Authorities on both sides of the border updated a regional list of the top 10 wanted cartel figures responsible for most of the violence and smuggling activities in recent months. The list includes Gulf Cartel and Cartel Del Noreste-Los Zetas members.
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador confirmed he tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). He said he will take a step back from his usual duties. The announcement comes at a time when Mexico is undergoing an alarming spike in infections and fatalities.
Mexico’s immigration officials are now tasked with targeting “opportunists” who profit from and are promoting migrant caravans. The call for action comes as authorities deploy their National Guard to their southern border in anticipation of another caravan of about 9,000 looking to reach the U.S.
Gunmen raided a government-run highway service station and kidnapped two Mexican National Guardsmen over the past weekend. The abductions come at a time when federal security forces are harshly criticized for their inability to counter the spreading cartel violence.
Authorities in the coastal state of Veracruz are silent about 12 bound and mutilated bodies dumped in a rural community.
Mexico’s federal government published confidential information shared by U.S. law enforcement as part of the investigation of that nation’s former Secretary of Defense. The U.S. Department of Justice charged the former defense secretary for allegations related to drug trafficking.
Mexico’s government will not prosecute the former secretary of defense who was arrested by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration before being sent home. Mexican diplomats threatened the futures of various bilateral border security arrangements to secure his release.
El que en su momento fue un pacífico estado en el centro de México se ha convertido en la región más violenta del país con más de 120 asesinatos desde principios de 2021. La región está en disputa por dos organizaciones criminales conocidas por violencia extrema y el uso de explosivos.
A once peaceful state in central Mexico has become the country’s most violent with more than 120 murders since the start of 2021. The region is under dispute by two organizations known for extreme violence and explosives.
Honduras’s current president reportedly received millions of dollars from drug traffickers like Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, according to U.S. authorities. The politician also stands accused of embezzling millions in foreign aid from the United States.
Drug cartels delivered toys and pastries to needy families throughout Mexico during the Epiphany celebration in yet another attempt to improve their public image. The very public outreach efforts come as Mexico’s government remains unable to curb the escalating violence taking place across the country.
Four drug traffickers from Colombia used a makeshift submarine to move cocaine into Mexican waters this week.
Mexico’s coronavirus czar is drawing intense criticism after pictures surfaced of him enjoying a beach vacation while telling the rest of the nation to stay indoors. In the photos, the top health official is seen not wearing a mask amid extensive complaints that his staff is suppressing the true scale of the pandemic.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) offered asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange while praising his work Monday. The move comes soon after Mexico’s Congress passed a law that will restrict and control the work of U.S. agents in that country.
A Mexican fisherman died and another one was seriously injured after their boat crashed with a ship of environmental activists. The activists were trying to stop illegal fishing in the Sea of Cortez, off the coast of Baja California. Mexico’s Navy rescued the fishermen and airlifted them to local hospitals.
Las autoridades estatales mexicanas no están investigando a un grupo de policías locales corruptos que tomaron parte en un tiroteo con autoridades estatales luego de ser accidentalmente sorprendidos extorsionando a un grupo de traficantes de personas que intentaban llegar a la frontera. Inicialmente, las autoridades de Nuevo León intentaron esconder el tiroteo, pero se vieron obligadas a proporcionar detalles básicos después de que Breitbart Texas publicara exclusivamente detalles del caso.
Mexican state authorities are not investigating or prosecuting local police officers who engaged in a shootout with state authorities while allegedly extorting human smugglers trying to reach the U.S. border. Initially, authorities in Nuevo Leon tried to cover up the incident but were forced to provide basic details after Breitbart Texas exclusively reported on the matter.
Mexican authorities destroyed tons of chemical precursors that they previously discovered in a clandestine meth lab in Jalisco. While there were no arrests, the seizures provide a glimpse into the substantial production capabilities of Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG).
Assassins dressed as nurses to enter a hospital and kill a man who survived a shooting attack in the border city of Ciudad Juarez this week. Authorities did not say if the case is connected to the turf war between the Sinaloa and Juarez Cartels.
Funcionarios del gobierno están tratando de encubrir un ataque del cártel en la mañana de Navidad que envió a cinco policías federales al hospital, uno con heridas de bala. Los sicarios utilizaron al menos tres vehículos blindados en el ataque que sucedió a solo en el estado de Nuevo León, a 34 millas al sur de la frontera con Texas. La zona del ataque es controlada por el Cartel Del Golfo pero se encuentra en disputa por el Cartel del Noreste de Los Zetas.
