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GRAPHIC PHOTOS: Cartel Gunmen Ambush Mexican Federales, Kill One

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.

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Mexican Drug Lord ‘El Chapo’ Escapes Prison — Again

The world’s most famous drug lord has managed to escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico for a second time. Mexico’s National Security Commission confirmed that on Saturday night Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera had escaped the maximum security prison known as Altiplano.

An anonymous call regarding a truck with bodies turned out to be the stolen visas that cartel gunmen were returning

Grupo Armado Regresa Visas Robadas

Días después de que un grupo de sicarios secuestro un camión de carga con 11,500 visas Americanas destinadas a las oficinas del consulado de Monterrey y de Guadalajara; las regresaron.

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Los Zetas Cartel Kidnaps Mexican Teen Baseball Team for Ransom, Family Pays Up

Breitbart Texas traveled to the Mexican border cities of Reynosa and Matamoros to recruit citizen journalists willing to risk their lives and expose the cartels silencing their communities. The writers would face certain death at the hands of the Gulf Cartel if pseudonyms were not used. Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles are published in both English and in their original Spanish. This article was written by Reynosa’s “AC Del Angel.”

Various radios and tire spikes used by Gulf Cartel  lookouts called hawks.

Como Operan Las Redes De Halcones Del Crimen Organizado

El crimen organizado ha estado usando usa una extensa red de vigilancia para monitorear las ciudades que controla en Tamaulipas como esta ciudad fronteriza. La forma organizada de operar su red de monitoreo le ha permitido al Cartel Del Golfo poder saber y controlar lo que pasa en sus ciudades en tiempo real.

Various radios and tire spikes used by Gulf Cartel  lookouts called hawks.

How Drug Cartel Surveillance Networks Function

Drug Cartels use extensive surveillance networks to keep tabs on the activity in their cities. The organized surveillance network has allowed criminal organizations such as the Gulf Cartel to know what is happening in their city as it happens.

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Gulf Cartel Hitmen Tried to Bribe Police, Failed

In a series of events that sound out of place in this border city that has gained notoriety for its violence, corruption and lack of governability, a group of suspected members of the Gulf Cartel tried to bribe authorities in an attempt to avoid capture — they failed.