Mexican state investigators seized a Lamborghini, raided a cartel clinic, and even seized a Matamoros city ambulance as part of the hunt for the cartel boss alleged to be behind the fatal kidnapping of four U.S. citizens.
Rep. Mary Miller proposed a resolution which would designate a non-exhaustive list of Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
A Mexican court sentenced four Gulf Cartel members who kidnapped migrants and held them for ransom to 90-year terms in prison following their conviction for aggravated kidnapping. Another cartel member received a 50-year term in prison for a similar but separate crime.
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.
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.
Authorities are searching for a doctor from Texas who worked in Mexico after he went missing for more than a week. The doctor is believed to have been kidnapped while driving to a border city hospital to perform an operation.
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.
A group of migrants from El Salvador called for help after human smugglers that were supposed to cross them to the U.S. decided to hold them for ransom. The smugglers threatened to turn them over to Gulf Cartel enforcers if they did not pay additional smuggling fees.
Authorities in the Mexican border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, rescued a group of migrants who were kidnapped by the Gulf Cartel. The cartel members held the migrants against their will while they extorted ransoms from their loved ones.
Un grupo de secuestradores vinculados al Cártel del Golfo mató a un empresario local que habían secuestrado a principios de este mes. Esto sucede en un momento en que la organización criminal se ha ligado a una ola de miedo que se esparce en la ciudad fronteriza de Matamoros, donde por miedo, no se denuncian numerosos casos de secuestros y extorsiones.
A group of Gulf Cartel-linked kidnappers killed a local businessman they kidnapped this month. The move comes at a time when the criminal organization has been linked to a wave of fear that continues to sweep through the border city of Matamoros as numerous kidnapping and extortion cases go unreported.
Mexican authorities revealed that kidnappers killed a missing Los Angeles firefighter and burned his remains to hide the evidence. Authorities arrested two people including a woman who allegedly lured the victim to Mexico for the kidnapping. New information revealed that
A firefighter from Los Angeles is believed to have been kidnapped in the beach resort of Rosarito in Mexico. The firefighter has been missing since late August when authorities found his home ransacked.
Mexican Gulf Cartel members kidnapped two men in Texas and took them to Mexico where they tortured them for days while they forced their relatives to pay for a seized drug load. The case is just one of numerous similar cases in recent years where a Mexican drug cartel carried out kidnapping operations on American soil in South Texas.
Kidnappers in the Mexican coastal state of Veracruz dumped the body of a woman in a vacant lot inside of a garbage bag after her husband could not pay a ransom of 4 million pesos ($200,000 USD). The kidnappers also left a taunting message to the victim’s husband blaming not paying for his wife’s death.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – Los ciudadanos de esta ciudad fronteriza que han vivido años la violencia de los cárteles, ahora tienen que lidiar con una serie de secuestros mientras miembros del cártel buscan diversificar sus ingresos. Las víctimas en los secuestros recientes no están relacionadas con el crimen organizado sino parecen ser ciudadanos regulares, principalmente mujeres.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — The citizens of this border city who lived through years of violence are now facing a series of kidnappings as cartel members look to diversify their income sources. The victims in the recent kidnappings are not personally linked to organized crime but appear to be average citizens–primarily women.
A Mexican woman has been sent to prison for her role in the kidnapping of two U.S. citizens in Texas who were then taken to Mexico for ransom. Five cartel gunmen ambushed their victims outside of a restaurant in Laredo, Texas, during the kidnapping. The woman had been providing information on the victims.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Dos ciudadanos estadounidenses fueron secuestrados en este estado fronterizo y sus familiares recibieron una demanda de rescate de $300,000 dólares. El secuestro esta presuntamente ligado a una deuda de trafico de drogas.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — Two U.S. citizens were kidnapped in this border state, causing their relatives to receive a $300,000 ransom demand. The kidnapping is allegedly linked to a drug debt.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Autoridades en este estado fronterizo continúan investigando como uno de los carteles que opera en esta ciudad pudo utilizar un table dance como una base de operaciones desde donde se realizaron o planearon varias ejecuciones al igual que otros crímenes.
A group of people kidnapped an Arizona man and planned to cross him into Mexico in the trunk of a car. The plot exemplifies the ongoing ruthless cartel activity that continues to reign along the U.S.-Mexico Border.
