The United States Consulate General in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico has issued a security alert prohibiting U.S. Government employees from traveling into downtown Ciudad Juárez without advance permission for the next 30 days.
Una vez más, miembros del cártel del Golfo han matado a un oficial de la policía del estado de Tamaulipas en uno de sus ataques de emboscada más recientes en esta ciudad fronteriza. El ataque ocurrió cerca de Nuevo Progreso, una ciudad conocida por su turismo médico por visitantes de los EE. UU.
Members of the Gulf Cartel killed, once again, a Tamaulipas state police officer during one of their most recent ambush attacks in this border city. The attack took place near Nuevo Progreso, a city known for its medical tourism by U.S. visitors.
The Federal Police in Baja California Sur announced the arrest of a regional cartel boss who has been attributed to the wave of narco-violence in the popular tourist spot of La Paz.
A series of attacks on five bars in and around Monterrey left 12 individuals dead and six others injured. Law enforcement sources point to the Cartel Del Noreste faction of the cartel known as Los Zetas as having been behind the terrorist-style attacks.
Mexican gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed a female U.S. citizen as she dined at a popular taco restaurant in Mexico City. The two gunmen rode up on a motorcycle and stopped in front of the business and began
Border Patrol agents disrupted the attempted drowning of a Mexican national in the Rio Grande River who had just been deported. Laredo Sector officials said an armed group of men attempted to drown the man after chasing him into the middle of the river border with Mexico.
Mexico’s national elections are underway — ending a bloody 10-month electoral cycle which has highlighted the government’s inability to provide basic security for politicians and their families.
A former state police officer, recently outed as having taken bribes from cartel linked human smugglers, claims police officers kidnapped her and tortured her before leaving her for dead near this border city.
Un ex agente de la policía estatal que recientemente fue exhibida por presuntamente cobrar sobornos de polleros y coyotes vinculados a los carteles afirma que los agentes de policía la secuestraron y la torturaron antes de darla por muerta cerca de esta ciudad fronteriza.
A Mexican judge released two former elite tactical police officers turned leading figures within the Beltran Leyva Cartel after police recently arrested the duo. The federal judge ordered their release just days after their arrest. Their release also comes soon after another federal judge released their leader, a regional commander with the same cartel, who had also been arrested this week.
Dos ex-policías de elite que se habían convertido en figuras destacadas dentro del Cártel de los Beltran Leyva habían sido recientemente arrestados en esta ciudad, sin embargo, un juez federal mexicano ordenó su liberación pocos días después. La liberación de los ex-policías viene luego de que un juez federal libero a un comandante regional del mismo cartel que había sido detenido esta semana.
Gunmen assassinated the former mayor of the border city of Piedras Negras as he left a political debate.
Reports indicate that cartel gunmen in the Mexican state of Guerrero killed 22 security elements consisting of 17 police officers from various agencies and five army personnel during the first five months of 2017. Guerrero is located in southwest Mexico and includes the coastal resort cities of Acapulco, Ixtapa, and Zihuatanejo.
The ongoing cartel war for control of the border city of Reynosa has spread from the streets into the state prison in the outskirts of the city. Rival factions of the Gulf Cartel appear to be fighting over the revenue made from extortion and illicit businesses inside the prison.
La actual guerra del cártel por el control de la ciudad fronteriza de Reynosa se ha trasladado de las calles a la prisión estatal en las afueras de la ciudad. Las facciones rivales del Cártel del Golfo parecen estar peleando por los ingresos obtenidos de extorsiones y negocios ilícitos dentro de la prisión.
The ongoing fight for territorial control between rival cells of the Cartel Del Noreste (CDN or Northeast Cartel) and Zetas Vieja Escuela escalated over the weekend in the capital of this border state. Officials found six women — executed at the hands of the cartel and subsequently thrown into a deep ravine. Two of the victims were pregnant.
La lucha por el control de drogas entre las células criminales del Cartel Del Noreste y Zetas Vieja Escuela recrudeció el fin de semana en la capital de este estado fronterizo al ser ejecutadas seis mujeres que posteriormente arrojaron a un barranco de cien metros de profundidad. Dos de las víctimas estaban embarazadas.
A large police operation in Juarez, Mexico, led to the capture of the former leader of “Los Azteca’s” criminal gang, turned member of the armed wing of the Juarez Cartel, “’La Línea.” The Municipal Police of the border city of Juarez carried out the operation during the early morning hours of May 24, 2018.
Mexican authorities arrested the brother of a top Mexican drug lord in connection with his alleged role in ordering a cartel murder near Dallas in 2013.
