MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Authorities managed to rescue 301 Central American migrants kidnapped by 16 members of the Gulf Cartel who kept them under threats in several stash houses throughout the city.
Las autoridades Mexicanas están investigando el secuestro y homicidio uno de sus agentes federales elites de investigación antidrogas cerca del los centros turísticos de Cancún. El asesinato del agente federal se produjo pocos días después de que sicarios secuestraran a otros dos agentes federales en el estado de Nayarit.
Mexican authorities investigating how one of their elite federal drug enforcement agents was kidnapped and killed near Cancun. The murder comes days after cartel gunmen kidnapped two others in the coastal state of Nayarit.
Dos agentes especializados en investigar a los carteles de la droga fueron secuestrados por uno de los mismos carteles que investigan. A punta de pistola, los agentes fueron forzados a grabar un video donde dicen que el gobierno roba, tortura y secuestra a los criminales con impunidad total y que los carteles se han cansado. Se desconoce el paradero de los agentes.
Two Mexican federal agents investigating drug cartels were kidnapped by the same people they had been tracking. At gunpoint, the officers were forced to record a video where they say that the government steals, tortures, and kidnaps cartel members with complete impunity. Their whereabouts are currently unknown.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila – Sicarios del Cartel de Los Zetas parecen estar reclamando su dominio sobre esta ciudad fronteriza después de colocar mantas por la ciudad donde se adjudican las recientes narco-ejecuciones que se han llevado acabo.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Gunmen with Los Zetas Cartel are apparently laying claim to this border city by using propaganda to take credit for recent executions.
Authorities in this border city are working to track down a team of cartel hitmen who raided a home in an attempt to kill a local drug smuggler.
Las autoridades de esta ciudad fronteriza están trabajando para rastrear a un equipo de sicarios del cártel que irrumpieron en una casa en un intento de matar a un traficante de drogas local.
Texas authorities have confirmed that two bodies recently found in a pit in Midland Texas had been shot. The two bodies are believed to be connected to the disappearance of two teens in 2015. The confirmation that the victims had been shot and then left in the pit raises a series of new questions.
Uno de los principales líderes de Los Zetas en los estados del sur de México quien es un ciudadano Estadounidense, fue arrestado por autoridades Mexicanas en un operativo.
One of the main leaders of Los Zetas Cartel who ruled over various southern states in Mexico was arrested by authorities. The cartel leader was born in California.
International press freedom organizations are calling for swift and transparent investigations into the recent murders of a print journalist and a radio station employee in Guatemala. The country has a history where murders and violence go unsolved.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — The violent drug cartel operating in this border city managed to add landmines to their growing arsenal as they wage large-scale battles in a near daily fashion. The explosive devices, known as Claymore mines, were seized by the Mexican military during a recent operation.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Grupos rivales del Cartel del Golfo una vez más se enfrentaron en feroces batallas armadas que esparcieron terror entre los residentes de la ciudad. El último brote de violencia viene tras la reciente muerte de uno de sus líderes.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Rival factions of the Gulf Cartel once again faced off in fierce gun battles and spread terror throughout the city. The latest spike in violence follows the recent death of a key commander.
SALTILLO, Coahuila — El alcalde de un municipio rural de este estado fronterizo se mantiene en silencio luego de que policías federales encontraron un cargamento de marijuana en un camión que presuntamente pertenece a su compañía de transportes.
SALTILLO, Coahuila — The mayor of a rural municipality in this border state is silent after federal police found a shipment of marijuana in a truck that allegedly belongs to his transportation company.
McALLEN, Texas — Two cartel-linked illegal aliens living in Pharr pleaded guilty to various weapons charges in connection with their attempt to rob an undercover DEA agent during a drug operation.
Dos sacerdotes de el estado costero de Guerrero fueron muertos a balazos por un grupo de sicarios cuando regresaban de un festejo popular en una zona rural. Un sacerdote mas fue herido en el ataque que se llevo acabo en el mismo estado donde esta la zona turística de Acapulco.