APATZINGAN, Michoacán — El secuestro de un hombre en plena luz del día por parte de hombres armados del cártel revela el nivel de impunidad que continúa reinando en el estado mexicano de Michoacán. Mientras que las autoridades del gobierno intentan impulsar una imagen de seguridad, los sicarios del cártel continúan secuestrando a víctimas inocentes y llevando a cabo sus enfrentamientos por el control del estado matando a decenas por semana.
APATZINGAN, Michoacan — The kidnapping of a local man cleaning a sidewalk by cartel gunmen reveals the level of impunity criminal organizations enjoy in the Mexican state of Michoacan. While government officials try to push an image of safety, cartel gunmen grab innocent victims and carry out battles for local control, killing dozens per week.
One of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels began carrying out ransom kidnappings in Mexico while collecting ransom in Texas. Mexico’s Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) is apparently setting up kidnapping and drug trafficking operations in the Lone Star State to solidify power.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Un grupo de sicarios presuntamente con el Cartel Del Golfo secuestro e incinero al hijo de una ex-diputada federal en este estado fronterizo.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — A group of gunmen presumably with the Gulf Cartel kidnapped and incinerated the son of a former Mexican congresswoman from this border state.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — La violenta guerra por el control de las múltiples áreas de cruce de drogas en la parte norte de este estado fronterizo parece no tener fin. Hombres armados del cártel han estado secuestrando rivales afuera de sus hogares para ejecutarlos, mientras que en otras ciudades los enfrentamientos armados en áreas rurales continúan cerrando las carreteras.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Miembros del crimen organizado continúan secuestrando en esta ciudad fronteriza a grupos de inmigrantes que buscaban llegar a Texas. Los sicarios habían intentado cobrar fuertes cantidades de dinero a las familias de los inmigrantes que están en Estados Unido o amenazaban con matarlos.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Cartel gunmen in this border city continue kidnapping groups of migrants looking to make their way into Texas. The attackers demand hefty ransoms and threaten to murder their victims if families to not adequately respond.
TAMPICO, Tamaulipas — Cinco integrantes de una empresa privada que se dedica a dar adiestramiento de tiro a corporaciones policiacas del orden federal se encuentran desaparecidos al ser “levantados” por un grupo armado en esta ciudad, ubicada al sur del estado de Tamaulipas.
TAMPICO, Tamaulipas — Five members of a private security company that trains Mexican federal law enforcement agencies in shooting and tactics were kidnapped by suspected cartel gunmen in this city.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — Mas de siete meses han pasado desde que un grupo de amigos viajo de esta ciudad metropolitana a la ciudad fronteriza de Reynosa, Tamaulipas, de fiesta y para cruzar a Texas de compras. El grupo desapareció cuando trataban de regresar a esta ciudad.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — More than seven months have passed since a group of friends traveled from this metropolitan city to Reynosa, Tamaulipas, to cross into Texas for a shopping trip. The group went missing upon their return.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Un sicario relacionado al crimen organizado que opera en esta región fronteriza falleció en un enfrentamiento con autoridades las cuales trataban de arrestar a una célula de secuestradores. Dias después, autoridades continúan tratando de desarticular el grupo de secuestradores.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — A cartel gunman died during a shootout with authorities who were working to rescue a group of migrants kidnapped from this border city.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Ante la severa manifestación de violencia que se mantiene en el estado de Tamaulipas, a consecuencia de los secuestros, inseguridad carretera, enfrentamientos y ejecuciones en diferentes ciudades, la Cámara de Comercio no bajara la guardia y continuara promoviendo al estado.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Despite the raging cartel violence that continues to take place in the border state of Tamaulipas resulting in ransom kidnappings, highway robberies, shootouts, and gory executions, a local chamber of commerce is not giving up its effort to promote the region for tourism and investment.
GOMEZ FARIAS, Tamaulipas — Human rights activists searching for cartel victims found an extermination field used by Los Zetas to bury and incinerate at least 500 near a UNESCO-protected ecological biosphere.
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexican authorities are trying to downplay the kidnapping of a Spanish woman by cartel gunmen in Tamaulipas. The victim’s relatives are now going public with their grievances.
