Officials tied two local police officers from this border state to the kidnapping and execution of a businessman and his secretary as part of the ongoing cartel war. One of the police officers later died from an apparent suicide inside a state prison.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Autoridades estatales continúan investigando la ejecución de tres hombres cuyos cuerpos fueron tirados cerca de la frontera con Texas, sobre la carretera conocida como Ribereña.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — State authorities are investigating the execution of three men after their bodies were found dumped near the Texas border along a highway known as “Riverine”.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Un operador de el crimen organizado ha exhibido a las autoridades y las cortes Mexicanas puesto que ha podido mantener su poderío y continua operando a pesar de que aunque fue convicto y debería estar cumpliendo una condena en prisión. En su mas reciente roce con el gobierno, autoridades estatales lo dejaron libre.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — A top operator for organized crime has exposed flaws within the Mexican court system, given his ability to maintain power despite convictions that should carry a prison sentence. In his most recent run-in with the law, Nuevo Leon authorities let him go free.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — Autoridades en este estado fronterizo continúan investigando la ejecución de un oficial de policía del municipio rural de Anáhuac. Se cree que dos hombres encapuchados fueron los que lo balearon en relación a alguna actividad del crimen organizado.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — Authorities are investigating the execution of a police officer from the rural town, Anahuac. It is believed two hooded gunmen shot the officer in relation to organized criminal activity.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — Autoridades estatales continúan investigando la razón por la que un grupo de sicarios ejecuto a una modelo Venezolana al salir de un bar de esta zona metropolitana.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León– State authorities are looking into why a team of gunmen shot and killed a Venezuelan model after she exited a local bar.
Sicarios relacionados al crimen organizado mataron a tiros al presidente municipal de Petatlán en el estado de Guerrero. El político había recibido amenazas anteriormente y uno de sus colaboradores cercanos fue ejecutado este año.
Cartel gunmen shot and killed the mayor of Petatlan, Guerrero. The murdered politician’s close aide was executed earlier in 2017.
Officials identified the U.S. citizen murdered while visiting Mexico as a tourist during the Christmas holiday as a city administrator from California. Gunmen killed the Californian in the Mexican coastal state of Guerrero. The state of Guerrero has become a hotspot for cartel violence in recent years.
Mexican Navy Infantrymen (La Marina) engaged five alleged cartel gunmen during a fierce firefight that involved hundreds of rounds fired. Local media reports indicate grenades were used and all five gunmen were killed. The battle occurred in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico.
Brazilian law enforcement arrested one of the top leaders of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion at the request of U.S. authorities.
Federal authorities confirmed the shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent patrolling the waters of the Rio Grande. The shot came from the Mexican side of the river.
Gunmen decapitated a man, leaving the head in the corpse’s lap, next to a cartel banner in the beach resort area of Cancun. The message indicates an escalation in violence where various factions are now fighting for control of the shipping port and world-famous tourist area.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Authorities continue looking into how one of the cartels was able to use a strip club as a base of operations for planning and executions.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Autoridades de este estado fronterizo viajaron a algunos de los vecindarios mas pobres de esta ciudad y otras comunidades, no para arrestar a alguien sino para llevar regalos a cientos de niños de escasos recursos.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León– Dos policías del municipio rural del Hidalgo han sido arrestados en conexión a ejecuciones y otras actividades violentas a favor del cartel de Los Zetas Vieja Escuela. Uno de los presuntos narco-policias es el hermano del director de la policía municipal y el grupo tenia un arsenal escondido en un a casa de seguridad.
A man who was the second-highest ranking lawman in a rural town in Coahuila will spend 75 years in prison for his role in helping Los Zetas cartel kidnap, massacre, and incinerate roughly 300 victims.
Gunmen hung the bodies of six men from three overpasses and left narco-messages in the tourist hotspots of La Paz and Cabo in Baja California Sur. The gory scenes greeted morning commuters and served as a reminder of the raging violence between rival cartels.
