A team of cartel gunmen began to fire indiscriminately into a crowd of tourists — killing two and injuring at least six others — in Mexico’s resort town of Acapulco. A young girl shot multiple times by the cartel gunmen died at a local hospital.
Suspected Mexican cartel gunmen murdered yet another Mexican reporter in the resort state of Baja California Sur. The attack marks the fourth murder of a Mexican journalist within a matter of weeks.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — El homicidio de un hombre cuyo cuerpo fue encontrado junto con un narco-mensaje anuncia que la violenta lucha entre carteles volvio a llegar a esta zona fronteriza.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — A Texas couple who had crossed into this border city to go grocery shopping were apparently shot at by a military helicopter during a cartel gun battle. The couple’s newer model SUV appears to have been mistaken for a cartel vehicle. The Mexican military claims they did not fire at the vehicle.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas– Dos presuntos sicarios han sido detenidos en relación al homicidio de tres mujeres cuyos cuerpos fueron encontrados en fosas clandestinas en esta ciudad. Los sicarios eran pertenecientes a una de las varias células delincuenciales de lo que alguna vez fue el Cartel de los Zetas.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — Two suspected gunmen have been arrested in connection with the murder of three women whose bodies were found in clandestine graves in this city. The gunmen are members of a Los Zetas Cartel faction.
MIGUEL ALEMAN, Tamaulipas – Una serie de feroces enfrentamientos En esta ciudad fronteriza con Texas, el fin de semana dejó un resultado de cuatro hombres armados del cártel muertos y el arresto de otros dos, mientras agentes de la policía estatal de Tamaulipas pudieron incautar más de una tonelada de marihuana.
MIGUEL ALEMAN, Tamaulipas — A series of fierce weekend gun battles near the Texas border led to the death of four cartel shooters and the arrest of two others as Tamaulipas state police were able to seize more than one ton of marijuana.
One of the main news outlets in the Mexican border state of Chihuahua has shut down its operations after the murder of one of its journalists, multiple threats, and the complete lack of security conditions.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — More than 400 Mexican soldiers have been deployed to this border city as part of an ongoing security strategy aimed at targeting various Gulf Cartel cells in the region.
State police officers and numerous officials gathered in Ciudad Victoria to provide full police honors to a fallen comrade.
Two Mexican journalists have survived separate assassination attempts in less than a day. The attacks come at a time when three other journalists have been killed in Mexico this year.
SALTILLO, Coahuila — A former Mexican president has accused the former governor of this state of having allowed Los Zetas drug cartel leaders to “live comfortably”.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — La violencia que existe en los penales de la frontera sigue evidenciando el autogobierno que se maneja dentro de las prisiones de la región fronteriza. Esta semana se registro un motín en el Penal de Cadereyta donde 600 internos se manifestaron por el incremento de medidas de seguridad las cuales disminuyeron el trafico de drogas.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León. — This week, roughly 600 inmates inside the Cadereyta Prison rioted over the increase in security measures aimed at keeping drugs out.
The murder of a respected journalist in the Mexican state of Chihuahua appears to be driven by her work exposing the close ties between government officials and the Juarez Cartel. One of those investigations pointed to the mother-in-law of a cartel boss trying to run for mayor, while others looked into how the former governor of that state protected certain criminal organizations.
CIUDAD VICTORIA — Dozens of Los Zetas cartel members escaped from the state prison in Ciudad Victoria escaped after setting fires and starting riots since earlier this week. The cartel-connected inmates escaped through a tunnel. Inside the prison, inmates continued running
Authorities continue to investigate how 29 suspected cartel members were able to successfully break out of the state prison in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas. The prison escape utilized a 120-foot tunnel.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — The out-of-control violence in this city continues to spread, targeting bystanders as well. While cartel gunmen usually engage each other or Mexican authorities, average citizens continue to be the targets of kidnapping and extortion.
Citizen journalists in the rural communities of Chihuahua recorded scenes of despair caused by a fierce clash between members of the Juarez Cartel. The fighting left at least eight people dead and four police officers injured.
