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.
The U.S. government stopped imports of Mexican avocado after cartels threatened an American inspector working in that country.
A group of gunmen left a total of 16 bodies in two separate towns in a central Mexican state. Some bodies were hung and some were wrapped in blankets and dumped, the gory discovery is the latest in a long line of executions and mass killings that have plagued the region as two drug cartels fight for control.
Mexican authorities have found a new killing field in the border state of Tamaulipas being used by cartel gunmen to incinerate their victims. The discovery comes at a time when the federal government has been unable to stop the country’s raging cartel violence and forced disappearances.
A federal court in El Paso convicted two Mexican gunmen for shooting a group of U.S. Consulate workers in Ciudad Juarez in 2010. The gunmen are part of the Barrio Azteca gang which, at the time, was working with the Juarez Cartel to fight against the Sinaloa Cartel for control of the lucrative border city.
A group of Gulf Cartel gunmen and police forces clashed in the streets of the capital of the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas causing panic among locals. A gunman carjacked a local woman while trying to flee and gunfire struck an innocent bystander during the clash.
Un grupo de sicarios del Cártel del Golfo y fuerzas policiales se enfrentaron en las calles de la capital de un estado fronterizo mexicano causando pánico entre los habitantes. Un hombre armado robó el automóvil de una mujer intentando huir, mientras que una transeúnte inocente fue alcanzada por disparos durante el enfrentamiento.
Uno de los cárteles de la droga más violentos del mundo hirió a dos soldados del ejército mexicano al utilizar drones para arrojarles explosivos. El ataque con drones se produce cuando dos carteles principales de la droga luchan por el control de los territorios de producción de drogas y las rutas de tráfico de drogas de Michoacán.
One of the world’s most violent drug cartels injured two Mexican Army soldiers by using drones to drop explosives on them. The drone attack comes as two main drug cartels fight for control of Michoacan’s drug production territories and drug trafficking routes.
A lone gunman shot a group of three Canadians who were staying at an upscale resort in Mexico’s Mayan Riviera, killing two of them. Mexican authorities claim that the two fatal victims had criminal histories tied to drug trafficking.
El caos se extendió en una ciudad fronteriza mexicana cuando un grupo de sicarios del Cártel del Golfo se enfrentó a las fuerzas policiales estatales. La mayoría de los pistoleros lograron escapar, sin embargo las autoridades lograron detener a dos de ellos e incautaron dos vehículos y armas.
Chaos spread in a Mexican border city as a group of gunmen from the Gulf Cartel clashed with state police forces. Most of the gunmen escaped as authorities managed two arrests. Police also seized two vehicles and weapons.
A group of gunmen left nine bodies on the side of the road with a banner threatening top government officials from the coastal state of Veracruz for supporting the Sinaloa Cartel. An interrogation video hinted that one of the victims was the nephew of the Veracruz Secretary of State.
Un grupo de sicarios dejó 9 cadáveres al costado de la carretera con una pancarta amenazando a altos funcionarios del gobierno del estado de Veracruz por apoyar al Cártel de Sinaloa. Un video del interrogatorio dejó entrever que una de las víctimas era sobrino del secretario de Estado de Veracruz.
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.
Un video de un dron compartido en línea por periodistas ciudadanos capturó el momento en que un grupo de soldados mexicanos parece estar vendiendo armas a miembros de un cartel de la droga en el oeste de México. La supuesta venta se produce en un momento en que el estado de Michoacán sigue siendo uno de los más violentos de México, ya que dos de los principales cárteles de la droga continúan luchando por el control.
A drone video shared online by citizen journalists captured a group of Mexican soldiers appearing to sell weapons to members of a drug cartel in western Mexico. The purported sale comes at a time when the state of Michoacan continues to be one of the most violent in Mexico as two main drug cartels continue to fight for control.
An activist, a gunman, and a security guard died during an attack by cartel gunmen on a municipal building in the Mexican border state of Sonora. Two other innocent victims sustained gunshot injuries. Authorities have since revealed the attack was a failed cartel hit targeting the local police chief.
