A Mexican Army colonel who was missing for several days after being taken by gunmen has reportedly been staying in a resort area with a history of being used by Cartel Jalisco for money laundering.
A group of cartel gunmen dumped a severed human head inside an ice chest in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon. The case is the second of its kind in two days as rival drug cartels fight for control of local smuggling routes to Texas.
Un grupo de sicarios dejaron una cabeza humana dentro de una hielera en el estado fronterizo mexicano de Nuevo León. El caso es el segundo de su tipo en dos días, ya que los cárteles de la droga continúan su lucha por el control de los mercados locales de drogas y las rutas a Texas.
Large groups of migrants woke up Christmas morning on the streets of El Paso as temperatures fell into the 20s. City officials placed buses near migrant encampments to serve as warming stations for those who either refused to go to shelters or were ineligible for federally funded shelters.
Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 409,000 migrants during the first two months of the new fiscal year. In addition, Border Patrol officials told Breitbart Texas that nearly 140,000 migrants were classified as got-aways.
A group of gunmen with a faction of Los Zetas dumped two ice chests with severed human body parts. The gunmen left a message threatening local drug distributors in the border state of Nuevo Leon.
Un grupo de sicarios de una facción de Los Zetas dejó dos hieleras con partes de un cuerpo humano y un mensaje amenazando a los distribuidores locales de drogas en el estado fronterizo de Nuevo León.
Las autoridades de Tijuana continúan investigando una sangrienta escena del crimen donde sicarios dejaron seis cuerpos apilados dentro de una camioneta. Información no oficial proporcionada a Breitbart Texas por fuentes policiales reveló que las víctimas incluían agentes policiales.
Authorities in Tijuana continue looking into a gruesome crime scene where cartel gunmen left six dead bodies stashed in a van. Information provided to Breitbart Texas by law enforcement sources revealed that authorities were among the victims.
EAGLE PASS, Texas — Despite the anticipated drop in temperatures along vast stretches of the Texas border, large migrant groups continued to cross the Rio Grande hoping to gain release into the United States. On Friday morning, Border Patrol agents rapidly worked locally to move the migrants out of the freezing elements to processing facilities.
The Biden Administration blocked Venezuelan migrants without acceptable documentation from entering federally funded shelters in El Paso as temperatures fell to 18 degrees overnight Thursday. The government requires all migrants entering these shelters to have certain paperwork from Border Patrol.
El estado de Zacatecas continúa sufriendo a manos del hiperviolento Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación a medida que la organización criminal expande su presencia a través del terror y continúa enfrentándose a grupos rivales.
The state of Zacatecas continues to suffer at the hands of the hyperviolent Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) as the criminal organization expands its turf.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents working in the southeastern tip of Texas report larger than normal migrant group crossings. Agents apprehended more than 250 migrants in two days.
Oficiales de la Policía de la Ciudad de México han estado aumentando sus operaciones en contra de un violento cártel que controla el tráfico de drogas y tiene un historial de control de operaciones de extorsión y secuestro en sus áreas.
Police in Mexico City are apparently increasing operations in targeting a violent cartel that controls the local drug trade with a history of also dealing in extortion and kidnapping.
The State of Arizona agreed to remove miles of shipping containers placed along the border with Mexico. The agreement came as part of an ongoing lawsuit filed by the Biden Administration after Governor Doug Ducey ordered the makeshift barriers along the border.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a single group of more than 600 migrants who crossed the border between ports of entry near Eagle Pass, Texas, early Thursday morning. Transportation of the migrants to the central processing center took more than five hours.
In advance of the life-threatening freeze expected through the Christmas weekend, El Paso officials are preparing to shelter up to 10,000 migrants being released by federal officials. Officials also expressed concern that a sudden end to Title 42 could cause an increase in demand for shelter space.
The U.S. Embassy in Mexico issued a warning to travelers Tuesday about a possible spike in cartel violence following the arrest of a top drug lord.
