
Thirteen of Mexico’s worst criminals, including famed cartel bosses La Barbie and Gulf Cartel’s El Coss, have been extradited to the United States. The feds expect to prosecute them.
by Ildefonso Ortiz30 Sep 2015, 7:29 PM 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

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – Authorities in this border city arrested a woman who had been using fake documents to move a group of illegal aliens by airplane to this border city. The recent arrest took place at the Reynosa International Airport when an airplane flying in from Mexico City arrived with the female human smuggler along with five illegal aliens, one of which was a child, information provided to Breitbart Texas by Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office revealed.
by Ildefonso Ortiz27 Sep 2015, 7:52 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas – A convicted Mexican drug cartel kidnapper and suspected assassin will spend 40 years in prison for carrying out a kidnapping in this border city under orders from his bosses in Mexico.
by Ildefonso Ortiz26 Sep 2015, 9:18 AM PST0

Two top U.S. congressmen from Texas demand that the United States take “immediate action” to extradite two former Mexican governors from the border state of Tamaulipas accused of working with Mexican drug cartels.
by Ildefonso Ortiz25 Sep 2015, 10:40 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

Two illegal aliens have been sent to prison in connection with their role in growing 11,500 marijuana plants in Texas. The father and son duo are expected to be deported after completing their sentence.
by Ildefonso Ortiz23 Sep 2015, 11:43 AM PST0

The kidnapping and likely execution of 10 persons-two of which were cops by the Gulf Cartel at a family party in this border city has resulted in a series of betrayals and twists that illustrate the crime syndicates reach. A Mexican cop, suspected of involvement in the plot, died after being interrogated by police.
by Cartel Chronicles21 Sep 2015, 6:58 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

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

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

Police are investigating a failed gang hit where two vehicles with filled with gang members zoomed down a busy road of this Texas border community firing multiple shots while chasing another car. That care was driven by their target, a member of a rival gang.
by Ildefonso Ortiz5 Sep 2015, 8:21 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

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