
In the wake of violence in Mexico and the ongoing influx of criminal immigrants to the U.S. through the southern border, Rep. John Mica (R-FL) Wednesday suggested the closing of all the U.S. consulates there.
by Caroline May9 Sep 2015, 9:49 AM PST0

A activist executed in Mexico led the search for ten months for the 43 missing students in Mexico. Their disappearance and presumed murder has been linked to drug gangs and corrupt government officials. Hundreds, if not thousands, of people have dedicated themselves to finding evidence of what happened to these students.
by Sylvia Longmire10 Aug 2015, 8:30 AM PST0

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stood firm Monday on his description of Mexican immigrants as criminals.
by Breitbart News6 Jul 2015, 6:07 PM PST0

Over $10 Billion in illicit funds are laundered into the U.S. per year, according to a report in the Financial Times. As Breitbart Texas previously reported, the U.S. government recently enacted tough controls on banking institutions in an effort to stem the flow of Mexican cartels’ narco-profits through U.S. banks. Several large U.S.-based banking institutions recently began closing down branches near the U.S.-Mexico border in efforts to comply with the restrictions.
by Brandon Darby15 Jun 2015, 1:14 PM PST0

Armored Blackhawk helicopters have arrived at the Texas border with Mexico in response to the recent attack on a U.S. helicopter from Mexican soil. As Breitbart Texas first reported, a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) helicopter was participating in stopping a well-organized drug trafficking effort that involved individuals on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Shots were fired from the Mexican side on the CBP helicopter and it was forced down after sustaining damage.
by Brandon Darby13 Jun 2015, 11:55 AM PST0

Mexican drug cartels, along with an untold number of global criminal and terrorist organizations, launder billions of dollars every year through banks and money service businesses. In order to curb this cartel activity, the Mexican government has severely limited the amount of American dollars that can be deposited into numbered accounts. A side effect of this policy, however, has been that Mexicans and travelers who pass through the country’s airports can quickly and easily profit from buying U.S. dollars at a loss, then selling them a few feet away for pesos at a roughly 3 percent profit.
by Sylvia Longmire2 Feb 2015, 3:25 AM PST0

The former head of security for Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and for current President of the National Assembly Diosdado Cabello has defected to the United States and plans on filing a formal complaint against Cabello for leading a drug smuggling ring.
by Frances Martel28 Jan 2015, 10:36 AM PST0

A Democrat Texas Congressman wrote a letter to U.S. Vice President Joe Bidden asking him to focus on the worsening security situation in Mexico which “has ripped apart our way of life on the U.S. Mexico Border.”
by Ildefonso Ortiz7 Jan 2015, 11:00 AM PST0

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — The ever worsening security situation in Mexico has led to a new mode of transportation for Mexican tourists that includes traveling in a convoy with police escorts at speeds of 100 miles an hour or more — all in an effort to avoid getting carjacked by drug cartels on their journey to the U.S. border.
by Ildefonso Ortiz6 Jan 2015, 9:33 AM PST0

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – A series of kidnappings in the Mexican border city of Matamoros prompted the U.S. Department of State to issue a security warning to American travelers.
by Ildefonso Ortiz29 Dec 2014, 1:10 PM PST0

Federal agents seized two bottles with more than 8 pounds of liquid methamphetamine hidden inside liquor bottles. The drugs were seized from two men trying to get to Oklahoma from the border city of Laredo, Texas.
by Ildefonso Ortiz26 Dec 2014, 6:30 AM PST0

A disabled man from California has been sent to prison for using his wheelchair and special van to smuggle weapons and ammunition for the infamous Knights Templar cartel. A U.S. District judge in San Diego sentenced 53-year-old Sergio Garcia Rico
by Ildefonso Ortiz23 Dec 2014, 10:39 AM PST0

The Governor of the Mexican State of Guerrero confirmed a second mass disappearance of students in the rural communities of his state. While the September kidnapping of 43 education students by police made headlines worldwide, an older kidnapping of 27
by Ildefonso Ortiz22 Dec 2014, 12:25 PM PST0

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer accused of taking money from Mexican drug traffickers and possibly stashing tens of thousands of dollars in Mexico will remain jailed until his trial date Next year. On Thursday
by Ildefonso Ortiz19 Dec 2014, 8:36 AM PST0

Wednesday President Obama announce the U.S. will normalize relations with Cuba. Transcript as follows: We will end an outdated approach that for decades is failed to advance our interests. Instead we will begin to normalize our relations between our two countries.
by Breitbart TV17 Dec 2014, 10:01 AM PST0

A flag waving Mexican protester crashed the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony as he rushed the stage begging the winner to bring attention to Mexico. Wearing a gray coat and holding up a Mexican flag, an unidentified man rushed the stage
by Ildefonso Ortiz10 Dec 2014, 7:48 AM PST0

Mexican authorities are expecting to either confirm or disprove the findings made by a group of South American forensic specialist who claim to have identified the remains of one of the 43 students from Mexico that were kidnapped and killed
by Ildefonso Ortiz7 Dec 2014, 10:57 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas – The three Texan’s kidnapped and killed in Mexico in October had ties to Mexican cartels, according to a leaked Homeland Security document obtained exclusively by Breitbart Texas. Mexican news outlets had previously reported the Texans were innocent victims. A woman
by Brandon Darby2 Dec 2014, 9:37 AM PST0

The Mexican government is preparing to launch a new security strategy that they claim will fight drug cartels and public corruption. The plan, however, opens the door to eradicate political opponents. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said that in the
by Ildefonso Ortiz29 Nov 2014, 6:23 AM PST0

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A Texas border man came close to having his thanksgiving dinner in a jail cell after federal agents caught him allegedly trying to smuggle more than $250,000 in cash into Mexico. Agents with U.S. Customs and Border
by Ildefonso Ortiz28 Nov 2014, 10:14 AM PST0

The U.S Department of Homeland Security (DHS) office of the inspector general (OIG) received 29,000 complaints, opened 1,000 investigations, and achieved 300 convictions in 2014 related to employee misconduct and corruption involving Border Patrol agents and other officers from the
by Edwin Mora25 Nov 2014, 2:14 PM PST0

Despite the many claims by the Mexican government that crime has decreased, it continues to hold the country hostage. The latest victims are two diplomats from Qatar, who were robbed at gunpoint in Mexico City. According to information released by
by Ildefonso Ortiz22 Nov 2014, 8:40 AM PST0

Matamoros, Tamaulipas — A former mayor of the Mexican border city of Matamoros claims that a series of money laundering charges brought against him in U.S. federal court are politically motivated in order to keep him from running for Mexico’s
by Ildefonso Ortiz21 Nov 2014, 6:11 AM PST0

AUSTIN, Texas — The State of Texas is set to pull back the Texas National Guard from the Mexican border with claims of replacing them with state troopers and technology. Contrary to widespread belief, Texas leaders did not did not deploy
by Sarah Rumpf20 Nov 2014, 6:30 AM PST0

Despite having a complex immigration system in place Mexican authorities refuse to enforce the laws. A recent attempt to enforce those laws in the Mexican State of Baja California was met with a backlash from the business community forcing authorities
by Ildefonso Ortiz20 Nov 2014, 5:02 AM PST0