
Mexico’s National Security Commissioner called out the claims that famed drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera was injured during a clash with authorities. Authorities did confirm that El Chapo is in Mexico and they have narrowed down the search.
by Ildefonso Ortiz17 Oct 2015, 8:01 AM PST0

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.
by Ildefonso Ortiz16 Oct 2015, 10:49 AM PST0

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — Una serie de ejecuciones y brotes de violencia que se han estado llevado acabo en esta capital del estado indican cambios en el cartel de los Zetas y auguran aun mas violencia.
by Breitbart Texas16 Oct 2015, 9:38 AM PST0

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas—A series of execution and raging violence that have been taking place in this state capital point to a change within Los Zetas drug cartel and perhaps even more violence.
by Ildefonso Ortiz16 Oct 2015, 7:17 AM PST0

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas – Una serie de pancartas colgadas por Los Zetas en esta ciudad culpan al subsecretario de Seguridad Pública de Tamaulipas de aceptar jugosos sobornos del Cártel del Golfo en Reynosa. La medida parece ser el último capítulo de un intento de dirigir la atención pública de un cártel a otro.
by Breitbart Texas15 Oct 2015, 8:48 AM PST0

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — A series of banners hung by Los Zetas in this city blame the Tamaulipas Undersecretary of Public Safety of taking juicy bribes from the Gulf Cartel in Reynosa. The move appears to be the latest chapter in an attempt to direct public attention from one cartel to the other.
by Breitbart Texas15 Oct 2015, 7:42 AM PST0

NUEVO LAREDO, Tamaulipas — Violent clashes in this border city have led to nine deaths–one of those was a soldier and the eight others were hit-men with Los Zetas drug cartel. The shootouts took place not far from the Rio Grande and the Texas city of Laredo.
by Ildefonso Ortiz14 Oct 2015, 4:05 AM PST0

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.
by Ildefonso Ortiz14 Oct 2015, 3:49 AM PST0

Mexican authorities continue to look into the kidnapping that led to a firefight that killed five Los Zetas cartel members and one Mexican soldier. A series of graphic photos obtained by Breitbart Texas shows the carnage that took place not far from the border with the United States in Nuevo Laredo, the sister city of Laredo, Texas.
by Ildefonso Ortiz13 Oct 2015, 6:26 AM PST0

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.
by Ildefonso Ortiz12 Oct 2015, 5:22 AM PST0

El consulado de Estados Unidos en Matamoros emitió una notificación de suspensión de actividades en esta sede fronteriza así como en las nueve establecidas en México.
by Cartel Chronicles9 Oct 2015, 8:08 AM PST0

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.
by Ildefonso Ortiz8 Oct 2015, 2:52 AM PST0

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.
by Ildefonso Ortiz5 Oct 2015, 7:53 AM PST0

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Mexican officials continue their silence days after two days of shootouts and high speed pursuits have caused commotion in this border city.
by Breitbart Texas2 Oct 2015, 9:57 AM PST0

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Just hours after having been extradited from Mexico, the man who at one time ran one of Mexico’s most powerful cartels went before a U.S. federal Judge to face multiple drug charges.
by Ildefonso Ortiz2 Oct 2015, 5:03 AM PST0

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.
by Breitbart Texas1 Oct 2015, 8:07 AM PST0

TAMPICO, Tamaulipas – El Cartel del Golfo en esta ciudad tomo venganza por un crimen que conmociono al sur de Tamaulipas y se volvió noticia mundial; el padre y hermano de un famoso director de cine fueron secuestrados y ejecutados.
by Breitbart Texas1 Oct 2015, 8:00 AM PST0

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.
by Breitbart Texas1 Oct 2015, 7:34 AM PST0

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.
by Ildefonso Ortiz1 Oct 2015, 6:28 AM PST0

Federal prosecutors finished presenting their case before jurors in the murder trial of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Bryan Terry and after a day of rest defense attorneys are expected to present their evidence.
by Ildefonso Ortiz30 Sep 2015, 7:37 AM PST0

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.
by Breitbart Texas30 Sep 2015, 6:54 AM PST0

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.
by Ildefonso Ortiz30 Sep 2015, 6:33 AM PST0

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.
by Breitbart Texas30 Sep 2015, 6:25 AM PST0

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – A man who was being tortured by cartel members just south of the U.S.-Mexico border led authorities to his captors in Tamaulipas. A gun battle ensued.
by Ildefonso Ortiz28 Sep 2015, 8:00 AM PST0

Outrage continues to grow in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas following the brutal kidnapping and murder of the father and brother of acclaimed film director Alejandro Gomez Monteverde.
by Ildefonso Ortiz26 Sep 2015, 9:52 AM PST0