Mexican authorities continue to look into how another journalist was murdered in Veracruz, making him the 20th killed in that state in the past six years.
As many high school and college students around the country plan their annual spring break vacations, the U.S. State Department warns against travel to Mexico.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — One of the key leaders of a faction of the Los Zetas Cartel was forced to perform oral sex and other humiliating tasks by his rivals while inside a state prison in this border state.
ROMA, Texas — Three fishermen riding a boat in Texas waters were shot by suspected cartel gunmen from the Mexican side of the border. One was killed while two others sustained injuries.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — A leaked video that was allegedly taken inside a prison in this border state revealed how a group of cartel members dressed their rivals in lingerie and mocked them as they were forced to clean various cells.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Autoridades en este estado fronterizo continúan investigando el hallazgo de un cuerpo desmembrado que fue dejado en un tambo de basura en la capital de este estado. En un aparente intento de minimizar el terror en la sociedad, autoridades estatales están llamando la ejecución de la víctima un crimen pasional.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Authorities continue to look into the discovery of a dismembered body that was left inside a trash dumpster in the state capital. In an apparent attempt to minimize terror among its citizens, state authorities are calling the gruesome execution a crime of passion.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — El mas reciente homicidio en esta ciudad fronteriza apunta a un posible patrón donde el crimen organizado podría estar ejecutando trabajadores y dueños de deshuesaderos de vehículos mejor conocidos como yonkes.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — The most recent murder in this border city points to a possible trend where organized crime members could be targeting workers and owners of local car junkyards.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — State police officers were able to rescue a local notary public who had been kidnapped earlier this week and arrested one of the kidnappers.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Un grupo de sicarios de uno de los carteles que opera en este estado fronterizo ejecuto, desmembro y embolso a tres víctimas las cuales fueron dejadas en una camioneta junto a una cartulina con un narco-mensaje.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — A group of gunmen from one of the cartels operating in this border state executed, dismembered, and bagged three victims. Their remains were left in the bed of a truck with a poster bearing a narco-message.
Narco-terrorism is thriving near Texas as one of the Mexican cartels controlling the U.S.-Mexico Border is resorting to ISIS-like beheading videos to intimidate rivals and to scare the civilian population into complete compliance. The cartel, Los Zetas, is fighting for control of lucrative border drug and illegal immigration corridors into Texas. Breitbart Texas obtained exclusive video of Los Zetas’ narco-terror which can be viewed in full on LiveLeak.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Mientras que el la vecina ciudad de Reynosa los enfrentamientos continúan a la orden del día, esta ciudad recientemente ha podido evitar mucha de la violencia. Sin embargo, durante un enfrentamiento reciente aparentemente murió uno de los líderes del crimen organizado presuntamente responsable de haber cocinado a cientos de personas en las afueras de la ciudad.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — While authorities and cartel gunmen have been fighting for days Reynosa, this border city has managed to avoid most of the recent violence. However during a recent gun battle, one of the most feared cartel leaders allegedly responsible for having incinerated hundreds of victims was killed.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Authorities in this border city continue to look into the most recent execution of a newspaper hawker shot and dumped into the waters of the Rio Grande. This murder marks the ninth violent death in 2017.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Autoridades en esta ciudad fronteriza continúan investigando la mas reciente ejecución donde un voceador de periódico fue baleado antes de ser arrojado a las aguas del Rio Bravo. Con este homicidio ya son 9 ejecuciones en esta zona desde principios de año.
The ongoing hunt for the leader of the Gulf Cartel in this border city has led to more than nine days of continuous gun battles. The clashes resulted in the deaths of at least 14 individuals –including most of the gunmen. Anecdotal accounts by residents place the death toll much higher.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila – Una compra regular de armas de las autoridades estatales en este estado fronterizo tomó un giro único cuando un hombre llevó una caja con siete granadas.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — A regular gun buy-back held by state authorities took a unique turn when a man brought a box with seven grenades.