
A total of 18 members of Los Zetas drug smuggling cell that operated in Texas and moved drugs from Laredo to Dallas plead guilty to various charges in U.S. federal court and are awaiting sentencing.
by Ildefonso Ortiz25 Sep 2015, 7:47 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas — A kidnapping cell from the Mexican Gulf Cartel crossed into the Texas border city of Sullivan and took a man at gunpoint from his house. The cartel sicarios then brought the U.S. citizen into Mexico where they held him for ransom. The kidnapping took place on August 27 in Sullivan City, Texas, after which the victim was taken on a raft over the Rio Grande and then taken to the Mexican border city of Reynosa, information provided to Breitbart Texas by Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office revealed.
by Ildefonso Ortiz25 Sep 2015, 7:14 AM PST0

A writer for The New Yorker has managed to insult four of the top authors on the subject of Mexican drug cartels and it only took four sentences to do so.
by Ildefonso Ortiz22 Sep 2015, 6:06 AM PST0

El secuestro y posible ejecución de 10 personas, dos de las cuales eran policías a manos del Cartel Del Golfo en esta ciudad fronteriza ha destapado una serie de traiciones y giros que muestran el alcanza del grupo criminal.
by Cartel Chronicles21 Sep 2015, 6:45 AM PST0

Authorities in Mexico have arrested a woman who is accused of heading a cartel hit squad. The group is reportedly responsible for much of the violence in the Mexican resort area of Baja California.
by Ildefonso Ortiz20 Sep 2015, 6:56 AM PST0

State and local authorities in this border city are working together to investigate the murder of a former Mexican soldier who was a key member in the security detail of Matamoros Mayor Leticia Salazar Vasquez.
by Breitbart Texas19 Sep 2015, 1:12 PM PST0

Breitbart Texas viajo a las ciudades fronterizas Mexicanas de Reynosa y Matamoros para reclutar a ciudadanos periodistas dispuestos a arriesgar sus vidas para exhibir a los carteles que amordazan a sus comunidades. Los escritores recibirían una muerte segura a manos
by Breitbart Texas19 Sep 2015, 1:04 PM PST0

Mexican authorities have announced the capture of a drug cartel lieutenant who allegedly served as the key players in the disappearance and likely murder of 43 students from the rural town of Ayotzinapa.
by Ildefonso Ortiz18 Sep 2015, 9:11 AM PST0

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.
by Cartel Chronicles13 Sep 2015, 11:32 AM PST0

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.
by Cartel Chronicles13 Sep 2015, 11:24 AM PST0

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.
by Cartel Chronicles12 Sep 2015, 7:28 AM PST0

The border between the U.S. and Mexico continues to be one of the most active drug corridors where everyday Mexican drug cartels use Mexican nationals with crossing cards and Legal residents to cross vehicles loaded with drugs.
by Cartel Chronicles12 Sep 2015, 5:35 AM PST0

The fearsome crime syndicate known as the Gulf Cartel sponsored a fake police brutality protest in this Mexican border city. The cartel organized the protest by forcing people to go and claim that the Mexican military and Tamaulipas police forces are abusive.
by Ildefonso Ortiz11 Sep 2015, 5:35 AM PST0

Mexican drug cartels control drug trafficking in multiple cities throughout the Southwest and continue to spread over the entire nation, a DEA report reveals.
by Ildefonso Ortiz8 Sep 2015, 6:09 AM PST0

Four gunmen with the Gulf Cartel are facing federal charges in connection with the murder of a police officer during a deadly ambush earlier this year.
by Ildefonso Ortiz7 Sep 2015, 6:16 AM PST0

After an independent human rights organization proved that the Mexican government has lied in the case of 43 education students. The government ordered a new investigation into the matter.
by Ildefonso Ortiz7 Sep 2015, 6:07 AM PST0

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.
by Cartel Chronicles3 Sep 2015, 7:13 AM PST0

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.
by Cartel Chronicles3 Sep 2015, 7:04 AM PST0

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.
by Cartel Chronicles28 Aug 2015, 5:48 AM PST0

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.
by Cartel Chronicles28 Aug 2015, 5:26 AM PST0

Federal agents arrested a man from Mexico with a tourist visa during a sting operation. The man had been illegally purchasing thousands of rounds of ammunition.
by Ildefonso Ortiz26 Aug 2015, 7:17 AM PST0

As violence continues to spiral out of control in El Salvador, that country’s Supreme Court has ruled that the fearsome Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) and Barrio 18 (MS18), along with other affiliated gangs, are to be now considered terrorist groups.
by Ildefonso Ortiz26 Aug 2015, 4:15 AM PST0

Four gunmen with the Gulf Cartel allegedly pulled over a commercial truck driver, loaded his vehicle with drugs, and forced him to drive into the U.S. under threat of murdering his family. This is the story presented in court by a truck driver who was found to be hauling illegal drugs into the United States.
by Ildefonso Ortiz25 Aug 2015, 10:38 AM PST0

Eleven kidnapping victims were rescued during a Mexican police operation aimed at capturing various gunmen with the Gulf Cartel. The raid of the cartel torture house resulted resulted in the discovery of a clandestine grave site, and the arrest of multiple hit-men.
by Ildefonso Ortiz24 Aug 2015, 6:24 AM PST0

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.
by Cartel Chronicles23 Aug 2015, 7:51 AM PST0