Two Catholic priests from coastal Guerrero were murdered by a group of suspected cartel hitmen while returning to their parish. One other priest was shot.
VALLE HERMOSO, Tamaulipas — Autoridades estatales se movilizaron para localizar y derribar un equipo de radiocomunicación usado por miembros del Cartel Del Golfo quienes operan en esta ciudad cercana a la frontera con Texas.
VALLE HERMOSO, Tamaulipas — State authorities located and knocked down clandestine radio communication equipment used by the Gulf Cartel near the border with Texas.
McALLEN, Texas — A previously convicted cartel human smuggler was extradited from Mexico to serve a life-term in a U.S. prison. The fugitive was sentenced in absentia for kidnapping and threatening to sever the fingers of an 8-year-old girl.
McALLEN, Texas — For almost 10 years, a Democrat Texas judge took bribes from at least one attorney in exchange for favorable rulings, federal prosecutors claim.
Un alto comandante y 4 agentes de la Policía Federal asignados a realizar tareas de inteligencia en la región fronteriza fueron arrestados tras ser acusados de proteger y filtrar información oficial a un grupo del Cártel del Golfo (CDG) que se enfocaba en el robo de combustible en Nuevo León y Tamaulipas.
Police in Mexico arrested a top commander and four agents of the nation’s federal police unit assigned to carrying out intelligence operations along the border region. Authorities discovered the federal cops were serving Mexico’s Gulf Cartel.
Federal authorities arrested a Democrat Texas state judge after a series of raids on his courtroom and his home. Information on the charges and other details of the investigation remain sealed. The judge is expected to be presented in federal court on Monday.
McALLEN, Texas — Federal authorities arrested a Texas teacher on charges for allegedly working with a Mexican cartel to smuggle drugs into the U.S.
U.S. authorities are tracking down the individuals behind a shipment of $1 million dollars headed south to Mexico’s Gulf Cartel.
Reportes de inteligencia señala que uno de los carteles mas peligrosos en Mexico continua incrementando su poder y fabricando armas para sus sicarios. Las armas son hechas en fabricas clandestinas con alta tecnología que el cartel ha podido mantener en operación.
Intelligence reports indicate that one of Mexico’s most dangerous cartels continues to increase their capabilities by manufacturing weapons. The arms are built in clandestine factories with advanced technology and practices.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Policías estatales encontraron un cohete que se sospecha es de manufactura Rusa durante una revisión de vehículo donde también encontraron droga para narco-menudeo y una pistola.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — State police officers found a Russian RPG (rocket-propelled grenade) during a traffic stop as part of an enforcement operation targeting street-level dealers in this border state. Authorities also seized some drugs and a handgun.
In a span of seven years, Veracruz authorities found 343 clandestine mass graves as part of investigations into thousands of individuals listed as missing. The sites are believed linked to cartel gunmen.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — An illegal alien pleaded guilty to federal human smuggling charges for his role in helping a group of active U.S. soldiers from Fort Hood move migrants into Texas.
Human smugglers operating in the border city of Laredo stuffed 76 illegal immigrants into the cargo area of a tractor-trailer in an attempt to get them past a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint. The tactic appears to be gaining popularity but has led to multiple deaths as human smugglers find new ways to maneuver around authorities.
La violencia no se detiene en los negocios del popular centro turístico de Cancún donde el mes de Enero ha visto 30 ejecuciones relacionadas a la narco-violencia. En meses recientes el destino turístico de Cancun ha visto una escalada de violencia donde carteles rivales continúan peleando por control de la zona.
Violence at various businesses in Cancun has not slowed with at least 30 cartel-linked executions taking place in January.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Cuatro policías municipales de la ciudad de Saltillo han sido arrestados y enfrentan cargos por secuestro agravado. Los policías están acusados de usar su puesto para secuestrar y extorsionar a sus víctimas.
