Coahuila - Page 4

Miembros del cártel de Los Zetas continúan sus esfuerzos para almacenar armas en esta ciudad fronteriza. En el intento fallido más reciente, las autoridades decomisaron varios rifles de asalto y armamento corporal.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Cartel gunmen in this border city continue kidnapping groups of migrants looking to make their way into Texas. The attackers demand hefty ransoms and threaten to murder their victims if families to not adequately respond.

A Mexican police dog from the border state of Coahuila earned attention on social media after it appears to smile in a photograph following the arrest of a street-level drug pusher.

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.

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.

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 — A cartel gunman died during a shootout with authorities who were working to rescue a group of migrants kidnapped from this border city.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — State authorities arrested two former police officers suspected of pushing drugs and carrying out other duties for the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Mexican authorities continue investigating yet another murder in this border state as members of Cartel Jalisco New Generation seek control over lucrative drug trafficking routes.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Two mortar shells, an antitank rocket, and various grenades were among the items turned in this week during a gun buyback in this border state.

SALTILLO, Coahuila — Despite efforts by state authorities to keep various cartels from fighting over the region, violent executions continue.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — State police officers captured a team of drug smugglers that were getting ready to move a load into Texas. The seizure comes at a time when authorities have stepped up operations to prevent cartel violence.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — State authorities cracking down on escalating violence in the region arrested a heavily armed cartel operator in this Mexican border city. The collar comes after one of Mexico’s most dangerous organizations announced their intention to take over the state.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — The recent execution of a suspected smuggler points to rival cartels once again facing-off for control of this border city and its lucrative smuggling routes into Texas. Gunmen stole a vehicle in Texas to carry out a hit in Mexico.

Authorities in the Mexican border state of Coahuila are on high alert after receiving credible threats of imminent violence by one of the country’s most notorious drug cartels. The messages indicate a new turf war and offers accusations of corruption at the highest levels of the state government.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Police officers from this border state killed a regional leader with Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel during a gun battle.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — A week-long manhunt led authorities to arrest a man wanted for kidnapping, raping, murdering, and disposing the body of a 12-year-old girl in this border city.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Police in this Mexican border state continue to hunt for two Los Zetas gunmen who escaped a battle by driving to Texas and back without U.S authorities stopping them. Contrary to information released by Washington, the shooters remain at large.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Two cartel gunmen fleeing from a raging gun battle with Mexican authorities ran through U.S. border security measures twice as they crossed into Texas and back; using their vehicle to ram barriers.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Two members of Los Zetas Cartel were given lengthy prison sentences for their roles in the disappearance and likely incineration of various victims in this border city.

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) is requesting that the International Criminal Court (ICC) open probes into the mass disappearances and cartel exterminations in the Mexican border state of Coahuila.

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.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Mexican authorities shut down a clandestine radio network used by suspected members of Los Zetas south of the Texas border.

A former top-ranking leader within Los Zetas cartel was given three separate life sentences on multiple murder, drug trafficking, money laundering, and weapons charges to be served in the United States. The Zeta received protection from the Mexican government and is one of the individuals responsible for the mass incineration of victims in the border state of Coahuila.

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.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — A former governor singled out in U.S. and Spanish courts as a surrogate of Los Zetas cartel lost his bid for Mexico’s Congress and a chance at receiving prosecutorial immunity.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Anger continues to spread among residents as more allegations and evidence indicate efforts to steal the recent gubernatorial election appears to have been carried out on behalf of the ruling party.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — The arrest of various individuals caught trying to pay off voters and other claims of election fraud tainted the recent gubernatorial election in this border state.

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.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — As the border state of Coahuila prepares for its upcoming gubernatorial election, the main issue that resonates with voters is how Los Zetas were able to murder and incinerate hundreds of victims while the government turned a blind eye.

One of Mexico’s most respected newspapers has exposed a series of multi-million dollar bank accounts and transfers made on behalf of the former cartel-linked governor of Coahuila. The Los Zetas cartel-linked former official claims to be the victim of a political attack.

After years of living in fear from a Mexican drug cartel responsible for countless horrors, residents in the border city of Piedras Negras are no longer afraid to call out politicians with family ties to those criminal organizations.

A Mexican state judge from this city allowed a suspected drug trafficker who is a wanted fugitive in the U.S. to regain his freedom. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency listed the fugitive as one of their “most wanted.”

A cartel-linked former governor of Coahuila has been kicked out of his political party.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila – Uno de los principales candidatos a la alcaldía en las próximas elecciones en esta ciudad fronteriza es el hermano de un jefe del cártel de los Zetas, además de que otros de sus familiares han pasado tiempo en prisión federal de Estados Unidos por delitos de narcotráfico.