MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — High ranking members of the Gulf Cartel have picked their candidate for congress in the next election in this border city.
After getting 6,000 signatures of support, Jorge Renteria Campos the chairman of the Matamoros Bar Association is preparing to take the helm of the Independent Party in his quest for political office as a federal congressman.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Las tradicionales fiestas mexicanas celebradas recientemente en la ciudad fronteriza de Matamoros Tamaulipas, generaron el despliegue de seguridad por parte de elementos de corporaciones estatales y federales. Por otro lado miembros de los carteles del narco continuaron sus confrontaciones en las zonas rurales y colindantes.
Desde el mes pasado dos bandos rivales del Cartel del Golfo desataron una guerra entre ellos la cual continua hasta el momento.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – The traditional Mexican celebrations recently held in this border city set off a massive security detail by state and federal authorities looking to reestablish peace to the area. Meanwhile, drug cartel members continued their large scale gun battles in the surrounding rural areas.
Historically the festivities in Matamoros have been held in a simultaneous fashion with the Charro Day’s Celebration held in Brownsville where the mayors of both cities meet in one of the international bridges to exchange pleasantries. While this year the festivities were held without any problem, two warring factions of the Gulf Cartel continued their fighting along highways and rural areas.
La pequeña ciudad de Rio Bravo Tamaulipas se ha convertido en una “Zona Caliente” de cruentos enfrentamientos entre células de grupos rivales del crimen organizado correspondientes a las plazas de las ciudades fronterizas de Matamoros y Reynosa, del control de la organización criminal conocida como el Cartel del Golfo bajo un solo mando en esta región.
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 a pseudonym were not used. Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles are published in both English and in their original Spanish. This article was written by “JA Espinoza” from Matamoros.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – The small Mexican city of Rio Bravo has become a “Hot Zone” of warlike activity where rival cartel factions from Matamoros and Reynosa have fought fierce gun battles as they try to take over the criminal organization known as the Gulf Cartel.
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 sus comunidades. Los escritores recibirian una muerte segura a manors del
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 sus comunidades. Los escritores recibirian una muerte segura a manors del
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – A shootout between cartel gunmen and Mexican authorities caused panic and terror near the Texas border. The shootout began when federal police tried to stop a vehicle near 20th street which then fled and ended up crashing into an unsuspecting motorist. Federal police officers guarded the crashed vehicle and set up a search for the drivers. The pursuit ended with a civilian injured in the crash and two gunmen in custody.
A leaked report from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) states that border surge was largely a success. The report cites numbers indicating a reduction in illegal immigrant border crossings and cartel activity. The report lays the foundation for Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s plan to increase the number of permanent DPS troopers along the Texas-Mexico border.
Mientras la guerra interna del Cartel Del Golfo la cual está por cumplir un mes y ha convertido a las ciudades fronterizas en zonas de guerra, una serie de ejecuciones muestran un posible cambio de tácticas. Donde antes las balaceras campales estaban a la orden del día, ahora los secuestros de rivales seguidos por brutales mutilaciones se están convirtiendo en un hecho cotidiano. La intención de la táctica aparenta ser un intento por sembrar terror en cualquiera que trabaje para una facción rival.
MCALLEN, Texas – Mexican cops in the border city of Matamoros arrested a Gulf cartel member in charge of shipping drugs to New York and Ohio who happens to be a four-time deported alien with a lengthy criminal history in the United States.
MCALLEN, Texas – The Mexican military killed four gunmen in two separate shootouts near the Texas border and managed to seize .50 caliber rifles, two belt-fed machine guns and three assault rifles.
As the Gulf Cartel continues their almost month long internal war that has turned various Mexican cities into warzones, a series of gruesome executions and mutilations appear to point to a major shift in tactics. Where open gunfights were the norm, now the targeting of individual enemies and gruesome mutilations are occurring. The intent appears to be an effort to strike terror into anyone who works against cartel faction.
The Mexican Army has killed five cartel gunmen during a firefight near the Texas border. The shootout took place near the ranching city of San Fernando, along the highway that connects Ciudad Victoria, the state capital, with the border city
MCALLEN, Texas – Mexico’s government owned oil company has dealt a heavy blow to Mexican drug cartels who use stolen fuel to supplement their income. In the cities along the Texas border, the Gulf Cartel and the Zetas have become
A series of photos have emerged claiming to show dismembered bodies in Mexico. The photos paint a grim picture of the raging war taking place just south of the Texas border. The war that reignited this month has pitted two rival factions of the Gulf cartel against each other turning the cities of Matamoros and Reynosa into war zones where the residents are forced to go about their daily lives while trying to avoid firefights and gory crime scenes.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Presuntos integrantes del crimen organizado en Matamoros Tamaulipas lanzan amenazas directas en contra administradores de paginas en redes sociales, así como a usuarios, civiles que utilizan las frecuencias de radio activas a travez del canal (ZELLO #MZDP oficial) que denuncian en tiempo real situaciones de alto riesgo, hechos que se suscitan a lo largo de ciudades fronterizas.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Cartel members have begun making threats at citizen journalists who run social media pages in Twitter and Facebook that warn about cartel activity, as well as individuals who use a radio application called Zello which provides real time information about shootouts and other dangerous situations along Mexican border cities.
MCALLEN, Texas – The Gulf Cartel’s top cocaine distributor in Matamoros remains behind bars following his recent arrest in that Mexican border city . The arrest took place following an anonymous tip and a follow-up investigation that led authorities to
Mexico’s security strategy has led to insecurity as common crime has spiked sharply in the border city of Reynosa.
Se disparan delitos del fuero común en Reynosa, la estrategia de seguridad genera inseguridad social.
Osiel Cardenas Jr., the son of the former supreme leader of the Gulf Cartel, Osiel Cardenas Guillen, has pleaded guilty to smuggling ammunition from the border city of Brownsville, Texas into Matamoros, Mexico.
Mexico’s second most powerful politician continues to claim that the security conditions are the best in a decade. Meanwhile, the cities just south of the Texas border continue to live in a state of fear as warring cartel factions continue
As warring Gulf Cartel factions just south of the Texas border continue to battle, creating panic in several Mexican border cities, the Tamaulipas government continues to take part in a systematic effort to downplay the nonstop violence.
MCALLEN, Texas – Two American citizens who are U.S. Army veterans remain missing after taking a trip to the Mexican border city of Matamoros. According to information released to Breitbart Texas by Brownsville Police, Ernesto and Jesus Garcia had travelled to
