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.
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.
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.
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.
A top supplier for Mexico’s’ Los Zetas and their one-time ally, the Gulf Cartel, was convicted of multiple drug trafficking and laundering conspiracy charges in a U.S. federal court.
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.
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.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — Gunmen from Mexico’s Gulf Cartel are targeting tourists returning to Nuevo Leon from the Texas border cities of McAllen and Mission. The highway robberies are taking place in the Mexican border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas; however, the victims are not reporting incidents until they reach Nuevo León.
A recently arrested Mexican cartel regional leader escaped from authorities by climbing through a window. Instead of locking up the now-fugitive drug lord in a prison, a judge ordered him to be held under house arrest in his mother’s house.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — La guerra sin cuartel que mantiene convulsionada a la ciudad fronteriza de Reynosa, a dejado en evidencia que la ciudad de Matamoros logro blindar su territorio a fin de evitar grupos contrarios.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Despite a raging turf war in Reynosa, Matamoros-based cartel forces have managed to seal their territories from rival factions.
Cartel gunmen injured three Mexican marines during a brazen attack in this border city where they rammed a military SUV causing it to roll over multiple times.
Federal customs officers stopped a shipment of nearly 200 pounds of liquid methamphetamine hidden in the fuel tank of pickup truck crossing the border from Mexico into south Texas. The value of the drugs is estimated by law enforcement officials to be worth nearly $4 million.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Cartel gunmen carried out a series of attacks and kidnappings as the ongoing cartel violence in this city creeps into its third week.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Jailed cartel gunmen were preparing a daring escape by digging a tunnel inside the state prison in this border city. The escape attempt was blocked by authorities who discovered the tunnel before its completion.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — As cartel violence continues to terrorize this border city, a leaked video appears to show teams of cartel gunmen holding a prayer meeting before heading out to commit unspeakable acts of violence. Nine days of ongoing cartel violence have led to 25 deaths including at least one police officer and one innocent bystander.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Cartel gunmen tried to ambush a convoy of police officers in this border city setting off a fierce gun battle that killed an innocent taco vendor, three gunmen, one police officer and injured two other cops. State authorities have confirmed the death of 25 individuals since rival factions of the Gulf Cartel went to war last week.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Mexican authorities are raiding cartel casinos, bars, and seizing unlicensed taxicabs; all part of a concerted effort to target business fronts of the various drug cartels that operate in the state. Authorities seized more than 1460 slot machines throughout the state and seized 26 unlicensed taxicabs.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Mexican cartel members are using armored trucks in their ongoing war for control of lucrative drug trafficking and human smuggling routes near the Texas border.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — More than 20 people have been killed in the raging violence in this city as two rival cartel factions continue to fight for control of lucrative drug and human trafficking routes.
Mexico’s Gulf Cartel took to social media to announce a $500,000 reward for the heads of their rivals. The cartel made the offer on various social media platforms as cartel gunmen unleashed another wave of violence in this city.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — At least 12 individuals have been killed this week in an ongoing cartel war for control of this city. In the most recent day of violence, authorities confirmed the death of five individuals in two separate attacks.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Convoys of cartel gunmen roam the streets of this border city in a fierce war for control. While official government figures do not reflect the magnitude of the clashes; the ongoing violence has led to the streets being empty before nightfall as residents fear crossfire.
The ties between elected officials and the Mexican transnational criminal organizations we call “cartels” do not stop at the U.S.-Mexico border. In many instances, such corruption manifested on the north side of the line. We detail below five such instances where Texas border sheriffs were indicted and sentenced to prison for such ties.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Autoridades en este estado fronterizo han estado llevando a cabo dispositivos de seguridad en varios penales en un intento por evitar motines y fugas por miembros de carteles de la droga.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Authorities in this border state have been carrying out elaborate security raids at prisons to prevent riots and breakouts by cartel members.
Mexican cartel bosses have a history of seeking a safe haven in the United States in an apparent effort to avoid dying at the hands of their rivals or having to shoot it out with Mexican military forces. U.S. law enforcement officers arrested several key cartel bosses after they sought refuge in Texas.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — A series of leaked crime scene images paint a graphic picture of the death of the Gulf Cartel boss known as “El Toro” and “Comandante Toro.”
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Mexican authorities beheaded two of the leading drug cartels in this state believed to be responsible for most of the violence in the region. Authorities killed the leader of the Gulf Cartel and the head of one of Los Zetas factions during the operations.
Many of Mexico’s top leaders are linked to the brutal drug cartels overrunning their country. As Mexico slips further into a failed narco-state, top politicians’ links with drug cartels possibly help explain why.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — In an attempt to save the Holy Week tourist season, Mexican authorities deployed multiple operations along highways that connect this border city with the rest of the state. Businessmen are asking the government that operations become permanent.
