
The Mexican government claims it has registered significant declines in kidnapping rates for 2015. Many drug war observers and Mexican citizens are very skeptical about the truth behind these government figures.
by Sylvia Longmire11 Dec 2015, 7:45 AM PST0

Police are now searching for Euric Cain, a black gunman who allegedly attempted to kidnap a woman in New Orleans but was stopped by a heroic medical student. Before the suspect was identified by police, media had provided little help by avoiding the description of the suspect due to politically correct fears about race.
by William Bigelow22 Nov 2015, 8:58 PM PST0

This week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation released its annual Uniform Crime Report (UCR), which summarizes a year’s worth of violent crime statistics from across the country. At a glance, it shows that violent crime is down across the country and in the State of Texas. However, the data used to make these assessments doesn’t include kidnappings or specify what crimes are drug- or cartel-related, painting a skewed picture of everyday life along some parts of the southwest border.
by Sylvia Longmire1 Oct 2015, 10:58 AM PST0

TAMPICO, Tamaulipas – El Cartel del Golfo en esta ciudad tomo venganza por un crimen que conmociono al sur de Tamaulipas y se volvió noticia mundial; el padre y hermano de un famoso director de cine fueron secuestrados y ejecutados.
by Breitbart Texas1 Oct 2015, 8:00 AM 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 – 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

Outrage continues to grow in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas following the brutal kidnapping and murder of the father and brother of acclaimed film director Alejandro Gomez Monteverde.
by Ildefonso Ortiz26 Sep 2015, 9:52 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

Kidnapping victim Denise Huskins has filed a claim against the City of Vallejo and the city’s police department for treating her March abduction and alleged sexual assault as a hoax.
by Michelle Moons22 Sep 2015, 5:00 AM PST0

Sky News reported last week that Iran has released five senior al-Qaeda operatives, including several possible successors to Ayman al-Zawahiri as head of the organization, in exchange for an Iranian diplomat who was kidnapped in Yemen earlier this year.
by John Hayward21 Sep 2015, 8:16 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

On Wednesday, masked gunmen wearing military uniforms kidnapped 18 Turkish nationals from a sports stadium they were building in the Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City, according to their employer, Ankara-based Turkish conglomerate Nurol Holding.
by Edwin Mora3 Sep 2015, 6:54 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

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

In response to the rising number of kidnapping in the border city of Matamoros, authorities kicked off a new anti-kidnapping unit that is supposed to investigate and prosecute the crime. The unit was also created to calm the public’s anger at the continued lack of security conditions.
by Cartel Chronicles23 Aug 2015, 7:51 AM PST0

The coastal resort city of Acapulco has always been known for its beautiful beaches and sparkling waters. But in the last decade it has become a regional epicenter of drug war violence that Mexican authorities have been largely powerless to stop. The most recent wave of killings and kidnappings comes as a result of a turf war between multiple drug organizations that want control of the lucrative port city.
by Sylvia Longmire17 Aug 2015, 5:17 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

An would-be narco carjacking victim targeted by cartel gunmen turned the table on the criminals when he used his car to run over the leader of the group. The attempted carjacking took place at a highway in the border state of Tamaulipas, Mexico.
by Ildefonso Ortiz9 Aug 2015, 11:27 AM PST0

Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) militiamen have kidnapped 230 Syrian civilians, including 19 children and 45 women, after invading a village in the province of Homs in central Syria. Among the hostages are 60 Christians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based NGO.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.7 Aug 2015, 8:42 AM PST0

U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested at the Texas border a Chinese illegal alien previously convicted in the U.S. for kidnapping and deported from the United States.
by Ildefonso Ortiz5 Aug 2015, 10:09 AM PST0

The awful humiliation of Obama’s strategy in Syria continues, as five more U.S.-trained “moderate Syrian rebels” have been kidnapped by al-Qaeda’s affiliate, the Nusra Front.
by John Hayward5 Aug 2015, 8:51 AM PST0

The Contra Costa Times is asking if Reagan’s fiscal success was a contributing factor in this heinous crime.
by AWR Hawkins4 Aug 2015, 10:35 AM PST0

The search for little 8-year-old Madyson Middleton in Santa Cruz ended with the discovery of her lifeless body–and the arrest of 15-year-old neighbor Adrian Jerry Gonzalez, who is being charged as an adult for the crimes of murder, kidnapping and sexual assault.
by Michelle Moons30 Jul 2015, 12:13 PM PST0

Police in California say they rescued a woman from Nicaragua who was allegedly tricked into illegally entering the US only to be imprisoned in a closet and sexually abused for a year.
by Warner Todd Huston24 Jul 2015, 8:46 PM PST0