MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — La detonación de dos artefactos explosivos en dos instituciones federales la tarde del jueves, en la ciudad fronteriza de Matamoros genero la movilización de elementos federales de la Marina, Sedena y policía federal, estableciendo un cerco como dispositivo de búsqueda por tierra y aire de los presuntos responsables.
The U.S. government has unmasked one of the main drug traffickers and money launderers for the Gulf Cartel, a man who used his gasoline business in Mexico as a front for operations that reached deep into South Texas.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Mexican authorities have dismantled a massive surveillance system used by the Gulf cartel in a city bordering Texas. The system was made up of surveillance cameras and spread throughout the city. The cameras were placed in as many as 52 different spots on top of light and telephone poles. They were used to send online video to organized crime members about the actions of the average citizen as well as the movements of state and federal authorities, information provided to Breitbart Texas from the Tamaulipas government revealed.
Mexican authorities formally charged two suspected members of the Gulf Cartel with kidnapping 47 people and holding them prisoner in two stash houses in the border city of Reynosa.
Mexican authorities have been working to dismantle a sophisticated clandestine radio network that was used as a communication system by the Gulf Cartel.
The son of the former top leader of the Gulf Cartel and founder of Los Zeta has been sent to prison for trying to smuggle a batch of ammunition into Mexico.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Autoridades detuvieron a dos miembros del Cartel del Golfo los cuales habían estado cuidando una casa que la organización criminal estaba usando para almacenar armas. Después del arresto, los 2 hombres aparentemente comenzaron a llorar cuando las autoridades les tomaron fotografías.
Mexican authorities arrested two Gulf Cartel members who were guarding a house the criminal organization was using to store weapons and vehicles. The two gunmen apparently burst into tears as the police photographed them, and the items seized from the house they were protecting.
MCALLEN, Texas—Federal agents arrested two suspected Gulf Cartel arms dealers who are accused of recruiting people with the ability to legally purchase weapons on their behalf so that they can have them shipped to Mexico.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — A un año de que la nueva estrategia de seguridad para Tamaulipas fuera implementada por el gobierno federal, la frontera y la zona sur del estado sigue inmersa en una espiral de violencia. Las autoridades han capturado a 14 de los 15 objetivos pero los resultados no se hacen tangibles para la población que vive en constante riesgo.
A year after the Mexican government kicked off their new security strategy for Tamaulipas, the border area, as well as the southern part of the state, remain trapped in a downward spiral of violence.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — En matamoros Tamaulipas, ciudad en la frontera con el sur de Texas y donde se mantiene activa la “estrategia” de seguridad en contra de la inseguridad, solo se continúan engrosando las listas de desaparecidos.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — In the Mexican border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, the government claims their security “strategy” against organized crime remains active. Despite assurances, the list of kidnapping victims continues to grow.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Violent firefights have once again taken hold along this border area following a renewed firefights between warring factions of the Gulf Cartel and a recent shootout this week between cartel gunmen and the Mexican military.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Se reanudan episodios de violencia en la frontera luego de una serie de enfrentamiento entre grupos del Cartel del Golfo y una reciente balacera esta semana entre sicarios y militares sobre la carretera libre Matamoros Reynosa, dejando como saldo el decomiso de un armamento y un sicario abatido.
The Mexican government destroyed 22.5 tons of marijuana, 54 grams of cocaine, and 197 doses of psychoactive drugs.
Reynosa, Tamaulipas — Tampico Tamaulipas vivió una jornada violenta la semana pasada tras una operación fallida donde se intentó detener al jefe de plaza del Cartel del Golfo en la ciudad. Un grupo especial de SEDENA con el apoyo de la Policía Federal y Fuerza Tamaulipas intentaron el arresto del presunto jefe de plaza, según fuentes en el grupo de coordinación Tamaulipas.
TAMPICO, Tamaulipas — The Mexican port city of Tampico, Tamaulipas, had violent days after an operation aimed at arresting the head of the Gulf Cartel in that city failed. A special task force from the Mexican Army with the support of Federal Police and Fuerza Tamaulipas (vetted state cops), tried to arrest the Gulf Cartel’s plaza boss, according to sources with the Tamaulipas coordination group.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Mexican authorities have formally charged a feared Gulf Cartel boss whose arrest set off a series of fierce firefights and fiery blockades last week throughout this border city when 60 Gulf Cartel gunmen riding in 15 SUVs tried to free their boss.
The capture of a regional boss for the Gulf Cartel set off a fierce firefight throughout the border city of Reynosa. The bustling industrial city was turned into a warzone. Bystanders frantically sought refuge while gunmen and soldiers exchanged gunfire.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – Los cuerpos desmembrados de dos mujeres metidas en hieleras y el cuerpo sin cabeza de un hombre causo terror de las principales plazas comerciales en esta ciudad la cual está a sólo unos pasos de distancia de uno de los puentes internacionales que une esta ciudad región con la ciudad fronteriza de Brownsville Texas.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – The dismembered bodies of two women stuffed into ice chests and the headless body of a man spread terror throughout a large commercial plaza just a few feet away from an international bridge that connects this border city to Brownsville, Texas.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Tras dos ejecuciones de empresarios locales, hoy solamente moños negros limitan las puertas de acceso a los establecimientos, revelando un panorama desolador que se vive a diario en la frontera.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — The Tamaulipas state government and local media are silent after the executions of two local entrepreneurs in recent weeks by drug cartel gunmen. Black ribbons now decorate the doors to their businesses acting as a grim reminder of the daily life in this border city just south of Brownsville, Texas.
A recent statement released by the federal government acknowledged that street gangs in the U.S. work as hired foot soldiers for Mexican and Central American transnational criminal organizations. The revelation was made by U.S. law enforcement after a massive national raid that
