Un grupo de policías estatales lograron abatir a dos sicarios que eran parte de un equipo que los ataco con granadas en el estado costero de Veracruz. El estado continúa siendo uno de los más violentos en México donde los cárteles continúan luchando por controlar los puertos marítimos de la región.
Police officers fighting off a grenade attack managed to kill two cartel gunmen in the Mexican coastal state of Veracruz. The area continues to be one of the most violent as rival criminal organizations fight for control of shipping ports.
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.
Autoridades estatales de Guanajuato detuvieron a un equipo de sicarios pertenecientes a uno de los carteles mas peligrosos de Mexico quienes no solo traían armas sino también traían ropas y equipo de la Policía Federal de México.
State authorities in Guanajuato arrested a team of hitmen linked to one of the most dangerous cartels in Mexico. The gunmen had various weapons and uniforms from Mexico’s Federal Police forces.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Una serie de narco-mantas dejadas en toda esta ciudad fronteriza, han señalado a un ex secretario estatal como el hombre que ayudó a proteger a narco-sicarios convirtiéndolos en comandantes de una unidad élite de la policía táctica.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — A series of cartel banners called out the former secretary of state as the man who helped protect key cartel gunmen by making them commanders of an elite tactical police unit.
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.
For years, the Mexican government has been ordering its various law enforcement agencies to doctor their crime statistics in order to downplay the number of murders, kidnappings and other violent crimes often tied to drug cartels. The effort was apparently done to make it seem like the current Mexican government was making progress in improving the country’s security conditions.
Autoridades estatales investigan una balacera en un palenque donde un grupo de sicarios ejecuto a un transportista e hirieron a sus dos acompañantes antes de escapar con completa impunidad.
Mexican state authorities are investigating a shootout turned execution. The incident occurred at a cockfighting arena where a group of hit men executed the owner of a trucking company, wounded his two companions, and managed to escape with complete impunity.
One of Mexico’s most violent cartels dumped the bodies of hundreds, perhaps thousands of their victims into various dams and lakes throughout the northern part of Mexico and along the U.S. border.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — One of the top leaders of Mexico’s Gulf Cartel was captured during a top-secret operation carried out by Mexican Marines in this border city. The drug lord had been singled out as being responsible for the recent rescue of more than 480 kidnapped Central American migrants headed to Texas and beyond.
SALTILLO, Coahuila — Autoridades estatales están investigado una emboscada mortal donde falleció un policía municipal y otro oficial resulto gravemente herido. El ataque se llevo acabo en una zona rural cerca de la frontera con el estado de Nuevo Léon.
SALTILLO, Coahuila — State authorities are investigating a deadly ambush where a municipal policeman died and another was seriously injured. The attack took place in a rural area near the border with Nuevo Leon.
Mexican authorities have confirmed the discovery of an active improvised explosive device (IED) at one of the international bridges connecting the border cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas–the headquarters of the ruthless cartel known as Los Zetas.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Un investigador dela policía estatal de este estado fronterizo se encuentra presuntamente ligado a la ejecución de un narcotraficante local. El homicidio se encuentra presuntamente ligado a la disputa territorial entre los carteles de la droga.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — A police investigator faces a probe for his alleged role in the execution of a local drug dealer. The homicide case is reportedly linked to a territorial dispute between drug cartels.
The mayor of a rural community in this southern state has been outed as an ally of one of Mexico’s most violent cartels. The politician was outed by a cartel gunman who was tortured and murdered by his rivals.
El alcalde de una comunidad rural en este estado sureño ha sido señalado como aliado de uno de los cárteles más violentos de México. El político fue señalado por un sicario del cártel que fue torturado y asesinado por sus rivales.
El gobierno Mexicano confirmo el hallazgo de restos humanos relacionados con el reciente secuestro de dos agentes federales quienes fueron forzados a grabar un video mensaje donde se le acusa al gobierno de violar la ley en operativos secretos contra los carteles de la droga.
The Mexican government confirmed the discovery of two bodies they believe are related to the recent kidnapping of two federal agents who were forced to record a video message accusing the government of violating the law in secret operations against the drug cartels.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — Los horrores que se han llevado acabo en este estado fronterizo continúan en una reciente masacre donde un grupo de sicarios asesino e incinero a cinco hombres cuyos restos fueron descubiertos en una comunidad rural en la parte sur-central del estado.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — Cartel gunmen murdered and incinerated five men whose remains were discovered in a rural community in the south-central part of the state.
The governor of Michoacan called the United States hypocritical for issuing travel warnings amid the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida. The politician called for a similar warning to be used against the U.S. as a result.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Un narco-mensaje dejado junto a la víctima de una reciente ejecución mantiene a las autoridades de este estado preocupados puesto que el contenido de los mensajes apuntan a nuevas alianzas y a una continuación de la violencia que se vive en la región.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon – A narco-message left next to the victim of a recent execution is causing concern among authorities since the content hints to new alliances and a continuation of the violence in the region.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — Un comando armado entro an un rancho propiedad de uno de los prestanombres de un ex-gobernador ligado al crimen organizado para ejecutar al vaquero y matar a 15 caballos de raza fina.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — A team of gunmen stormed a ranch owned by one of the close associates of a former governor linked to organized crime to execute a hand and kill 15 high-value horses.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Autoridades en esta ciudad fronteriza lograron rescatar 301 migrantes Centro-Americanos que habían sido secuestrados por 16 miembros el Cartel del Golfo quien los mantenían en varias casas de seguridad por toda la ciudad.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Authorities managed to rescue 301 Central American migrants kidnapped by 16 members of the Gulf Cartel who kept them under threats in several stash houses throughout the city.
Las autoridades Mexicanas están investigando el secuestro y homicidio uno de sus agentes federales elites de investigación antidrogas cerca del los centros turísticos de Cancún. El asesinato del agente federal se produjo pocos días después de que sicarios secuestraran a otros dos agentes federales en el estado de Nayarit.
Mexican authorities investigating how one of their elite federal drug enforcement agents was kidnapped and killed near Cancun. The murder comes days after cartel gunmen kidnapped two others in the coastal state of Nayarit.
Dos agentes especializados en investigar a los carteles de la droga fueron secuestrados por uno de los mismos carteles que investigan. A punta de pistola, los agentes fueron forzados a grabar un video donde dicen que el gobierno roba, tortura y secuestra a los criminales con impunidad total y que los carteles se han cansado. Se desconoce el paradero de los agentes.
Two Mexican federal agents investigating drug cartels were kidnapped by the same people they had been tracking. At gunpoint, the officers were forced to record a video where they say that the government steals, tortures, and kidnaps cartel members with complete impunity. Their whereabouts are currently unknown.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila – Sicarios del Cartel de Los Zetas parecen estar reclamando su dominio sobre esta ciudad fronteriza después de colocar mantas por la ciudad donde se adjudican las recientes narco-ejecuciones que se han llevado acabo.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Gunmen with Los Zetas Cartel are apparently laying claim to this border city by using propaganda to take credit for recent executions.
Authorities in this border city are working to track down a team of cartel hitmen who raided a home in an attempt to kill a local drug smuggler.
Las autoridades de esta ciudad fronteriza están trabajando para rastrear a un equipo de sicarios del cártel que irrumpieron en una casa en un intento de matar a un traficante de drogas local.