A former Mexican governor wanted in the U.S. and in Mexico on drug conspiracy and money laundering charges may soon find himself behind bars after a Mexican high court denied his request for an injunction on the warrant issued out for his arrest. A recent ruling by the Second Tribunal in Penal Matters in Mexico sided with a previous ruling by a Mexican federal judge that the arrest warrant against former Tamaulipas governor Tomas Yarrington was valid, Mexico’s SDP Noticias reported.
by Ildefonso Ortiz6 Apr 2015, 9:36 AM PST0
Two commanders with Los Zetas who appear to be behind most of the kidnapping and extortion activity in the border city of Nuevo Laredo and the Tamaulipas State Capital of Ciudad Victoria are now behind bars.
Mexico’s Federal Police arrested Sarahi “La Hysteria” Garza Cadena during a traffic stop this past week in the border city of Nuevo Laredo. She was traveling in a car with two of her henchmen. Authorities recovered some weapons, a grenade, 15 kilograms of marijuana and communication equipment during the arrest, information released to Breitbart Texas by the Tamaulipas government revealed.
by Ildefonso Ortiz1 Apr 2015, 7:38 AM PST0
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — El enemigo dentro de las filas de los que luchan contra el crimen organizado se llama corrupción. La lucha contra el crimen organizado en Tamaulipas tiene un enemigo invisible, uno con mucho poder, uno muy grande que obstaculiza los intentos por pacificar al estado e incluso amenaza con ganar esta guerra.
by Breitbart Texas23 Mar 2015, 7:50 AM PST0
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – The fight against organized crime in this border state has an invisible enemy, one with enough size and power to block the attempts to quiet down Tamaulipas; it even threatens to win the ongoing war on drugs. That enemy is corruption within the ranks of the those who are supposed to be fighting the cartels.
by Breitbart Texas23 Mar 2015, 6:51 AM 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 Ildefonso Ortiz19 Mar 2015, 11:22 AM PST0
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – Members of Mexico’s most powerful political party have rallied behind one of their colleagues wanted in Texas on a federal arrest warrant. The warrant accuses him of money laundering. The politicians are calling the move a media attack.
by Breitbart Texas19 Mar 2015, 7:58 AM PST0
Mexico’s efforts to silence critical media have proven successful with the recent firing of one of the few hard hitting journalists in that country along with her staff.
Last week, a number of independent news outlets announced a team effort to create an anti-corruption outlet called #Mexicoleaks. The effort called for brave citizens to leak documents to the group which after vetted would be published by all the outlets in an effort to make a dent in Mexico’s ever growing corruption. The effort went viral though Twitter and Facebook, however the news quickly turned away from the effort when one of the group’s leaders became a target of her own outlet.
by Ildefonso Ortiz18 Mar 2015, 9:12 AM PST0
ALAMO, Texas — Fathers, mothers, sisters and brothers of 43 kidnapped education students refuse to give up in their quest to find their loved ones alive despite what they call an ongoing effort on the part of the Mexican government to brush aside the case. Under the moto of “they took them alive, alive we want them” the relatives continue their quest for answers and justice.
by Ildefonso Ortiz18 Mar 2015, 8:14 AM PST0
Seven more Mexican Federales police officers have been arrested in connection with a kidnapping and extortion racket in the border city of Matamoros. The Mexican federales have been accused of kidnapping Saul Hernandez Bautista who had previously served as the Matamoros Public Safety director, Mexico’s El Norte newspaper reported.
by Ildefonso Ortiz14 Mar 2015, 6:49 AM PST0
The body of a kidnapped journalist from the Mexican state of Veracruz has been found after weeks of searching, and the former police officer accused of killing him is claiming that the mayor of an area town ordered the murder.
by Ildefonso Ortiz26 Jan 2015, 1:40 PM PST0
The Governor of the Mexican State of Chiapas has drawn much criticism in Mexico after a video of him slapping an aide went viral. The newly surfaced video is from an event promoting Governor Manuel Velasco’s Second State of the State Address held last month.
by Ildefonso Ortiz22 Jan 2015, 6:02 AM PST0
A jailed Mexican politician and his wife have now been formally charged with kidnapping for their alleged role in ordering the disappearance of 43 education students in Mexico who were taken by police officers and then executed by cartel members.
by Ildefonso Ortiz14 Jan 2015, 9:54 AM PST0