Autoridades mexicanas han arrestado en el estado fronterizo de Nuevo León al hermano de un importante capo de la droga en relación con su presunto papel en ordenar una narco-ejecución cerca de Dallas en el 2013.
A milk distribution company in the southern part of Tamaulipas closed its doors after constant threats and extortion at the hand of drug cartels. Several businesses including soda bottling companies, pizza restaurants, milk companies, and beer companies are reporting the
El temor de ser asesinada motivo a la viuda un operador del Cartel de Los Beltran Leyva que se refugiara en una casa de seguridad. Sus intentos de evitar su muerte resultaron en su detención por autoridades estatales.
The fear of being the target of the same cartel violence that killed her husband prompted the widow of a murdered drug boss for the Beltran Leyva Cartel to take refuge in a safe house. Her attempts to go underground and avoid being a target led to her arrest by state authorities.
Mexican authorities rescued a mayoral candidate from a rural municipality in Michoacan. Gunmen recently kidnapped the victim.
Las autoridades mexicanas rescataron a una candidata a la alcaldía de un municipio rural de Michoacán que recientemente fue secuestrada por un equipo de sicarios. La víctima del secuestro es la esposa de un ex alcalde de la misma ciudad que actualmente se encuentra en prisión por su participación en el asesinato y la incineración de 10 estudiantes locales.
Se espera que el propietario de un lavadero de autos en la ciudad fronteriza de Piedras Negras se recupere por completo luego de que sobrevivió un intento de ejecución por un grupo de sicarios que llegaron al negocio en una motocicleta para dispararle. Autoridades locales tratan de identificar un motivo y detener a los sicarios.
The owner of a local car wash in the border city of Piedras Negras a failed assassination attempt. The business owner is expected to make a full recovery after a team of cartel gunmen riding in a motorcycle shot at him several times. Local authorities are working to find a motive and to arrest the gunmen.
Las autoridades mexicanas están investigando el descubrimiento de una narco-cocina en la ciudad fronteriza de Reynosa. Lo que inicialmente parecía ser un montón de neumáticos resultó ser un crudo intento de deshacerse de los cuerpos de las víctimas del cártel.
Mexican authorities are looking into the discovery of a makeshift cartel incineration site in the border city of Reynosa. What initially appeared to be a pile of tires turned out to be a crude attempt to dispose of the bodies of cartel victims.
A raid on a municipal police force in Central Mexico by the State Police (SSP), supported by the Mexican Marines (SEDENA) and State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) led to the discovery of 136 fake police officers.
Chalecos y uniformes militares recientemente decomisados en la ciudad fronteriza de Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas dan pistas sobre varios casos de fosas clandestinas en este estado donde las familias de las víctimas aseguran que sus seres queridos fueron secuestrados por militares.
Military vests and uniforms recently seized from drug cartels in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, give clues to several cases of clandestine graves in this state. Families of the victims found in these graves originally claimed that their loved ones were kidnapped by the military.
A un año de que comenzó la guerra interna del Cartel Del Golfo por control de la ciudad fronteriza de Reynosa, la cifra de víctimas continua subiendo llegando a mas de 450 personas que han muerto por la violencia. La cifra de muertos incluye sicarios, policías, militares al igual que personas inocentes.
More than 450 people in the border city of Reynosa, Mexico, died during the past year as a bloody civil war between factions of the Gulf Cartel. The death toll includes cartel hitmen, policemen, soldiers, as well as innocent bystanders and kidnapping victims.
Autoridades federales mexicanas arrestaron a un residente legal permanente de Carolina del Norte luego de encontrar un cargamento de que habían sido armas escondidas dentro del vehículo que conducía. Se reveló que el hombre entregaría las armas a grupos del crimen organizado en el estado mexicano de Guerrero.
Mexican federal authorities arrested a U.S. legal permanent resident who lived in North Carolina after finding a cache of weapons stashed inside his vehicle. Officials said the man was expected to deliver the guns in the Mexican state of Guerrero.
A series of raids by Mexican military forces in the downtown area of Nuevo Laredo uncovered a cache of military-grade weapons. Those weapons include rocket launchers, grenades, dynamite sticks, machine guns, rifles, and several cloned Mexican infantrymen uniforms and vest.
Mexican soldiers and police forces raided a cartel camp just days after a team of gunmen ambushed and murdered six state police officers in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero. Investigators tracked down the source of the attack and raided the cartel camp used by the gunmen.
Two cartel gunmen on jet skis opened fire on a mobile food vendor on a crowded beach in Cancun. The attack caused panicked tourists including children to flee and take cover.
