MONTERREY, Nuevo León — More than seven months have passed since a group of friends traveled from this metropolitan city to Reynosa, Tamaulipas, to cross into Texas for a shopping trip. The group went missing upon their return.
Mientras cárteles rivales han asesinado y desmembrado a más de 32 víctimas en una violenta guerra de poder, autoridades del gobierno en este estado siguen tratando de pintar una realidad alterna, sin violencia de cárteles.
As rival cartels murdered and dismembered more than 32 victims in a raging war for control, government officials in this state continue to paint an alternate reality — one without cartel violence.
Organized crime members are believed to be responsible for the murder in Mexico of a producer for the Netflix series, Narcos. The producer traveled to Mexico to search for shooting locations for the upcoming season. The fourth season of the show is reported to provide an inside look at the rise of Mexican drug cartels.
VALLE HERMOSO, Tamaulipas — Elementos de la Secretaria de la Defensa Nacional, desarticularon equipos de sistemas de radio comunicación al servicio del Cartel Del Golfo en esta ciudad fronteriza.
VALLE HERMOSO, Tamaulipas — The Mexican Army seized parts of a radio communication network used by the Gulf Cartel in this border city.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — La feroz violencia del cártel que continúa apoderándose de este estado fronterizo tomó un giro irónico cuando un equipo de sicarios del cártel ejecutó a dos hermanos menores de edad y a una mujer adulta mientras participaban en el cortejo fúnebre de un recién asesinado miembro del cártel.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — The raging cartel violence that continues to envelop this border state took an odd turn when gunmen killed two underage brothers and an adult woman who were taking part in the funeral procession of a recently murdered cartel member.
CIUDAD ACUNA, Coahuila — Un equipo de policías estatales especializados en luchar contra carteles rescataron a una mujer que había sido secuestrada por un grupo de sicarios para cobrar un fuerte rescate a su familia.
CIUDAD ACUNA, Coahuila — A team of police officers specializing in fighting cartel forces rescued a woman kidnapped by gunmen to demand a hefty ransom from her family.
CIUDAD MANTE, Tamaulipas — Un líder regional del Cartel de Los Zetas murió en un enfrentamiento que sostuvo con policías estatales en la ciudad de Xicotencatl al sureste del estado de Tamaulipas.
CIUDAD MANTE, Tamaulipas — A regional leader of the Los Zetas Cartel died during in a shootout with state cops in the city of Xicotencatl on the southeast end of Tamaulipas.
McALLEN, Texas — Six bomb makers offering grenades to Mexico’s Gulf Cartel were sent to prison for their roles in building explosives and smuggling wares south. Before their arrests, the group sold 50 grenades to cartel operatives and obtained components to make hundreds more.
Police officers in the Mexican State of Guanajuato are the latest targets of one of the country’s most ruthless cartels as the criminal organization seeks control of the area and its underground sources of income.
Los policías del estado mexicano de Guanajuato se han convertido en los últimos blancos de uno de los cárteles más despiadados del país, mientras que la organización criminal busca tomar el control de la zona y de sus múltiples ilícitas fuentes de ingresos.
MORELIA, Michoacan — El terror se ha esparcido en la zona rural de este estado conocida como “Tierra Caliente” ya que en menos de tres días se han encontrado 19 cuerpos, 14 de los cuales fueron decapitados y descuartizados. Autoridades del Estado de Michoacan han tratado de disminuir los hechos tratando de decir que son hechos aislados.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Four Gulf Cartel gunmen died over the weekend during a now-commonplace shootout in this border city.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Between 2011 and 2013, members of Los Zetas Cartel kidnapped, murdered, and incinerated more than 300 victims from rural communities in the northern part of this state. Relatives of those victims never stopped searching for answers or evidence to grant them closure.
A regional cartel boss in Jalisco on the run for more than two years died in a hail of gunfire while trying to escape from Mexican security forces. The gun battle took place in Lagos de Jalisco.
Terror is spreading over the rural area of the state now known as “Tierra Caliente” or “hot lands.” In three days, cartel gunmen have murdered 19 victims — 14 of those victims were beheaded and dismembered. Authorities in Michoacan tried to diminish the raging violence by claiming the murders are isolated incidents. The violence began over the weekend when suspected members of the Nueva Familia Michoacana (New Michoacan Family) kidnapped and murdered Alonzo “Papas” Renteria Andrade. The murder victim is the brother of the now jailed kingpin, Ignacio “Cenizo” Renteria Andrade.
Cuatro sicarios del Cartel Del Golfo murieron este fin de semana en una de las balaceras que ya ocurren de forma común en esta ciudad fronteriza.
