MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — The negotiations between the current municipal authority and organized crime figures tied to the Gulf Cartel demonstrate who has regained control of this border city. The move has brought illicit financial gains by the millions.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — For several hours, cartel members housed at the state prison in this city waged war over control of the facility. Gunfire could be heard as police forces moved into the facility to restore peace.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — A series of recent gun battles and executions in this border city and in Rio Bravo led to nearly a dozen deaths as clashes with military forces and internal turmoil within the Gulf Cartel is reaching a boiling point.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — Cartel gunmen murdered a two-year-old boy and his family in the most recent execution in a trend of violence without end.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — El homicidio de un hombre cuyo cuerpo fue encontrado junto con un narco-mensaje anuncia que la violenta lucha entre carteles volvio a llegar a esta zona fronteriza.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — The murder of a man whose body was found next to a narco-message reflects renewed violence in this border region as rival cartel factions continue to fight for drug territories.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — A Texas couple who had crossed into this border city to go grocery shopping were apparently shot at by a military helicopter during a cartel gun battle. The couple’s newer model SUV appears to have been mistaken for a cartel vehicle. The Mexican military claims they did not fire at the vehicle.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas– Dos presuntos sicarios han sido detenidos en relación al homicidio de tres mujeres cuyos cuerpos fueron encontrados en fosas clandestinas en esta ciudad. Los sicarios eran pertenecientes a una de las varias células delincuenciales de lo que alguna vez fue el Cartel de los Zetas.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — Two suspected gunmen have been arrested in connection with the murder of three women whose bodies were found in clandestine graves in this city. The gunmen are members of a Los Zetas Cartel faction.
MIGUEL ALEMAN, Tamaulipas – Una serie de feroces enfrentamientos En esta ciudad fronteriza con Texas, el fin de semana dejó un resultado de cuatro hombres armados del cártel muertos y el arresto de otros dos, mientras agentes de la policía estatal de Tamaulipas pudieron incautar más de una tonelada de marihuana.
MIGUEL ALEMAN, Tamaulipas — A series of fierce weekend gun battles near the Texas border led to the death of four cartel shooters and the arrest of two others as Tamaulipas state police were able to seize more than one ton of marijuana.
State police officers and numerous officials gathered in Ciudad Victoria to provide full police honors to a fallen comrade.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — La violencia que existe en los penales de la frontera sigue evidenciando el autogobierno que se maneja dentro de las prisiones de la región fronteriza. Esta semana se registro un motín en el Penal de Cadereyta donde 600 internos se manifestaron por el incremento de medidas de seguridad las cuales disminuyeron el trafico de drogas.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León. — This week, roughly 600 inmates inside the Cadereyta Prison rioted over the increase in security measures aimed at keeping drugs out.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — The out-of-control violence in this city continues to spread, targeting bystanders as well. While cartel gunmen usually engage each other or Mexican authorities, average citizens continue to be the targets of kidnapping and extortion.
Citizen journalists in the rural communities of Chihuahua recorded scenes of despair caused by a fierce clash between members of the Juarez Cartel. The fighting left at least eight people dead and four police officers injured.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Mexican cartel smugglers continue trying to find new ways to bring drugs into the country. From backpackers wading over the Rio Grande to makeshift ferries used to move loaded vehicles, organized criminals continue to use this border city as launch pad to move large shipments.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — One of the key leaders of a faction of the Los Zetas Cartel was forced to perform oral sex and other humiliating tasks by his rivals while inside a state prison in this border state.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — A leaked video that was allegedly taken inside a prison in this border state revealed how a group of cartel members dressed their rivals in lingerie and mocked them as they were forced to clean various cells.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — Un accidente vial puso al descubierto un mas de 3.300 libras de droga que eran transportadas por este estado hacia la frontera con Texas. Tras una volcadura del camión, el chofer huyo dejando atrás el cargamento de droga.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — A highway crash uncovered more than a ton of marijuana being moved to the Texas border. The driver fled the scene.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Autoridades en este estado fronterizo continúan investigando el hallazgo de un cuerpo desmembrado que fue dejado en un tambo de basura en la capital de este estado. En un aparente intento de minimizar el terror en la sociedad, autoridades estatales están llamando la ejecución de la víctima un crimen pasional.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Authorities continue to look into the discovery of a dismembered body that was left inside a trash dumpster in the state capital. In an apparent attempt to minimize terror among its citizens, state authorities are calling the gruesome execution a crime of passion.
