Cartel Violence - Page 35

At least 28 inmates died with five beheaded during a fierce prison riot in the Mexican state of Guerrero–the same day that U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly visited the region to discuss cartel violence.

At least 15 gunmen were killed during a fierce clash between the Sinaloa cartel and their rivals, La Linea, in the southern part of Chihuahua.

PIEDRAS, NEGRAS, Coahuila — A team of gunmen killed a newly reinstated Coahuila state police commander after being tied to an embezzlement scheme. The murder occurred outside a local gym in Saltillo.

NUEVO LAREDO, Tamaulipas — Un jefe de plaza de la zona centro del estado de Tamaulipas perteneciente al cartel de “Los Zetas Vieja Escuela”, fue muerto a cuchilladas en la penitenciaria de Nuevo Laredo, frontera con Texas y donde tenía pocos días del haber sido ingresado.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — 92 individuals have been killed in less than two months in this border city as rival cartel factions continue to fight for control.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — La delincuencia organizada que opera en los estados fronterizos de Nuevo León y Tamaulipas han dejado en claro que tiene una estrecha relación pues delincuentes que salen huyendo de esa entidad son reclutados para continuar con su vida criminal en el otro estado. En el caso mas reciente, dos sicarios responsables por el homicidio de una activista en Tamaulipas fueron arrestados en Nuevo León.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — Two cartel gunmen linked to the murder of an activist mother in Tamaulipas were arrested in Nuevo Leon.

MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — A Mexican cartel operator arrested earlier this month is one of the suspects tied to the murder of a cartel attorney in South Lake, Texas.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — A group of cartel gunmen used machine guns to murder a seven-year-old boy during a failed carjacking in the outskirts of this border city. The Gulf Cartel and has a long history of targeting, extortion, kidnapping, and murdering innocent victims.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Las condiciones de inseguridad que se mantienen en este estado fronterizo han reflejado nulo interés en el paseo de playa, ya que los turistas temen visitar una zona costera que esta cerca zonas donde operan sicarios del crimen organizado.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — The lack of security in this border state is taking a toll on local tourism–beaches in particular–as visitors are required to cross through cartel-controlled territories.

MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities identified the charred remains of an investigative journalist from Michoacán kidnapped a month ago. This is the seventh case of a reporter who covered the government or drug cartels being murdered.

The nonstop theft of fuel by members of Mexico’s Gulf Cartel continues as one of their main income sources. Their actions pose a public security danger as the tankers and trucks they use continue to blow up taking homes, vehicles, and innocent victims with them.

The raging cartel war for control of this city resulted in at least 74 officially-counted murders. Many more victims have been incinerated just south of the Texas border. In early May, Breitbart Texas began reporting on rival factions of the Gulf Cartel fighting for control of this border city. The continuing conflicts resulted in convoys of cartel gunmen roaming the streets looking for their rivals.

MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico’s federal government is blaming American drug demand as a driver for cartel violence after President Trump tweeted about the nation’s crime rates this week.

Mexican authorities captured the top leader of the Knights Templar Cartel after a brief firefight in the Mexican state of Michoacan. The kingpin was previously arrested in 2016 with more than two dozen gunmen but bribed officials to secure a release.

The cartel violence in Mexico appears to have pushed “official” crime statistics to their highest levels in decades. Statistics indicate Mexico is undergoing one of the deadliest seasons recent history–yet they only account for crimes acknowledged by Mexican authorities and overlook the thousands incinerated or “disappeared” by drug cartels.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — Un grupo de pistoleros que presuntamente pertenecen al grupo Zeta, rescataron a ocho menores de edad, que se encontraban purgando diversas condenas de delitos del orden común en el Tutelar para Adolescentes en el municipio de Güémez, al norte de la capital de Tamaulipas, estado vecino con Texas.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — A team of cartel gunmen from one of the factions of Los Zetas rescued eight teenagers serving various prison terms at a juvenile center in the town of Guemez, north of this city.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — Gunmen from the Los Zetas cartel dumped three severed human heads south of this city in the latest chapter of ongoing violence in this region.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – Sicarios del Cártel Del Golfo peleando por el control de esta ciudad fronteriza han vuelto a tomar la práctica de desmembrar a sus víctimas y usar tambos de 55 galones llenos de combustible para incinerar sus restos.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Cartel members fighting for control of this border city are again taking up the practice of dismembering victims and using 55- gallon drums filled with fuel to incinerate the remains.

Four years have passed since state authorities claimed to begin investigating how gunmen with Los Zetas cartel were able to kidnap, murder, and exterminate hundreds of victims from rural communities in this border state between 2011 and 2013. The case became one big cover up.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — One bystander and at least four gunmen died this week as authorities arrested 10 Gulf Cartel members in the latest series of clashes in this city.

MONTERREY, Nuevo León — Por lo menos tres choferes de Uber han sido ejecutados y otros atacados en cuestión de meses en lo que marca una estrategia nueva del crimen organizado. Así como los carteles utilizan a los taxistas como espías y narcomenudistas, ahora las mafias que operan en esta ciudad han estado utilizando a los choferes de Uber.

MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — At least three Uber drivers were executed while others were targeted in a matter of months, indicating a new front in organized crime.

LUBBOCK, Texas – El senador estadounidense Ted Cruz sugirió que los militares de Estados Unidos deberían ser utilizados contra los grupos criminales transnacionales (cárteles) mexicanos. Las declaraciones fueron hechas durante una entrevista en exclusiva con el senador a finales de mayo en el Museo de Agricultura Bayer, en Lubbock, Texas. El senador dejó claro que no estaba sugiriendo una acción militar unilateral de Estados Unidos en México, sino más bien un esfuerzo cooperativo, como se vio en Colombia.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — Rival factions of Los Zetas cartel used machine guns and other weapons during a riot-turned-firefight inside a state prison in this city.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — More than 50 have died in the last month as a result of the raging cartel violence in this border city.

MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — A group of cartel members stealing fuel from an underground line blew themselves up, setting off a large fire that injured two firefighters and one abandoned thief.

A kindergarten teacher did her best to keep her students calm as cartel gunmen and police officers engaged in a series of firefights in this Reynosa, Mexico.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Gunmen from a Mexican drug cartel dragged an unknown man out of a tire shop, shot him in the street, and then threw his body in the bed of a pickup before fleeing the area. The attack took place in broad daylight.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Raging violence continues to take hold of this border city as rival factions of the Gulf Cartel fight for control claimed 36 deaths–including a bystander and one police officer.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Mexican cartel gunmen have begun targeting state police officers in the ongoing violence plaguing this city.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — A recently captured Mexican cartel boss managed to purchase multiple properties in this border city at an estimated value of $2.5 million dollars.

MONTERREY, Nuevo León – Hombres armados del Cártel del Golfo han estado cazando a turistas que regresan a Nuevo León después de haber viajado a las ciudades fronterizas de McAllen y Mission. Los robos de carreteras han sucedido en la ciudad fronteriza mexicana de Reynosa, Tamaulipas; sin embargo, los turistas no reportan los crímenes hasta que llegan al estado de Nuevo León.