Department of Public Safety troopers working the border region near Fronton, Texas, encountered a group of armed migrants. The troopers seized two tactical rifles found in the possession of the migrants.
Ten cartel gunmen died, and four police officers sustained various injuries during a shootout in Mexico on a highway that connects the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, with the Monterrey, Nuevo León, metropolitan area. Nuevo Laredo is tightly controlled by the Cartel del Noreste faction of Los Zetas — one of the most ruthless criminal organizations in Mexico which is responsible for thousands of kidnappings, murders, and forced disappearances.
While the governor in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas claims his state is safe, large-scale shootouts involving cartel paramilitary forces and Mexican authorities continue to spread terror among locals. Due to the intensity of one of those shootouts in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, the city’s mayor was forced to send out social media warnings asking the public to shelter in place. Surprisingly, the U.S. Consulate in Nuevo Laredo, which had been diligent in issuing warnings of shootouts in the city, remained silent during the clashes.
Several vehicles seized during a day of shootouts revealed that the fearsome narco-terrorist Cartel Jalisco New Generation appears to be operating in the border state of Tamaulipas. The deadly cartel is allegedly working in an alliance of sorts with one faction of the Gulf Cartel.
Prison authorities in the border state of Tamaulipas covered up the murder in prison of a founding member of Los Zetas. That long-time cartel operator had been a former member of Mexico’s military and had special forces training.
Las autoridades en el estado fronterizo de Tamaulipas trataron de ocultar el asesinato dentro de la prisión en Nuevo Laredo de un miembro de Los Zetas originales. Ese narco-líder había sido un miembro del ejército de México y tenía entrenamiento de fuerzas especiales.
A group of Mexican National Guardsmen is being accused of firing nearly 90 rounds into a vehicle being driven by an innocent family killing three victims including a pregnant woman and her unborn child.
A woman from South Texas who traveled to Mexico to visit relatives during Easter became the latest victim of murder in the border state of Nuevo Leon. After being missing for several days, authorities confirmed the discovery of her body on a ranch in that border state.
Cartel gunmen and police forces clashed in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, in a chase-turned-shootout. The shootout, which went on for over an hour spread, terror among the local community.
The fate of a Texas man remains unknown after a team of cartel gunmen took him out of a house in Laredo, Texas, and crossed him into the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. The victim reportedly bragged about stealing $50,000 from the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas.
Fierce shootouts between cartel gunmen and Mexican soldiers continue in and around the border city of Nuevo Laredo. The intense shootouts come at a time when politicians claim that the border state of Tamaulipas is safe.
New revelations dealing with a series of shootouts in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon sparked outrage after it became known that cartel gunmen, including a Honduran migrant, killed an 85-year-old rancher for no apparent reason.
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.
Seven cartel gunmen and a Mexican Army soldier died during a fierce firefight with military forces in the border city of Nuevo Laredo. The deadly clash is the second large-scale gun battle in a span of 15 days to spread terror in the Mexican border city.
A group of cartel gunmen tried to hang a man from a highway overpass in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon. The attempt failed and the cartel members left the tied-up body at the scene. The hanging of bodies is a common tactic used by drug cartels in order to inspire fear in their rivals.
A raging cartel turf war spread terror throughout the Mexican state of Zacatecas. Rival criminal organizations form various alliances, often turning on each other while fighting for control of lucrative routes to border states to the north.
Cartel gunmen kidnapped a Mexican border-state mayor and his staff as they traveled through the border state of Tamaulipas. After a large-scale manhunt and government pressure, the gunmen released the politician from Coahuila and his staff.
Pistoleros de Los Zetas secuestraron al alcalde del estado fronterizo de Coahuila y su personal mientras viajaban por el estado fronterizo de Tamaulipas. Después de una operación a gran escala y la presión del gobierno, los sicarios liberaron al político y su personal.
Cartel gunmen captured, murdered, and dismembered one of their rivals and left his remains inside an ice chest next to a posterboard supporting the Mexican military. The gruesome crime scene occurred in Tamaulipas, just a short distance from the Texas-Mexico border.
Sicarios del Cártel del Golfo capturaron, asesinaron y desmembraron a uno de sus rivales para luego dejar sus restos dentro de una hielera, junto a un mensaje apoyando al Ejército Mexicano. La curenta escena del crimen está a poca distancia de la frontera entre Texas y México.
