Border / Cartel Chronicles - Page 410

Hombres armados presuntamente del cártel de Los Zetas ejecutaron a tres hombres que fueron acusados de ser informantes de la unidad policiaca que combate al cártel conocida como Los GATES. El asesinato parece seguir un patrón que indica que Los Zetas van tras personas que creen que han cooperado con las autoridades.

Breitbart Texas traveled to the Mexican States of Tamaulipas and Coahuila to recruit citizen journalists willing to risk their lives and expose the cartels silencing their communities.  The writers would face certain death at the hands of the various cartels

Workers for Texas State Senator John Whitmire (D-Houston) were shocked to discover their office had been fired on during the overnight hours. No one was in the building at the time and no one has been reported to have been injured.

Mexican authorities have recovered a container with radioactive rods that had been stolen 10 days ago in the central part of the country.

A convoy of cartel gunmen hijacked a passenger bus full of travelers, stealing 24 illegal aliens who were headed to the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo. The human cargo was ultimately heading to be illegally smuggled into Texas.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the appointment of a new first assistant in what appears to be an office shake-up. Paxton appointed Jeff Mateer to be the new first assistant. He replaces former First Assistant Chip Roy who served in that capacity since the beginning of Paxton’s administration.

Texas State Board of Education candidate Mary Lou Bruner acted out in retaliation against a Breitbart Texas reporter, apparently unhappy with a recent post-primary candidate roundup article.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers have seized more than $1 million worth of drugs in the past week at the Texas/Mexico border bridge in Del Rio, Texas.

The bloody civil war that has taken hold of the Mexican city of Ciudad Victoria has begun to spillover to other cities in Tamaulipas and the neighboring state of Nuevo Leon. The war expanded while two rival factions of the Los Zetas drug cartel continue to fight for control of trafficking territories. Local news outlets have largely ignored most of the violence in Tamaulipas.

A Dallas, Texas, man now stands accused of luring a 15-year-old Louisiana girl into prostitution. The prostitution began after he raped the young girl, according to Dallas police.

Mexican authorities have confirmed a weekend shootout just south of the Texas border involving a convoy of gunmen and Tamaulipas police officers.

The National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) and Pinal County Sheriff joined forces to denounce the Obama Administration and accused the White House of handcuffing the efforts of law enforcement in regards to the enforcement of immigration law.

A group of illegal aliens and two non-profits are suing the State of Oregon saying their constitutional rights were violated when voters struck down a ballot-initiative that would have given them driving privileges. Those opposing their efforts also argue that federal taxpayer funds are being illegally used to pay lawyers for the plaintiffs.

Officials from the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon announced a bold new initiative with the creation of an anti-corruption unit to investigate members of that state’s congress over bribery. One of the cases deals with the manufacturing plant for Korean car-maker KIA. A second investigation deals with a public relations firm tasked with raising the profile of former government officials.

To Constitutional-conservatives in Houston and through east and central Texas, Matt Patrick is our only news anchor. His familiar voice can be heard daily delivering the news each morning across the great state of Texas on KTRH, the biggest news radio station in the biggest city in the Lone Star State. Then every afternoon Matt gives commentary on his syndicated talk show that can be heard on KPRC in Houston and KXFR in Dallas-Fort Worth. He first hits the air-waves at 5am and stays on until well after 5pm.

The mainstream media—following the lead of the New York Times—is once again engaging in a factually false whitewash of the “ black liberation” movement as they erroneously report on the recent release of the last of the violent Angola Three. This group of criminals wrapped themselves in the Black Panthers cloak and became a cause célèbre for the activist left.

“If the Republican Party wasn’t just doing damage-control at the national level this week, a number of local elections also threw-up terrifying results. Just look at Texas,” cracked John Oliver on Last Week Tonight. Oliver then pinpoints to the vulgar, newly-elected Travis County, Texas, GOP chair who calls himself “Donald Trump on Steroids.”

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott jumped into the college affordability debate Monday, announcing the formation of a new tri-agency task force that will examine this issue. The task force will also review job creation concerns to best address the state’s workforce needs and goals.

After a fight to get a polling place on campus, students turned out at Sandra Bland’s alma mater and voted out two incumbents in the prominently white area. The recent election in Texas highlights the power of university students being allowed to vote in local area elections.

In a bizarre incident, a woman stripped naked and climbed on top of an 18 wheeler in northwest Houston Monday morning, stopping outbound traffic for about two hours. The incident began after a multi-car accident that closed down two lanes of traffic.

The wife of billionaire Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman claims that the recent interview The Guardian conducted with one of the capo’s daughters was in fact false and that the family has never heard of her. The controversial interviews was filled with explosive accusations that have now been put into question.

A newly-elected Texas Republican Party chair is making headlines for making outrageous comments that would probably make even Donald Trump cringe. He correctly notes on Twitter, “Driving them up the f**king wall, Master Troll style. Do not try this at home.”

Local law enforcement and federal agencies are coming together in an effort to recruit average citizens in fighting human smugglers.

The top official for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services has announced that he is stepping-down effective May 31, 2016.

The 2016 Great Texas Warrant Roundup kicked off on Saturday, March 5, to crack down on individuals with outstanding unpaid warrants. While it intends to bring offenders to compliance, it also means those detained because of overdue fines may find they pay the piper with possible jail time.

One of the most active police tactical teams in this border region recently finished upgrading their equipment with new body armor, helmets, night vision gear and weapons.

Two Mexican soldiers have been added to the growing number of missing persons in this border city. Instead of searching for one of the soldiers, he has been classified as a deserter by his military institution even though he has gone missing without a clue.

Dos militares Mexicanos se suman a la lista de personas desaparecidas en esta ciudad fronteriza donde la estadística de personas buscadas por sus familiares crece día con día. Uno de los militares en lugar de ser buscado se le considera desertor aunque no se tiene pistas de su paradero.

One of the defendant’s in a controversial gang injunction lawsuit has been murdered. He was killed in the Houston neighborhood where court action has been taken in an effort to reduce crime there.

A new report from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) reveals that troopers seized over $53 million in drugs and cash during calendar year 2015. The drugs and cash were seized by DPS troopers during 137 traffic stops and investigations that took place along the Interstate 40 corridor and other highways in the Texas panhandle region last year, according to a statement obtained by Breitbart Texas.

While being Mexico’s most wanted fugitive, the once-again-jailed drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was able to visit relatives in California twice, his older daughter said.

A fraternity initiation gone wrong resulted in law enforcement officers and college students having a 45 minute standoff at a ranch in the small border city of Alton. The standoff ended with some embarrassed students receiving misdemeanor charges for disturbing the peace and the fraternity being suspended by the university.

A woman was sentenced to fourteen years in federal prison on Thursday for embezzling over $141,000 in benefits from veterans.

A second daycare worker has been convicted for turning her classroom (nicknamed “The Monkey Room”) into a “baby fight club” by making the toddlers in her care fight and for abusing them in other ways.

UPDATE: Shortly after this article published, the San Domingo Cemetery Association reversed its decision and confirmed that it would allow Mr. Barrera to be buried in the cemetery, a Corpus Christi Caller-Times article reported. The daughter, who wished to remain unnamed, of Mr. Bradford spoke on behalf of the association and said this was not about race, but was a misunderstanding.

Hombres armados de una facción del Cártel de Los Zetas abrió fuego contra un autobús del transporte público matando a una mujer inocente e hiriendo a varias otras personas presentes en la última escalada de violencia en este estado fronterizo. Temprano en el día, una de las facciones en guerra de Los Zetas dejó una hielera con cabezas cortadas de tres rivales, en el estacionamiento de un centro comercial local.