Raging cartel violence continues to take hold of this city leading to the death of six cartel gunmen. A gun battle erupted during an anti-kidnapping operation near the city’s industrial area. The fleeing cartel gunmen went into at least two manufacturing plants.
Cinco sicarios del Cartel Del Golfo fueron abatidos por oficiales de la Marina de Mexico dentro de un narco-campamento en este estado fronterizo.
Mexican Marines killed five gunmen from the Gulf Cartel during a battle inside a cartel camp in the border state of Tamaulipas. The battle took place in a rustic field less than 15 miles north of this city when a military helicopter carrying out surveillance flights came under fire. The military aircraft was surveying the area looking for cartel activity in properties that had been abandoned due to the cartel violence in the region.
Tres hombres armados del cártel y un soldado mexicano murieron en un feroz enfrentamiento que sucedió en esta ciudad fronteriza. Los sicarios estaban en proceso de secuestrar a un individuo cuando comenzó el tiroteo.
Three cartel gunmen and one Mexican soldier died in a fierce clash near the Texas/Mexico border. The gunmen were in the process of kidnapping one individual when the shootout began.
Por mas de dos años, una gasolinera de esta ciudad fronteriza trabajo como un puesto de venta de gasolina robada para el Cartel Del Golfo.
For more than two years, a gas station in this border city worked as a front for the sale of fuel allegedly stolen by Mexico’s Gulf Cartel. State and federal authorities raided the business after an investigation revealed that, since June 2015, the gas station had not been buying gasoline from Mexican Petroleum (PEMEX), the entity in Mexico that controls all of the extraction, refining, and sale of fuel in the country.
Una vez más, hombres armados ejecutaron con total impunidad a un periodista mexicano que había estado exponiendo redes de delincuencia organizada en México.
Once again, gunmen executed with complete impunity a journalist exposing organized crime networks in Mexico.
NUEVO LAREDO, Tamaulipas — Uno de los sicarios del cartel de los Zetas que ha sido relacionado a una matanza e incineración de cientos de víctimas en el estado de Coahuila ya se encuentra en una cartel Mexicana. El Zeta de alta peligrosidad se había estado escondiendo en la ciudad Americana de Chicago de donde fue extraditado.
NUEVO LAREDO, Tamaulipas — An alleged Los Zetas Cartel kidnapper linked to the mass murder and incineration of hundreds in Coahuila was found in Chicago, Illinois. The man was extradited to Mexico.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Un sicario relacionado al crimen organizado que opera en esta región fronteriza falleció en un enfrentamiento con autoridades las cuales trataban de arrestar a una célula de secuestradores. Dias después, autoridades continúan tratando de desarticular el grupo de secuestradores.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — A cartel gunman died during a shootout with authorities who were working to rescue a group of migrants kidnapped from this border city.
The ongoing struggle between the Sinaloa Cartel faction known as Los Salazares and the Beltran Leyva Cartel led to a new wave of violence as gunmen executed six victims in one day near a beach resort.
RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas — Los horrores de la guerra de cárteles que se vive en esta ciudad fronteriza se revelaron una vez mas con el descubrimiento de una narco-fosa. El descubrimiento se llevo acabo en un momento en que grupos rivales del Cartel del Golfo llevan una cruenta lucha por control de la región que ha dejado mas de 158 muertes en balaceras o ejecuciones y un numero sin fin de desaparecidos en la vecina ciudad de Reynosa.
RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas — The horrors of the cartel war in this border city have once again been revealed with the discovery of a new mass grave. The find comes at a time when rival groups from the Gulf Cartel wage war for control of the region–leading to more than 158 deaths through gun battles, executions, and disappearances in Reynosa.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – Un video tomado por un ciudadano en esta ciudad fronteriza después de un enfrentamiento con un cártel parece mostrar a un oficial de policía usando su rifle para acabar con algunos hombres armados del cártel en un vehículo. El video surge cuando esta ciudad fronteriza lleva sufriendo cuatro meses de terror debido a la guerra del Cártel del Golfo por el poder, que ha dejado más de 150 asesinatos confirmados y decenas de desapariciones.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — A video captured by a citizen journalist in the aftermath of a cartel gun battle appears to show a police officer using his rifle to execute some shooters in a vehicle. The video comes as this border city has undergone four months of terror at the hand of the Gulf Cartel’s campaign for local control–leading to more than 150 confirmed deaths.
Leaked police body cam footage reveals the moment when Mexican authorities faced off against a squad of cartel gunmen in the border state of Chihuahua.
