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.
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.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — One of the leading mayoral candidates in the upcoming election in this border city is the brother of a top boss in the ruthless Mexican Los Zetas drug cartel, while other of his relatives have spent time in U.S. federal prison on drug trafficking offenses. Piedras Negras sits immediately across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas.
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.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — The murder of a man whose body was found next to a narco-message reflects renewed violence in this border region as rival cartel factions continue to fight for drug territories.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Federal authorities have raided a warehouse that was allegedly being used to stockpile emergency supplies-turned election day handouts.
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.
Mexican officials arrested four members of the Sinaloa cartel in the southern part of this border state. The four are charged with attempting to move drugs for street level distribution.
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.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Traficantes de droga siguen utilizando las aguas del Rio Bravo para mover drogas hacia los Estados Unidos tomando ventaja de la falta de seguridad fronteriza en el lado norte del río.
