President Trump honored civil rights icon and pro-American immigration reformer Barbara Jordan, who fought tirelessly in her last years in Congress to reduce legal immigration levels to benefit America’s working and middle class.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Una vez mas esta ciudad fronteriza tuvo fuertes enfrentamientos con persecuciones y donde no solo se usaron armas de grueso calibre sino que también granadas, los hechos pasaron desapercibidos por el municipio y los medios locales. Se desconoce el numero de sicarios muertos pero un civil ajeno a los hechos fue herido durante los enfrentamientos.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Once again, this border city is the scene of fierce gun battles and chases featuring high-powered weapons and grenades. The fighting apparently went unnoticed by city officials and local news outlets. While the number of casualties remains unknown, an innocent bystander was injured during a shootout.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Tres personas de origen Texano se encuentran detenidos en esta ciudad fronteriza tras haber sido detenidos por su presunta participación en el secuestro de tres personas que intentaban cruzar a Estados Unidos.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Three individuals from Texas were arrested for their alleged roles in kidnapping three migrants trying to enter the U.S. through the Rio Grande.
NUEVO LAREDO, Tamaulipas — Los medios de esta ciudad fronteriza sufrieron la denominada ley mordaza en sus publicaciones ante el asesinato de un respetado periodista este fin de semana. La orden de no reportar sobre el homicidio ni hacer protestas o llamar la atención al caso vino de parte del cartel que domina esta ciudad.
NUEVO LAREDO, Tamaulipas — Media outlets are being kept from covering the murder of a respected journalist killed over the weekend. The order to prohibit reporting and protests about the matter came from the criminal organization controlling this city.
Mexican Marines arrested the heiress to what is left of one of the factions of the Los Zetas Cartel. Prosecutors charged the woman with the murder of five state law enforcement officials who were killed in this border city. One of her alleged victims served as the highest ranking prosecutor in the border region.
Un periodista que trabajaba en esta ciudad fronteriza fue asesinado en frente de su hija y nieto marcando el primer crimen de su tipo este año en Tamaulipas y el segundo homicidio de un periodista en Mexico, desde que comenzó el año. Los dos homicidios ocurrieron en un periodo de 8 días.
An unknown assailant murdered a Mexican journalist in front of his daughter and grandson. His death marks the first murder of a journalist this year in Tamaulipas and the second murder of a journalist in Mexico since the start of 2018. The two murders took place only 8 days apart.
The Texas Office of the Attorney General (OAG) confirmed to Breitbart Texas that it is conducting an investigation into a possible violation of the state’s new sanctuary city law by San Antonio Police Chief William McManus. The investigation could lead to a criminal prosecution under the SB4 anti-sanctuary city law passed in the 2017 legislative session.
Dos grupos rivales que en un momento fueron parte del Cartel de Los Zetas continúan una cruenta lucha por poder sobre el control de la zona sur de este estado fronterizo.
Two rival groups who at one time made up the Los Zetas Cartel continue their fierce fight for control of the southern part of this border state.
A federal judge in South Texas sentenced a former customs officer to prison for his role in a failed human smuggling scheme. The law enforcement officer used his position at an international port of entry to allow an illegal immigrant to enter the country.
In the strongest travel advisory to date, the U.S Department of State is advising American tourists to avoid five Mexican states and to reconsider visits to 11 others. While State does not mention cartels being directly responsible for the violence, the locations listed continue to see organized bloodshed.
MORELIA, Michoacan — Pese a las constantes declaraciones del gobierno de este estado sobre las mejoras en materia de seguridad, la región ha recibido el 2018 con mas de 45 ejecutados incluyendo 15 descuartizados.
MORELIA, Michoacan — Despite constant statements from officials about improving public safety, 2018 already yields more than 45 executions–with 15 of those victims being dismembered.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Autoridades Mexicanas han decomisado casi un millón de dólares que estaban ocultos dentro de un autobús que partió de esta ciudad hacia el centro del país. El narco-efectivo estaba destinado a algún lugar del estado de Puebla, una zona que por años estuvo libre de la presencia abierta de carteles pero en meses recientes se ha visto azotada por el crimen organizado.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Mexican authorities seized almost a million dollars hidden in a passenger bus bound for Puebla, a state that for years was free from an open cartel presence until recently.
