Gulf Cartel - Page 12

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.

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.

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.

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 — 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.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Una mujer perdió la vida cuando manejaba por una de las principales avenidas de esta ciudad fronteriza cuando en la hora pico del trafico sicarios de grupos rivales comenzaron a disparar por todas partes. Otras dos personas inocentes fueron heridas durante el enfrentamiento, mientras que sicarios realizaron varias ejecuciones en varios puntos de la ciudad.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — A woman driving through one of the main avenues of this border city was killed when rival cartels began spraying gunfire. Two other innocent motorists were also hit in other areas.

RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas — Cartel gunmen trying to target a local public official brazenly roamed the streets of this border city firing weapons outside of the mayor’s office.

RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas — An SUV with cartel gunmen fleeing from authorities crashed into this border city’s mayor’s office, setting off a short battle that caught bystanders by surprise.

Once calm beach resort areas like Cancun and Playa Del Carmen are becoming prized territories for drug cartels, according to recent narco banners hung in the cities.

RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas — Mexican military forces fought off a cartel attack in this border city. The incident led to hundreds of rounds exchanged between soldiers and gunmen.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — En respuesta a posibles ataques como los que se han estado viendo en ciudades fronterizas, autoridades estatales realizaron una serie de simulacros y entrenamientos para prepararse ante una posible eventualidad. Los simulacros se llevaron acabo luego que recientes bloqueos y balaceras que dejaran copadas sus oficinas.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — In preparation for future cartel attacks like those seen in various border cities, state authorities carried out a series of training scenarios to prepare for continuing violence. The drills come after a spate of shootouts and cartel blockades overwhelmed Mexican authorities at their headquarters.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Eight innocent bystanders and motorists were injured in a cartel skirmish as rival gunmen squared off near a shopping center in one of this border city’s main avenues. The fighting led to at least one shooter dying.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Cartel gunmen incinerated three of their suspected rivals in an ongoing war for the past three months that led to more than 137 confirmed deaths in this border city. The bodies were found near one of the many industrial parks–it remains unclear if the victims were alive when torched.

McALLEN, Texas — Federal authorities arrested a former chief and current police sergeant for his role in allegedly helping Mexico’s Gulf Cartel move cocaine and marijuana through his jurisdiction. The Texas cop claimed that he needed money to pay for his upcoming bid for county constable after a failed attempt for the Hidalgo County Sheriff position.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Cartel gunmen continue spreading terror throughout this border city with two separate grenade attacks in as many days.

GUEMEZ, Tamaulipas — Authorities in this border state continue to probe the discovery of a clandestine grave site found in an area that continues to be fought over by rival cartel factions.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Mexico’s Gulf Cartel managed to build a training camp in this border city with guard towers, walls, drill areas, and a garage for outfitting vehicles with armor plating.

Gunmen with the Gulf Cartel threw a grenade at the entrance of a hotel along one of the main avenues in this border city. The attack was an apparent attempt to intimidate police forces who have been cracking down on their operations.

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.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — A team of cartel gunmen executed the man responsible for trying to clean up the prisons in this border state and injured several others. The victim received prior threats from the drug cartels that operate near Texas.

DIAZ ORDAZ, Tamaulipas — Mexican soldiers seized more than three tons of marijuana destined for Texas. Cartel smugglers hid their load in a grain shipment.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Ante la severa manifestación de violencia que se mantiene en el estado de Tamaulipas, a consecuencia de los secuestros, inseguridad carretera, enfrentamientos y ejecuciones en diferentes ciudades, la Cámara de Comercio no bajara la guardia y continuara promoviendo al estado.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Despite the raging cartel violence that continues to take place in the border state of Tamaulipas resulting in ransom kidnappings, highway robberies, shootouts, and gory executions, a local chamber of commerce is not giving up its effort to promote the region for tourism and investment.

SAN FERNANDO, Tamaulipas — En dos enfrentamientos separados en dos días, soldados mexicanos se han visto abrumados por las fuerzas del Cártel del Golfo, resultando con tres soldados muertos por disparos del cártel y otros siete resultaron heridos durante los enfrentamientos. Los soldados lograron matar a tres hombres armados y decomisaron armas.

SAN FERNANDO, Tamaulipas — In two separate firefights in as many days, Mexican soldiers found themselves overwhelmed by Gulf Cartel forces, resulting in three killed by cartel gunfire and seven others injured. Troops did manage to kill three gunmen and seized weapons.

MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexican authorities are trying to downplay the kidnapping of a Spanish woman by cartel gunmen in Tamaulipas. The victim’s relatives are now going public with their grievances.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Gulf Cartel gunmen once again fired their weapons at innocent families traveling from Monterrey to Texas. The criminals fired their weapons when a vehicle traveling along the highway refused to stop during a carjacking.

VALLE HERMOSO, Tamaulipas — Cartel gunmen riding in a nine-vehicle convoy murdered an innocent bystander and injured a state cop during an ambush.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Members of Mexico’s Gulf Cartel were caught trying to dig their way out of a border state prison through a 300-meter tunnel.

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.

An illegal alien has been arrested by Texas authorities after allegedly killing a two-year-old boy while he was drunk driving.