Cartel gunmen hung the bodies of 13 men from two separate highway overpasses in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. The gory executions come as the state is seeing a record-setting number of murders as rival cartels fight for control of a series of highways that connect border states with the rest of Mexico.
One of the most ruthless drug cartels in Mexico released two members of Mexico’s Navy who they kidnapped following the arrest of the wife of their top leader. The two sailors were not part of the operation but were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Drug cartel gunmen are crossing the border to commit murders in Texas, authorities claim. The statements by officials from the Texas Department of Public Safety directly clash with longstanding claims by local police chiefs who routinely say that border cities are safe.
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.
Sicarios dispararon y mataron a una mujer de Texas durante un intento de robo de auto a lo largo de una carretera que conduce a una ciudad fronteriza. El tiroteo se produce cuando los cárteles de la droga continúan luchando por el control de los lucrativos corredores de tráfico de drogas y personas hacia Texas.
A top enforcer with Mexico’s Gulf Cartel died during a fierce shootout that left four people dead — including a young child. Two other innocent victims were struck by the gunfire. The cartel enforcer was the first such person to
Un importante operador del Cártel del Golfo de México murió en un fuerte tiroteo que mató a cuatro personas, incluido un niño que era una victima inocente. Otras dos víctimas inocentes, fueron alcanzadas por disparos. El operador del narco fue el primer individuo en tener una canción de rap dedicada a él por un grupo reconocido.
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
Un grupo de sicarios disparó y mató a un jefe de policía municipal que acababa de asumir el cargo horas antes en el estado fronterizo de Nuevo León.
Democrats are undermining the Border Patrol’s morale with disingenuous and fraudulent narratives of “racism” relating to border security, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Sunday with host Joel Pollak.
A Mexican federal prosecutor is under investigation for allegedly botching an investigation that led to the release of two drug suspects arrested with more than 220 pounds of cocaine and weapons in the border state of Nuevo Leon.
Un fiscal federal mexicano está bajo investigación por presuntamente estropear una investigación que condujo a la liberación de dos sospechosos de drogas que habían sido arrestados con más de 220 libras de cocaína y armas en el estado fronterizo de Nuevo León.
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.
Un distribuidor de drogas asesinado recientemente en México era el propietario clave de una empresa que está bajo investigación por canalizar fondos hacia la campaña del gobernador electo del estado fronterizo de Nuevo León. Los fondos de la campaña se destinaron al mismo político cuya familia fue expuesta anteriormente por Breitbart Texas por supuestamente haber malversado millones de un exlíder del Cártel del Golfo.
Three cartel gunmen died in a fierce shootout with authorities when their vehicle caught fire and their bodies were incinerated. That shootout is one of several that took place during recent days in the Mexican border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas.
Tres sicarios del Cártel Del Golfo murieron en un feroz tiroteo con las autoridades cuando su vehículo se incendió y sus cuerpos fueron incinerados. Ese tiroteo es solo uno de varios que se han producido en los últimos días en la ciudad fronteriza de Matamoros.
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.
El Cártel de Los Zetas ha desatado una nueva ola de terror en el estado fronterizo de Coahuila, llevando a cabo varios ataques en varias ciudades, incluida una emboscada de gran escala a la policía estatal en una aparente demostración de fuerza.
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.
Illegal immigration amounts to a “full-blown invasion,” said Bernie Moreno, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate seat from Ohio.
A group of Gulf Cartel gunmen broke out one of their commanders from police custody at a Mexican border city hospital. That commander had been injured and captured while successfully rescuing one of their top regional bosses earlier this week. Police recaptured the commander after several hours police.
Un grupo de pistoleros del Cartel del Golfo liberó a uno de sus comandantes detenidos que estaba en un hospital de la ciudad fronteriza de Reynosa. Ese comandante había sido herido y capturado mientras rescataba a uno de los principales jefes regionales esta semana; luego de varias horas la policía, volvió a capturar a ese comandante.