Breitbart Texas revealed.