While the United Nations is condemning the murder of another Mexican journalist who was killed while watching his son’s Christmas pageant, government officials doubted the victim’s current profession and accused him of having ties to a criminal organization.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila – Una juez estatal de esta ciudad fronteriza, que tiene un historial de liberar a sicarios del cártel, también ha ordenado la liberación de presuntos traficantes de drogas alegando falta de pruebas u otros errores administrativos.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — A state judge from this border city who has a history of releasing cartel hitmen is now setting free suspected street-level drug dealers for lacking evidence or clerical errors.
Cartel gunmen hung the bodies of three men from an overpass along with a posted warning sign in the Mexican coastal state of Nayarit. The reminder message shocked commuters as to the raging violence that continues to take place as rival cartels wage fierce territorial wars.
Una maleta arriba de una carreola abandonada en la plaza de un municipio pequeño de este estado fronterizo motivó a unos vecinos revisar el extraño contenido. En cuestión de minutos la curiosidad se convirtió en gritos de auxilio tras enterarse que escondía el cuerpo de una mujer mutilada
In a matter of minutes, curiosity turned into screams for help after residents of this border state municipality learned that an abandoned baby carriage contained the dismembered body of a murdered woman. A duffel bag on top of the baby carriage left behind in the town’s plaza motivated some neighbors to check its contents.
Los enfrentamientos por control de esta ciudad fronteriza por parte de grupos rivales del crimen organizado al igual que los intentos por las autoridades de detenerlos continúan dejando una larga lista de muertos.
Casualties continue to mount as rival factions of organized crime groups continue fighting for control of this border city. The list continues to build as authorities fail in their attempts to stop them.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — El gobierno del estado de Tamaulipas ha intensificado sus esfuerzos para capturar a tres altos líderes del Cártel del Golfo, cuya lucha interna ha dejado múltiples enfrentamientos armados y un incremento de violencia en esta ciudad fronteriza. Los rostros de los tres jefes del cártel han sido colocados en varios espectaculares en las ciudades de Reynosa, Río Bravo y otras áreas donde se sabe que operan los miembros del cártel.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — The Tamaulipas government stepped up its effort to capture three top leaders with Mexico’s Gulf Cartel, whose internal struggle led to multiple gun battles and heightened violence in this border city. The faces of the three cartel bosses were placed on multiple billboards throughout Reynosa, Rio Bravo, and other areas where the cartel members are known to operate.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — La aparente calma que se vivió en esta ciudad fronteriza por varios días terminó de manera brusca el fin de semana cuando se desató una serie de enfrentamientos y balaceras. Durante el enfrentamiento, los sicarios trataron de emboscar a los convoyes de policías que trataban de restablecer el orden.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — The calm enjoyed in this border city for several days came to an abrupt end over the weekend following a series of fierce shootouts. Cartel gunmen attempted to ambush a convoy of police officers responding to the gunfire.
Cartel turf wars in Chihuahua have claimed the lives of two local police chiefs within a week.
Cerca de dos docenas de ejidatarios de pueblos en la parte sur de este estado han perdido sus casas debido a la ira de los cárteles mexicanos de la droga que continúan peleando por el control de Michoacán, mientras las autoridades estatales ignoran la violencia.
MORELIA, Michoacan — Close to two dozen villagers from towns in the southern part of Michoacan have lost their homes to the wrath of the Mexican drug cartels. The cartels continue to fight for control of the region while state officials
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — Siete pistoleros pertenecientes al Cartel de los Zetas Vieja Escuela fueron muertos en un enfrentamiento que sostuvieron con policías mexicanos en la ciudad del Mante, en la zona centro de este estado fronterizo.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — Seven gunmen belonging to the Los Zetas Vieja Escuela Cartel died in a shootout with Mexican law enforcement in Mante, the central part of the border state.
Un equipo de sicarios entro a un restaurante para ejecutar al jefe policiaco de uno de los municipios del estado fronterizo de Chihuahua. El ataque parece ser un incremento de la violencia que continua creciendo en el estado donde el Cartel de Juarez y el Cartel de Sinaloa se disputan el control territorial.
A team of gunmen entered a restaurant to execute a local police chief in the Mexican State of Chihuahua. The attack appears to be an escalation of the violence between the Juarez and the Sinaloa Cartels for regional control.