Law enforcement in Mexico killed 12 Los Zetas gunmen after an attack on Mexican soldiers in the neighborhood of Los Fresnos, near Nuevo Laredo. Military personnel from the 16th Regiment conducting routine patrols came under attack during an ambush by members
Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) is estimated to have more than 5,000 operatives working on every continent save Antarctica. The cartel is believed to have amassed a $50 billion fortune and smuggles at least five tons of methamphetamine into the U.S. monthly, according to DEA estimates.
Four teams of gunmen from Mexico’s Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion carried out a brazen assassination attempt against the top security official in Mexico City. The gunmen wounded their target while killing two other police officers and one innocent bystander.
The top leader of one of Mexico’s most violent criminal organizations appears to cry in a video he shared on social media. The cartel leader expressed outrage at a series of police operations aimed at his capture. During the raids, police forces arrested some of his relatives — including a woman believed to be his mother.
A series of raids by Tamaulipas state police officers targeting the operations of Mexico’s Gulf Cartel led authorities to a clandestine garage used to make armored vehicles. In addition to the vehicles, authorities also seized almost 80 weapons that were being used by cartel operators in Tamaulipas as they continue a series of fierce turf wars despite the current coronavirus epidemic.
Un grupo de sicarios dejó doce cuerpos en la caja de una camioneta en el estado de Michoacán. El asesinato masivo sucede en un momento en que dos de los cárteles de drogas más violentos de México han estado librando una fuerte guerra territorial por el control de la producción de drogas y sus rutas de contrabando.
A group of cartel gunmen left twelve bodies in the bed of a pickup truck in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The mass murder comes at a time when two of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels waged a fierce turf war for control of drug production and smuggling routes in the western part of the country.
A top-ranking Sinaloa Cartel operator is believed to have been executed in his home state. Just days ago, he went on the run after being granted supervised release by U.S. prosecutors.
Authorities arrested several police officers and local politicians and are under investigation for working with a narco-terrorist. The terrorist planned to blow up a local government building in the border state of Nuevo Leon.
Varios policías y políticos locales han sido arrestados o están siendo investigados por trabajar con un narcoterrorista que planeaba volar un edificio del gobierno local en el estado fronterizo de Nuevo León.
Un grupo de sicarios mató a ocho víctimas inocentes que estaban comprando en una tienda de abarrotes en el estado fronterizo de Tamaulipas. Ninguna organización criminal se ha adjudicado el ataque; sin embargo, la región ha estado en medio de una feroz guerra territorial entre varios cárteles.
A group of cartel gunmen killed eight innocent victims as they bought food at a convenience store in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas. No criminal organization took credit for the attack despite the region being in the middle of a fierce turf war between several cartels.
Agentes de la policía estatal lograron confiscar una camioneta y varias armas después de repeler un ataque por miembros del Cártel del Golfo. Esa organización criminal recientemente apareció en los titulares por tratar de ganarse el favor de la gente a través de una campaña en las redes sociales donde repartieron despensas a las comunidades pobres de la región.
State police officers in Matamoros managed to seize an SUV and several weapons after fighting off an attack from members of Mexico’s Gulf Cartel. That criminal organization recently made headlines for trying to gain favor through a social media campaign where they handed out boxes with food to poor communities in the region.
Soldados del Ejército mexicano mataron a siete sicarios de Los Zetas que habían organizado un ataque de emboscada. Dos de los sicarios eran guardaespaldas personales de un jefe regional del cartel. El tiroteo es el último episodio de violencia en la ciudad fronteriza de Nuevo Laredo, donde la organización criminal ha establecido históricamente su base de operaciones.
Mexican Army soldiers killed seven Los Zetas gunmen who had set up an ambush attack. Two of the gunmen were the personal bodyguards of a regional cartel boss. The shootout is the latest bout of violence in the border city of Nuevo Laredo where the criminal organization has historically set their base of operations.
Un grupo independiente de distribución de drogas en el estado fronterizo de Nuevo León continúa desafiando abiertamente a Los Zetas por territorios lucrativos en el área metropolitana de Monterrey. Breitbart Texas recientemente desenmascaro a su líder y ahora ha logrado obtener información exclusiva sobre las identidades de sus principales lugartenientes.
An independent drug distribution gang in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon continues to openly challenge Los Zetas over lucrative territories in the Monterrey metropolitan area. Breitbart Texas recently unmasked their leader and has now obtained exclusive information about the identities of the gang’s top lieutenants.
Un operador líder del Cartel del Golfo de México que fingió su muerte en 2017, murió esta semana en un fuerte tiroteo con presuntas fuerzas rivales en esta ciudad fronteriza. El operador del cartel había cooperado con las autoridades en México y documentos de corte en Estados Unidos señalan que había proporcionado información a investigadores a cambio de recibir trato preferencial en sus casos penales en aquel país.
