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Gulf Cartel Boss Angel Prado

BREAKING: Gulf Cartel Boss Caught near Texas Border

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas—Mexican authorities have arrested one of the top leaders within the Gulf Cartel structure. The man, known as El Orejon, or Ciclon 7, is the current leader of the Ciclones faction which is in control of this border city.

FIle photo of a Zeta armored truck seized by the Mexican government

Underground Border Bunker Held 8 Armored Trucks for Mexican Gulf Cartel

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — The Gulf Cartel had eight armored trucks hidden in an underground bunker-like garage in the outskirts of this border city that sits immediately across the border from South Texas. The seizure took place this weekend following an air and land operation by the Mexican Army in the rural areas near this city, information provided to Breitbart Texas by the Tamaulipas government revealed.

Border View of Neuvo Laredo

Cartel Firefight near Laredo: Five Zetas and One Soldier Dead

Five cartel kidnappers and one Mexican soldier died during a fierce gun battle in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, just south from the Texas city of Laredo. The soldiers managed to rescue a woman that Los Zetas had apparently kidnapped. The shootout took place over the weekend when soldiers with the Mexican military set up an operation to rescue a kidnapping victim, information provided to Breitbart Texas by the Tamaulipas government revealed.

Martin Juarez

Cartel Wannabe Arrested in Mexico After Facebook Posts

A man boasting on Facebook of occupying a leadership position for the feared Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion ended up behind bars exposed as a fraud. Authorities from the Mexican State of Jalisco arrested 24-year-old Martin Juarez Campos on charges of inciting violence and promoting crime, information provided to Breitbart Texas by Jalisco’s Attorney General’s Office revealed.

Mexico Fights Cartels

Mexican Authorities Rescue Kidnapping Victim South of Texas Border

Mexican authorities in the border state of Tamaulipas had a busy weekend rescuing a kidnapping victim, seizing a tractor-trailer full of stolen fuel, and seizing more than a ton of marijuana throughout the state. Soldiers with the Mexican army were carrying out routine patrols in the port city of Madero in the southern part of Tamaulipas when they came across the kidnapping, information provided to Breitbart Texas by the Tamaulipas government revealed. Tamaulipas is the Mexican state that is immediately south of Texas against the Gulf of Mexico.

Crosses placed on city streets where cartel members have died.

Cruces Y Altares En La Frontera Un Recuerdo De La Violencia Imparable

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Hablar de la frontera de Matamoros, es situar geográficamente al norte de Tamaulipas, donde no solo se le reconoce por ser sinónimo de violencia, o de narcotráfico, o cruce de ilegales y secuestros. También es hablar de historias de cruentos enfrentamientos que han dejado huella en los últimos años, ruinas que hoy recuerdan a figuras que operaba para el crimen organizado.

Crosses placed on city streets where cartel members have died.

Crosses and Altars Across Border City: A Reminder of Non-Stop Cartel Violence

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.

Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry

Jurors Begin Deliberation in Brian Terry’s Murder Trial

Twelve men and women have been tasked with deciding if two men are guilty of murdering U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry during a fierce firefight. After days of testimony and evidence, both prosecutors and defendants made their closing arguments and turned the case over to jurors who will decide if Ivan Soto Barraza and Jesus Leonel Sanchez Mesa are guilty.

Mexican Cartel Violence

Mexican Gulf Cartel Gets Revenge: Executes Members of Wayward Faction

TAMPICO, Tamaulipas—The Gulf Cartel in this city appears to have taken revenge for a crime that rocked the southern part of Tamaulipas and became worldwide news; the father and brother of a famed film director were kidnapped and executed. The murder took place even after the relatives had paid the kidnapping ransom. Days after the case became public, the bodies of the executed kidnappers turned up alongside with a narco-banner signed by the Gulf Cartel.