CIUDAD MANTE, Tamaulipas — Autoridades en este estado que colinda con Texas han localizado un campo de exterminio que se sospecha fue usado por carteles en la zona para ejecutar y desaparecer a sus víctimas. El campo de exterminio fue recientemente descubierto cerca de la Ciudad de Mante en la zona suroeste del estado. Fuentes de Breitbart Texas creen que los responsables del campamento son El Carte de Los Zetas. El cartel se ha dividido entre dos grupos rivales: Los Zetas Vieja Escuela y El Cartel del Noreste. Nuestras fuentes revelaron que es probale que basado en los movimientos de los grupos criminales en la zona, los responsables sean de Los Zetas Vieja Escuela.
CIUDAD MANTE, Tamaulipas — Authorities in this Mexican state bordering Texas have found a cartel killing field where it is believed that gunmen murdered and incinerated their victims. The killing field was recently discovered in the city of Mante in the southwestern part of the state. Breitbart Texas sources believe the cartel responsible is Los Zetas. The cartel is broken into two warring factions: Old School Zetas (Vieja Escuela) and Cartel of the North (CDN or Cartel Del Noreste). Our sources believe it is more likely that Old School Zetas is the faction of Los Zetas responsible, due to the group’s recent movements in the area.
Only days into the new year, a robbery gone wrong yielded the first murder of a Mexican journalist for 2018. The victim, an editor for one of the country’s largest newspapers, was buying toys for a holiday celebration.
A new report by one of Mexico’s top newspapers points to a sophisticated effort by Russian operators to influence the upcoming 2018 Mexican presidential election. The efforts appear to be based on the use of misinformation to create discord within Mexico.
Dos policías municipales de este estado fronterizo han sido ligados al secuestro y ejecución de un empresario y su secretaria como parte de la narco-guerra que sigue azotando la región. Uno de los policías presuntamente falleció por suicidio dentro del penal.
Officials tied two local police officers from this border state to the kidnapping and execution of a businessman and his secretary as part of the ongoing cartel war. One of the police officers later died from an apparent suicide inside a state prison.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Autoridades estatales continúan investigando la ejecución de tres hombres cuyos cuerpos fueron tirados cerca de la frontera con Texas, sobre la carretera conocida como Ribereña.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — State authorities are investigating the execution of three men after their bodies were found dumped near the Texas border along a highway known as “Riverine”.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Un operador de el crimen organizado ha exhibido a las autoridades y las cortes Mexicanas puesto que ha podido mantener su poderío y continua operando a pesar de que aunque fue convicto y debería estar cumpliendo una condena en prisión. En su mas reciente roce con el gobierno, autoridades estatales lo dejaron libre.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — A top operator for organized crime has exposed flaws within the Mexican court system, given his ability to maintain power despite convictions that should carry a prison sentence. In his most recent run-in with the law, Nuevo Leon authorities let him go free.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — Autoridades en este estado fronterizo continúan investigando la ejecución de un oficial de policía del municipio rural de Anáhuac. Se cree que dos hombres encapuchados fueron los que lo balearon en relación a alguna actividad del crimen organizado.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — Authorities are investigating the execution of a police officer from the rural town, Anahuac. It is believed two hooded gunmen shot the officer in relation to organized criminal activity.
CIUDAD ACUNA, Coahuila — Autoridades estatales han detenido a un policía municipal de esta ciudad fronteriza el cual esta acusado de haber usado fuerza excesiva la cual resulto en la muerte de una persona. La víctima murió en la parte trasera de una patrulla.
CIUDAD ACUNA, Coahuila — State authorities arrested a local police officer in connection with the death of a teen who died from excessive force in his arrest. The victim choked to death in the back seat of a patrol car.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — Autoridades estatales continúan investigando la razón por la que un grupo de sicarios ejecuto a una modelo Venezolana al salir de un bar de esta zona metropolitana.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León– State authorities are looking into why a team of gunmen shot and killed a Venezuelan model after she exited a local bar.
Authorities in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, arrested eight hitmen for Los Aztecas suspected in 16 cartel assassinations in the last three months. The 58-year-old male accused of leading the cell was also captured.
An MS-13 member was murdered two days after being released from county jail despite a federal detainer against him, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Sicarios relacionados al crimen organizado mataron a tiros al presidente municipal de Petatlán en el estado de Guerrero. El político había recibido amenazas anteriormente y uno de sus colaboradores cercanos fue ejecutado este año.
Cartel gunmen shot and killed the mayor of Petatlan, Guerrero. The murdered politician’s close aide was executed earlier in 2017.
State authorities in this border city shut down several businesses and hotels allegedly connected to a sex trafficking and forced prostitution investigation linked to the mayor’s husband. Officials say her husband is identified as part-owner of some brothels in Reynosa.