A leader of a faction of Mexico’s Gulf Cartel who faked his death in 2017 died this week in a fierce shootout with rival cartel gunmen. The faction leader cooperated with authorities in Mexico and court records in the U.S. point to him having provided information to investigators in exchange for a light sentence in an old criminal case.
Mexican authorities confirmed the murder and beheading of a journalist from the beach tourist hotspot of Acapulco who went missing last week.
Six state police officers from the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas remain jailed after a judge formally charged them with aggravated kidnapping.
Cartel gunmen carried out out a successful drive-by attack on a Mexican military building. The building is located just a few blocks from an international bridge that connects the border city of Matamoros to Brownsville, Texas. One Mexican marine sustained a serious injury in his back during the attack.
Un grupo de sicarios pudo llevar a cabo con éxito un ataque contra un edificio militar mexicano a solo unas cuadras de un puente internacional que conecta la ciudad fronteriza de Matamoros con Brownsville, Texas. Un infante de marina mexicano resultó gravemente herido en la espalda durante el ataque, que se produce cuando la ciudad fronteriza comienza a ver un aumento en la violencia del cartel.
Varias células de traficantes de metanfetamina independientes han logrado crecer en poder y tamaño hasta el punto en que se han podido enfrentar activamente con otros carteles que buscan controlar todos los mercados de drogas en la ciudad.
Multiple cells of independent meth dealers managed to grow in power and size to the point where they began to actively clash with other drug cartels who are trying to control all the drug markets.
A cartel gunman fleeing from Mexican authorities ran into a school and held some students at gunpoint until state police arrested him. The school incursion came just hours after a shootout in the city’s downtown area spread panic among residents.
Un hombre armado que huía de las autoridades mexicanas irrumpió dentro de una escuela y apunto su arma a algunos estudiantes mientras se escondía, hasta que la policía estatal pudo arrestarlo. La incursión en la escuela se produjo solo horas después de que un tiroteo en el centro de la ciudad extendió el pánico entre los residentes.
Mexican border state authorities are looking into the shooting of an innocent motorist allegedly at the hands of police officers in the border city of Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas. Local residents described the victim as an engineer in a local manufacturing plant.
A team of gunmen ambushed, kidnapped, and killed two federal agents who were in the middle of a stakeout in Central Mexico.
The final suspect in the slaying of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry appeared in federal court this week. The man is allegedly the last member of the “rip-crew” involved in Agent Terry’s murder to be extradited from Mexico.
Cartel gunmen torched vehicles and clashed with Mexican authorities as they lay siege to the second-largest city in Michoacán following the arrest of a mid-level commander within the Los Viagras cartel. That cartel boss is reportedly linked to the mass murder of several men whose bodies were hung from highway overpasses last year.
Grupos de sicarios incendiaron vehículos y se enfrentaron con las autoridades mexicanas mientras asediaban la segunda ciudad más grande de Michoacán tras el arresto de un mando del cartel de Los Viagras. El narcotraficante ha sido vinculado al asesinato de varias víctimas cuyos cuerpos fueron colgados de puentes el año pasado.
Mexican federal authorities arrested the former Nuevo Leon State Police head of intelligence for allegedly smuggling more than 24 pounds of crystal meth in his vehicle. Police made the arrest as the former top cop drove to the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo.
Autoridades federales mexicanas arrestaron al ex jefe de inteligencia de la Policía Estatal de Nuevo León después de descubrir más de 12 kilos de metanfetamina en su vehículo. El ex alto funcionario policial viajaba a la ciudad fronteriza mexicana de Nuevo Laredo.
A Mexican court sentenced a Los Zetas cartel kidnapper related to the highest leaders of Mexico’s Gulf Cartel to 90 years in prison.
Un secuestrador convicto del cartel de Los Zetas que tuvo parentesco político con altos líderes del Cartel del Golfo de México fue sentenciado a 90 años de prisión.
Las autoridades mexicanas confirmaron el descubrimiento de un camión quemado con 10 cuerpos en su interior. Los cuerpos pertenecen a un grupo de músicos locales quienes eran de una comunidad indígena Nahua.
Las autoridades mexicanas están investigando un tiroteo fatal donde murió una niña de dos años presuntamente manos de policías locales que parecen haber confundido el vehículo de su familia con donde viajaban unos sicarios. Dos policías han sido arrestados en relación con el caso y enfrentan varios cargos.
Mexican authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a two-year-old girl at the hands of local police. The police officers appear to have mistaken her family’s vehicle for another carrying cartel gunmen. Two police officers have been arrested in connection with the shooting and are facing a variety of charges.