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Mexican Cartel Takes the Fight to Authorities — Kills 15 Cops in Ambush

A new cartel war appears to be taking place in Mexico’s Pacific Coast. Unlike the wars in the northern part of the country where rival cartel factions fight each other for control of lucrative areas, the new war pits a drug cartel against Mexico’s police. In the most recent shootout, a group of cartel hitmen ambushed a convoy of state police officers travelling along the highway that connects the state capital of Guadalajara with the resort town of Puerto Vallarta. The attack killed 15 police officers and injured 5 others, information provided to Breitbart Texas by the Jalisco Attorney General’s Office revealed.

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Gulf Cartel Regional Boss Captured near Texas Border

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Mexican authorities caught a regional commander of the Gulf Cartel near the Texas border. Despite his ridiculous nickname, he had made a name for himself as one of the fiercest and most cruel enforcers for the criminal organization.

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*AVISO CONTENIDO FUERTE* Cartel Chronicles: Reynosa, Un Día Más de Balaceras

REYNOSA – Una tarde más en la frontera, un día más de peligro en la ciudad de Reynosa Tamaulipas donde esta semana se dieron dos enfrentamientos entre integrantes del crimen organizado y fuerzas federales. El clima sigue tenso en esta ciudad y la violencia no se detiene a pesar de los constantes operativos de fuerzas armadas que se intensificaron después de la nueva confrontación entre grupos dentro del Cartel del Golfo.

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*WARNING GRAPHIC* Cartel Chronicles: Reynosa, Another Day Another Shootout

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas –Another afternoon near the border, another day of shootouts in the border city of Reynosa where earlier this week cartel gunmen and federal forces clashed. The community remains tense in the city and the violence does not stop in spite of the various operations by government task forces that were recently intensified when the various factions of the Gulf cartel went to war.

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Two Captured Zetas Commanders Blamed for Kidnappings near Border

Two commanders with Los Zetas who appear to be behind most of the kidnapping and extortion activity in the border city of Nuevo Laredo and the Tamaulipas State Capital of Ciudad Victoria are now behind bars.

Mexico’s Federal Police arrested Sarahi “La Hysteria” Garza Cadena during a traffic stop this past week in the border city of Nuevo Laredo. She was traveling in a car with two of her henchmen. Authorities recovered some weapons, a grenade, 15 kilograms of marijuana and communication equipment during the arrest, information released to Breitbart Texas by the Tamaulipas government revealed.

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Mexican Authorities Arrest Zeta Accused in Massacre of 72 Immigrants

One member of the Zetas drug cartel who was tied to the brutal massacre of 72 Central American immigrants in 2010, has been captured by Mexican Federal Police. Jose Guadalupe “El Sasi” Reyes Rivera was caught this week while hiding out in a mechanic shop in Ciudad Victoria, the capital of the State of Tamaulipas, information released to Breitbart Texas by Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office revealed.

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Déjà vu: Mexican Border TV Station Attacked with Grenades — Twice this Year

Cartel gunmen in Matamoros have thrown a grenade at a Mexican TV station near the Texas border for the second time in as many months. The latest attack took place at the Televisa station. This is the same station that in February, Breitbart Texas reported that two employees were injured when Gulf Cartel gunmen lobbed a grenade at the security booth at the entrance.

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Traiciones Y Peleas Dentro De Cartel Del Golfo Auguran Mas Violencia A La Frontera

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Las constantes pugnas de grupos dentro de la organización criminal denominada Cartel del Golfo amenazan con una nueva etapa de violencia para la ciudad de Reynosa en Tamaulipas. Una de las pugnas que amenaza con mas violencia tiene que ver con una aparente traición por uno de los mandos del Cartel Del Golfo que se presume dio información de otro comandante y una rápida venganza por la parte afectada.

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Cartel Chronicles: Betrayals Inside Gulf Cartel Indicate More Violence Coming at Texas Border

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — The constant infighting within the groups that make up the Gulf cartel point to a new wave of violence coming to in this border city. One of the fights that may bring more violence has to do with the apparent betrayal by one of the commanders who is believed to have tipped off authorities on another commander. That cartel leader answered with a swift revenge and execution.

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Cartel Chronicles: Operación Fallida Desata Balacera y Terror en Reynosa

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — La ciudad fronteriza de Reynosa vivió una noche de terror cuando un intento fallido de apresar a un comandante del Cartel del Gofo desato un enfrentamiento armado en una de las principales avenidas. El enfrentamiento paralizó a la ciudad y aterrorizó a las familias que se divertían en centros comerciales y restaurantes en el cierre del fin de semana.

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Paraguay Special Forces Seek Help of Texas Border SWAT in Dealing with Cartel Spillover

SAN JUAN, Texas — The increase in cartel spillover violence in South America has forced Paraguay’s police special forces to seek the help of agencies with ample experience in dealing with cartels and organized crime groups who cross borders to kidnap and commit other crimes. This led the elite South American police unit to seek help from Texas border-area SWAT.