Migrants trying to find shelter along the Texas-Mexico border and officials are bracing for what is expected to be a life-endangering Arctic blast starting Thursday and continuing through the Christmas weekend.
Breitbart Texas reviewed a Monday directive to all Customs and Border Protection managers which gags them from releasing migrant apprehension statistics through social media accounts or directly to the public without the express approval of the Department of Homeland Security. The directive precludes Border Patrol managers from releasing any interim arrest statistics or stories as the decision over the potential end Title 42 enforcement now sits before the Supreme Court.
Las fuerzas policiales estatales desaparecieron de las calles de la ciudad fronteriza de Matamoros cuando convoyes de sicarios del Cartel del Golfo llegaron.
State police forces disappeared from view in the border city of Matamoros as convoys of Gulf Cartel gunmen began to roam the streets Monday.
Mexican authorities arrested the brother of the supreme leader of Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) Tuesday. The move comes at a time when that criminal organization continues to be responsible for a large part of the violence in Mexico.
Texas National Guard soldiers deployed this week to El Paso and began the placement of razor wire along a common crossing area. The wire is designed to deter migrants from crossing the Rio Grande from Juarez to El Paso.
Un grupo de pobladores en Chiapas con presuntos nexos al crimen organizado secuestró a un grupo de soldados mexicanos, los desnudó, los obligó a arrodillarse y los retuvo hasta que las autoridades devolvieron un cargamento de drogas incautado. Mientras los pobladores retenían a los soldados, grabaron un video donde amenazaban con prenderles fuego.
Cartel-connected villagers kidnapped a group of Mexican soldiers, stripped them down, and held them on their knees until authorities returned a seized drug load. They recorded video of their threats to burn the captives as well.
Una guerra territorial en el estado fronterizo de Sonora entre facciones rivales del Cártel de Sinaloa ha tocado a niños en la escuela y familias inocentes. En las últimas semanas, varios niños ya han muerto en el fuego cruzado, mientras otros han tenido que esconderse bajo sus pupitres.
A turf war in the border state of Sonora between factions of the Sinaloa Cartel is bringing the fighting closer to children at schools.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered the state’s Division of Emergency Management to bus hundreds of migrants from El Paso to New York City and Chicago Tuesday. The action came in response to a disaster declaration and a request for state assistance from the mayor of El Paso.
A Mexican national living in New York pleaded not guilty to charges of attempting to transport a group of Mexican migrants who had just crossed the border from Canada into Vermont. Border Patrol agents found the man in an area near the border where six Mexican nationals had just been apprehended.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered the deployment of 400 National Guardsmen to El Paso. They are ordered to provide additional security measures in the increasing humanitarian crisis where migrants are sleeping on the streets of El Paso in freezing conditions.
El Paso Sector Border Patrol officials released more than 10,000 migrants in El Paso during the past week. Now, as temperatures fall below freezing, thousands are forced to camp on streets after shelters closed their doors due to overcrowding.
EAGLE PASS, Texas — Groups of migrants, one numbering more than 300, surrendered to Border Patrol agents in near freezing weather Monday. The flow began around 3am local time when two large groups numbering at least 200 each surrendered south of the city.
Dos miembros del Cartel Unión de Tepito en la Ciudad de México enfrentan cargos de extorsión por amenazas de incendiar varios negocios a menos de que pagaran tarifas de protección.
Two members of Mexico City-based Cartel Union de Tepito face extortion charges over threats to burn businesses unless regular protection fees were paid.
Mexican authorities are absent as gunmen carry out armed robberies targeting U.S. travelers along major highways.
The mayor of El Paso declared a disaster “due to a humanitarian, security, and economic crisis resulting from a mass migration” through the city. The declaration comes as thousands of migrants continue to cross from Mexico into the city in advance of the end of the Title 42 protocol expected on Wednesday.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents saved a migrant from drowning in the Rio Grande. Other migrants escaped by swimming back to Mexico.