Mexican officials arrested four members of the Sinaloa cartel in the southern part of this border state. The four are charged with attempting to move drugs for street level distribution.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — El mas reciente homicidio en esta ciudad fronteriza apunta a un posible patrón donde el crimen organizado podría estar ejecutando trabajadores y dueños de deshuesaderos de vehículos mejor conocidos como yonkes.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — The most recent murder in this border city points to a possible trend where organized crime members could be targeting workers and owners of local car junkyards.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Un grupo de sicarios de uno de los carteles que opera en este estado fronterizo ejecuto, desmembro y embolso a tres víctimas las cuales fueron dejadas en una camioneta junto a una cartulina con un narco-mensaje.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — A group of gunmen from one of the cartels operating in this border state executed, dismembered, and bagged three victims. Their remains were left in the bed of a truck with a poster bearing a narco-message.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Traficantes de droga siguen utilizando las aguas del Rio Bravo para mover drogas hacia los Estados Unidos tomando ventaja de la falta de seguridad fronteriza en el lado norte del río.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Drug smugglers from this border region continue using the waters of the Rio Grande to move product into the U.S. by taking advantage of the lack of security on the northern part of the river.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Mientras que el la vecina ciudad de Reynosa los enfrentamientos continúan a la orden del día, esta ciudad recientemente ha podido evitar mucha de la violencia. Sin embargo, durante un enfrentamiento reciente aparentemente murió uno de los líderes del crimen organizado presuntamente responsable de haber cocinado a cientos de personas en las afueras de la ciudad.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — While authorities and cartel gunmen have been fighting for days Reynosa, this border city has managed to avoid most of the recent violence. However during a recent gun battle, one of the most feared cartel leaders allegedly responsible for having incinerated hundreds of victims was killed.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Authorities in this border city continue to look into the most recent execution of a newspaper hawker shot and dumped into the waters of the Rio Grande. This murder marks the ninth violent death in 2017.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Autoridades en esta ciudad fronteriza continúan investigando la mas reciente ejecución donde un voceador de periódico fue baleado antes de ser arrojado a las aguas del Rio Bravo. Con este homicidio ya son 9 ejecuciones en esta zona desde principios de año.
Dos agentes del grupo de policía especial conocido como Fuerza Coahuila fueron arrestados por el presunto secuestro de una familia de migrantes mientras ellos trataban de cruzar la frontera hacia Texas.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Two agents from a special police unit known as Fuerza Coahuila have been arrested for the alleged kidnapping and extortion of a family of Central American migrants who were trying to get to Texas.
The ongoing hunt for the leader of the Gulf Cartel in this border city has led to more than nine days of continuous gun battles. The clashes resulted in the deaths of at least 14 individuals –including most of the gunmen. Anecdotal accounts by residents place the death toll much higher.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila – Una compra regular de armas de las autoridades estatales en este estado fronterizo tomó un giro único cuando un hombre llevó una caja con siete granadas.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — A regular gun buy-back held by state authorities took a unique turn when a man brought a box with seven grenades.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Un integrante de Los Zetas vigiló por cuatro días a un fiscal federal el cual fue ejecutado a principios de mes; a pesar de confesar su rol en los hechos, el miembro de crimen organizado no fue acusado de homicidio. La víctima ya había reportado haber encontrado un localizador GPS en su vehículo antes del homicidio.
