A series of blockades in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo brought traffic to a complete halt. Mexican authorities deployed a large number of police and military forces in case gun battles erupted while they confronted the causes of congestion.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – Un grupo de sicarios del Cártel del Golfo disparó contra la estación de la Policía Federal Mexicana en esta ciudad fronteriza en una aparente respuesta a un decomiso de rifles. La ciudad fronteriza mexicana de Reynosa se encuentra inmediatamente al sur de las ciudades Texanas de McAllen, Pharr, Hidalgo y Mission.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – A team of Gulf Cartel gunmen performed a drive-by attack on a Federal Police station in apparent response to a prior seizure of rifles. Reynosa is immediately south of the Texas border cities of McAllen, Pharr, Hidalgo, and Mission.
Una serie de bloqueos en la ciudad fronteriza de Nuevo Laredo desato el caos al detener de forma total el tráfico. Las autoridades mexicanas desplegaron un gran número de fuerzas policiales y militares para quitar los bloqueos y para repeler alguna agresión o enfrentamiento por parte del crimen organizado.
A series of blockades in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo brought traffic to a complete halt. Mexican authorities deployed a large number of police and military forces in case gun battles erupted while they confronted the causes of congestion.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized 125 pounds of heroin and fentanyl with an estimated street value of $2.6 million during a vehicle inspection at the Arizona border Saturday.
Mexican federal investigators discovered an active fentanyl lab and seized 33,000 pills and 25 pounds of powder after a search warrant was executed at a residence in Culiacán, Sinaloa.
El Paso Sector Border Patrol agents witnessed what they believe to be the first use in their sector of a drone by cartel human smugglers to act as a “look-out.”
El Paso Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 1,800 migrants who illegally crossed the border Tuesday. More than half crossed into the El Paso Metropolitan Area.
McALLEN, Texas – The cartels that operate in northern Mexico are profiting from weaknesses in the U.S. immigration system, said Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan during his visit to the Texas border.
A state jury in Las Cruces, New Mexico, found Fernando Puga not guilty of attempting to murder Border Patrol Agent Lorenzo Hernandez. They also found him not guilty on the charge of aggravated assault.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — En un lapso de 48 horas, autoridades mexicanas y sicarios se enfrentaron tres veces en la ciudad fronteriza de Matamoros, lo que llevó a tres arrestos, la incautación de varios vehículos, armas y también llevo a la muerte de un sicario.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – In a span of 48 hours, Mexican authorities and cartel gunmen clashed three times throughout Matamoros–leading to three arrests, vehicle and weapons seizures, and the death of one gunman.
Border Patrol Agent Lorenzo Hernandez and his alleged assailant, Leonardo Puga, both testified on Tuesday in the trial over attempted murder charges in a New Mexico court.
Sheriff’s deputies in a small county located about 80 miles from the Texas-Mexico border recovered the badly decomposing bodies of two migrants who died while being smuggled around an immigration checkpoint.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized 425 pounds of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of $8.5 million during three separate seizures at the Texas border over the weekend and into Monday.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas – Dos sicarios mataron a una mujer embarazada que estaba en el lugar equivocado equivocado durante un secuestro fallido. El asesinato ha provocado indignación en esta ciudad donde los secuestros, asesinatos y extorsiones continúan siendo acontecimientos habituales.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas – Two cartel gunmen shot an innocent pregnant woman during a kidnapping attempt. The murder sparked outrage locally where violence and extortion occurs regularly.
The mayor of Yuma, Arizona, declared a “state of emergency” over the border crisis that has maxed out migrant shelters in his community.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents saved an unaccompanied minor from drowning in the Rio Grande River as she attempted to illegally cross last week.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio threatened to sue the Trump administration if it sends illegal immigrants to New York City, a “sanctuary city.”
The cartel-related killings continue in Ciudad Juárez with 24 homicides registered over the recent weekend, bringing the April total to 79.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended seven Mexican nationals after they illegally crossed the border from Canada into New York.
McALLEN, Texas – A group of 170 migrants from Central America surrendered to U.S. authorities shortly after crossing the waters of the Rio Grande. The maneuver occurred within one of the main smuggling corridors used by the Gulf Cartel into Texas.
The trial of the second suspect in the alleged kidnapping and attempted murder of a U.S. Border Patrol agent began in a New Mexico court on Monday. The first suspect pleaded guilty to attempted murder earlier this month.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León – Un equipo de sicarios asesinó a un policía estatal e hirió a otros dos durante un feroz tiroteo en una comunidad rural no lejos de la frontera con Texas.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon – A team of cartel gunmen murdered a state cop and injured two others during a fierce shootout in a rural community near the Texas border.
Un grupo de sicarios grabó un video donde ejecutaron a un hombre esposado mientras amenazaban a sus rivales, cerca de una de las playar más populares de México. La víctima fue posteriormente descuartizada.
A group of cartel gunmen in one of Mexico’s most popular beach resorts filmed the execution of a handcuffed man while issuing a threat to rivals. The victim was later dismembered.
A public health official in Laredo, Texas, said 20 Congolese migrants were monitored for Ebola and other diseases in shelters in his city and across the Mexican border in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. Shortly after his announcement during a Laredo City Council meeting, the World Health Organization (WHO) considered declaring a “global emergency” in response to a massive outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The mayor of a Texas border city told council members he is sick of the blame game from Republicans and Democrats in Washington DC about what he called the “broken asylum system.” The comments from Laredo, Texas, Mayor Pete Saenz