Fifteen members of one of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court to helping smuggle tons quantities of drugs into Texas. The cartel members will be sentenced later this year.
FBI agents teamed up with U.S. Border Patrol agents and Mexican military officials to rescue a U.S. citizen being held by kidnappers in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. Nuevo Laredo is the headquarters for Los Zetas Cartel, also known as CDN. The rescue effort led to the recovery of 14 others being held against their will by the cartel.
Las autoridades mexicanas encontraron un nuevo campo de exterminio que fue utilizado por sicarios del cártel para incinerar a sus víctimas. El descubrimiento sucede en un momento en que el gobierno federal no ha podido detener la fuerte violencia de los cárteles y las desapariciones forzadas del país.
Un oficial de policía del estado fronterizo de Tamaulipas, al que se le había encomendado restaurar la paz en la parte sur del estado, operaba de hecho como comandante de uno de los cárteles de droga más violentos de México. Las autoridades ahora ofrecen una recompensa por su captura.
A Mexican border state police officer tasked with restoring the peace in the southern part of Tamaulipas is reportedly operating as a commander of one of the most violent drug cartels in Mexico. Authorities are now offering a reward for his capture.
LAREDO, Texas — Law enforcement from the Border Patrol, Webb County Attorney’s Office of Investigations, and a county constable raced into the Rio Grande to stop a fugitive from escaping to Mexico. On Tuesday, the officers rushed into the murky water to apprehend Jose Francisco Paz-Ruiz, a known member of the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas, according to police.
Cartel gunmen shot and killed a Texas woman during a carjacking attempt along a highway that leads to a border city in Mexico. The shooting comes as drug cartels continue to fight for control of lucrative drug and human smuggling corridors into Texas.
A group of cartel gunmen shot and killed a Mexican local police chief who had just taken office hours earlier in the border state of Nuevo Leon. The murder took place on Thursday night in the municipality of Cadereyta, just
Mexican authorities killed nine cartel gunmen while fighting off an ambush-style attack in the border state of Coahuila. The attack comes less than a month after police officers managed to hold off a cartel incursion of more than 30 vehicles full of gunmen in that same area.
A drug cartel unleashed a new wave of terror in the Mexican border state of Coahuila. The cartel carried out several attacks in multiple cities including a large-scale ambush on state police in an apparent show of force.
Six cartel gunmen received a 140-year prison sentence in Mexico for their role in the kidnapping of a US Army veteran, his sister, and a third victim. The gunmen killed the victims in 2018.
Gunmen from one of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels kidnapped three members of a Texas family as they traveled through a border state towards the United States. The kidnapping took place in an area controlled by a faction of Los Zetas known as Cartel Del Noreste.
Un grupo de sicarios que se sospecha ser parte de Los Zetas disparó contra un helicóptero de la policía estatal hiriendo al piloto quien se vio obligado a aterrizar la aeronave mientras sangraba abundantemente.
A group of gunmen suspected of being part of Los Zetas shot at a Mexican state police helicopter injuring the pilot. The wounded pilot quickly landed the aircraft while bleeding profusely.
Autoridades estatales rescataron a tres víctimas de secuestro luego de un tiroteo con presuntos sicarios del Cártel del Golfo en la ciudad fronteriza de Reynosa.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – State police officers in Mexico rescued three kidnapping victims after a shootout with suspected cartel gunmen in the border city of Reynosa. The rescue took place early on Friday morning when Tamaulipas state police officers patrolling the central part
Human smugglers abandoned a tractor-trailer carrying 233 Central American migrants headed for the Texas-Mexico border. The trailer is the latest incident in a resurgent trend of moving large groups of migrants at a time. The failed smuggling attempt took place this week in the Mexican coastal state of Veracruz.
The face of an obscure figure surfaced as the man leading a cartel’s attacks in one border region as they fight for drug trafficking routes and fuel theft territories. These cartel forces are linked to several attacks on police units including the murder of a police chief who supported a rival organization.
A medida que la violencia de los carteles continúa dando forma a la frontera norte de México, ha surgido una figura parcialmente desconocida como el hombre que lidera los ataques de un cartel en una región donde continúan las luchas por las rutas del tráfico de drogas y los territorios de robo de combustible. Esas fuerzas del narco se marcado como responsables de varios ataques a fuerzas policiales, incluido el asesinato de un jefe de policía que supuestamente apoyaba a una organización rival.