Officials are trying to cover up a Christmas morning cartel attack that sent five federal police officers to emergency rooms–one for gunshot injuries. Gunmen used at least three armored vehicles in the incident in Nuevo Leon, 34 miles south of the border with Texas. The region is controlled by the Gulf Cartel but is threatened by a faction of Los Zetas.
Rival factions of the Gulf Cartel continue to clash in the border city of Reynosa, leading to shootouts and street blockades. In many gunfights, state authorities are the first to respond while the specifically tasked National Guard and military demonstrate a pattern of arriving only until the shooting has ended.
Tamaulipas police officers in the border city of Reynosa spread a little holiday cheer as they escorted a convoy of vehicles filled with toys to several needy neighborhoods. During Christmas week, police officers carried out the same event in most major cities in the state.
Un oficial de la policía del estado de Nuevo León ha sido identificado como el líder de una célula de sicarios del cártel, mientras las guerras territoriales en el norte de México continúan aumentando. El arresto reveló un aumento reciente en el reclutamiento de policías por parte del Cartel del Golfo en el estado fronterizo de Nuevo León.
A border state police officer was identified as the leader of a cartel cell as turf wars in northern Mexico continue to escalate. The arrest revealed a recent spike in the recruitment of police officers by the Gulf Cartel in Nuevo Leon.
One of the most prestigious press freedom groups labeled Mexico as the most dangerous country for journalists in the Western Hemisphere. The country continues to see widespread impunity in attacks and murders against journalists in direct retaliation for their work.
El jefe de una unidad de inteligencia estatal que ha estado plagada de numerosas denuncias de corrupción y una larga historia de vínculos con cárteles, ha sido ascendido discretamente a uno de los principales puestos policiales en el estado de Nuevo Leon. Los miembros de ese grupo policial han sido vinculados con extorsiones, cateos ilegales, vínculos con el crimen organizado y el aun impune asesinato de un hombre de Texas.
The head of a border state police intelligence unit that is plagued with allegations of corruption and a long history of cartel links was quietly promoted to one of the top law enforcement positions in the state. The members of that task force are linked to cartel extortion, illegal searches, and the covered-up murder of a Texas man.
At least one gunman shot and killed a former governor inside an upscale bar in Puerto Vallarta. The murder comes at a time when the state of Jalisco deals with an uptick in violence due to the dominant criminal organization in the region, Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion.
Dos sicarios murieron en una fallida emboscada de un cártel contra agentes de la policía estatal mexicana a solo 40 millas al sur de la frontera con Texas. El tiroteo es el último episodio de violencia en una región en disputa donde dos cárteles luchan por el control mientras las autoridades mexicanas intentan mantener la paz.
Two cartel gunmen died in a failed ambush against Mexican state police 40 miles south of the Texas border. The shootout is the latest bout of violence in a contested region between two cartels.
Un grupo de asesinos de una facción de Los Zetas llevó a cabo una serie de operaciones de vigilancia y búsqueda en uno de los suburbios más lujosos de México en un intento de matar a un líder del Cártel del Golfo que se estaba escondiendo allí.
Assassins from a faction of Los Zetas performed surveillance and search operations in one of Mexico’s wealthiest suburbs in an attempt to kill a top leader with the Gulf Cartel.
After weeks of public patience regarding the results of the U.S. presidential election, Mexico’s president congratulated President-Elect Joe Biden Tuesday.
Mexican authorities arrested one of their own in connection to the 2019 murder of a journalist. The journalist reported on police corruption in the state of Tabasco. He reportedly looked into the corrupt high ranking officers tied to an extortion racket.
Gunmen shot and killed a Mexican journalist after he photographed a crime scene, marking the ninth case of its kind in 2020.
Agentes de la policía Fuerza Civil en Nuevo León que respondieron a un aparente secuestro se enfrentaron en un feroz tiroteo con un grupo de policías locales que estaban en proceso de extorsionar a un grupo tratando de mover a migrantes a la frontera. A raíz del tiroteo, toda la fuerza policial de ese municipio está siendo investigada por posibles vínculos con el crimen organizado.
Nuevo Leon state police officers responding to an apparent kidnapping engaged in a fierce shootout with local cops in the process of extorting a human smuggling operation. The entire municipal police force in question is now under investigation for possible organized crime links.
Mexico’s Senate passed a bill to severely limit the role of U.S. law enforcement agents operating in that country. The action comes soon after the scandalous arrest of a former secretary of defense on drug trafficking charges.
In the wake of the controversial extradition and release of Mexico’s former Secretary of Defense who faced drug trafficking charges in a U.S. court, Mexico City now requests the return of the former leader of federal police.
