MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – A new rash of kidnappings and extortion by cartels is causing alarm among local business owners. They are asking for help amid relaxed federal enforcement efforts in the region.
A political writer released the long-awaited recording of a meeting he held with the two top Texas Republican House leaders. The tape replays what has been alleged to be a quid pro quo offer from the Speaker of the Texas House in exchange for political action against certain legislators by the writer’s political action committee.
Border Patrol agents seized 22 pounds of fentanyl during a traffic stop in southern California last week–enough to kill more than 5 million people.
HOUSTON, Texas — Immigration officers arrested a Mexican man who illegally entered the U.S. on at least five prior occasions. The arrest came after the four-time deportee made threats to shoot immigration officers.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents saved four migrants from dying on a massive South Texas ranch. Unfortunately, another in the group died before the rescue.
MORELIA, Michoacán – Un grupo de sicarios de uno de los carteles más violentos de México mató a 13 policías estatales e hirió a otros cuatro en un ataque al estilo emboscada en una zona rural de Michoacán. Los oficiales heridos están en estado crítico.
MORELIA, Michoacán – A group of gunmen from one of Mexico’s most violent cartels killed 13 state police officers and injured four others in an ambush. The injured officers are in critical condition.
New immigration procedures implemented by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) effectively disbanded a group of 2,000 mostly Central American caravan migrants.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – Una nueva ola de secuestros y extorsiones por parte de los carteles de la droga ha alarmado a los empresarios que piden ayuda a las autoridades federales mexicanas que, aunque tienen presencia en el área, han estado prácticamente ausentes de cualquier intento real de pacificar la región.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – A new rash of kidnappings and extortion by cartels is causing alarm among local business owners. They are asking for help amid relaxed federal enforcement efforts in the region.
A business owner in Central Mexico fought off three armed robbers, managed to disarm one of them, and shot them. His reward — several days in jail on attempted murder charges.
Tres sicario del Cártel del Golfo murieron en un tiroteo con las autoridades estatales de Tamaulipas en la ciudad fronteriza de Río Bravo, justo al sur de Donna, Texas.
Three Gulf Cartel gunmen died in a shootout with Tamaulipas state authorities in the Mexican border town of Rio Bravo. The community is located just south of Donna, Texas.
A previously deported Honduran migrant assaulted a U.S. Border Patrol agent at an immigration checkpoint near the Texas border. The agents sustained minor injuries as the driver of the vehicle attempted to drive off during an apprehension attempt.
A team of cartel hitmen launched a brazen daytime attack on a motorist earlier this week in southeastern Mexico. The attack left the targeted driver dead from multiple gunshot wounds.
A Texas sheriff is drawing fire for comments he made in Washington, DC, earlier this week regarding repeat offender drunk drivers who are illegally present in the United States. A Texas media outlet took his comments out of context, the sheriff said. The site later issued a correction to the story.
Las autoridades mexicanas mataron a un sicario que formaba parte de un equipo do hombres armados que intentó emboscarlos en una zona rural cerca de la frontera con Texas.
Mexican authorities killed a cartel gunman who was part of a team that tried to ambush them in a rural area near the border with Texas.
A team of cartel gunmen attacked the home of the mayor for the tourist port city of Guaymas, Sonora. The Thursday night incident occurred at approximately 7:00pm and resulted in no injuries.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León – Las autoridades mexicanas están buscando fosas clandestinas dentro de una prisión que fue cerrada recientemente en el estado fronterizo de Nuevo León. Esa prisión tiene una larga historia de ser gobernada por el cartel de Los Zetas que durante años logró tener acceso a rifles, pistolas y drogas dentro de sus muros.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon – Mexican authorities are currently searching for mass graves hidden inside a recently closed state prison with a long history of being run by Los Zetas Cartel. Inmates repeatedly had access to rifles, handguns, and drugs.
An unsecured U.S.-Mexico border endangers American children by assisting Mexican drug cartels engaged in child sex-trafficking, explained Joseph Travers, founder of Saved in America, in a Thursday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.
A kidnapping gang, which included three Mexican police officers, was busted in Tijuana Tuesday. Three victims were freed in the incident.
Federal authorities were forced to close traffic at an international port of entry in Brownsville, Texas, after a group of approximately 300 migrants gathered in protest after not being allowed to pass.
A Mexican congresswoman paused her speech in a legislative session to pull out a marijuana joint in favor of legalization.
MIGUEL ALEMAN – Estudiantes y maestros en una secundaria en la ciudad fronteriza mexicana de Miguel Alemán se vieron obligados a buscar refugio mientras sicarios y las autoridades se enfrentaron afuera de la escuela. Durante el tiroteo, algunos de los sicarios corrieron dentro de la escuela en un intento de esconderse de las autoridades, lo que generó aún más caos entre los estudiantes.
MIGUEL ALEMAN – Students and teachers in a local junior high were forced to seek cover as cartel gunmen and authorities clashed outside their school. Some shooters ran inside campus buildings to hide from police.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized approximately 161 pounds of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of $3,238,000 Sunday at the Texas-Mexico border.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – El secuestro de varias víctimas inocentes en un lapso de poco más de una semana ha provocado pánico en la ciudad fronteriza de Matamoros, donde funcionarios de la ciudad continúan afirmando que todo está bien.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – The kidnapping of several innocent victims in a span of a week is sparking panic locally, where city officials continue to claim all is well.
A former city commissioner from a Texas border-area municipality pleaded guilty to lying to a federal grand jury in connection with approximately $2,000 in bribes.
