A group of Gulf Cartel gunmen murdered a grandmother, her son, and her three grandchildren—one of them only 10-years-old—in the latest chapter of inhuman horror taking place just south of the Texas border.
Cartel gunmen returned most of the 11,500 U.S. visas destined for the U.S. Consulate offices in Monterrey and Guadalajara just days after they hijacked a cargo truck carrying the valuable load. 2,100 visas remain unaccounted for.
Días después de que un grupo de sicarios secuestro un camión de carga con 11,500 visas Americanas destinadas a las oficinas del consulado de Monterrey y de Guadalajara; las regresaron.
Mexican authorities continue to find clandestine radio antennas used by Gulf Cartel members to establish their communication network.
Two high-ranking members within the Gulf Cartel caught in the United States received lengthy prison sentences following plea deals with American prosecutors.
El crimen organizado ha estado usando usa una extensa red de vigilancia para monitorear las ciudades que controla en Tamaulipas como esta ciudad fronteriza. La forma organizada de operar su red de monitoreo le ha permitido al Cartel Del Golfo poder saber y controlar lo que pasa en sus ciudades en tiempo real.
Drug Cartels use extensive surveillance networks to keep tabs on the activity in their cities. The organized surveillance network has allowed criminal organizations such as the Gulf Cartel to know what is happening in their city as it happens.
In a series of events that sound out of place in this border city that has gained notoriety for its violence, corruption and lack of governability, a group of suspected members of the Gulf Cartel tried to bribe authorities in an attempt to avoid capture — they failed.
En un hecho que suena raro en esta ciudad fronteriza la cual ha adquirido fama por su violencia, corrupción e ingobernabilidad, varios presuntos miembros del Cartel del Golfo trataron de sobornar a las autoridades a fin de evitar ser detenidos; fallaron.
A dos semanas y media de que un grupo de sicarios secuestro un camión con 11,500 visas destinadas a los consulados de Monterrey y Guadalajara, el Gobierno Mexicano se ha mantenido callado al respecto.
The Mexican government has remained silent for two and a half weeks after a group of gunmen hijacked a truck carrying 11,500 U.S. visas that were destined for the American Consulates in Monterrey and Guadalajara.
Despite several blows carried out against organized crime along this border region, the Gulf Cartel continues recruiting people and operating within this city and the neighboring areas as well.
A pesar de los seguidos golpes asestados al crimen organizado en esta región fronteriza, las diferentes caras del llamado Cartel Del Golfo sigue reclutando y operando dentro de esta ciudad al igual que en las regiones colindantes.
The gunmen who recently hijacked a cargo truck carrying visas and documents bound for the U.S. consulates in Monterrey and Guadalajara were able to steal 11,500 border crossing cards that had just left this border city.
La guerra en Tamaulipas se ha estado dando en todos los frentes por lo tanto el monitoreo se ha vuelto una estrategia de suma importancia tanto para criminales como para el gobierno. Breitbart Texas, a través del proyecto Cartel Chronicles ha obtenido fotografías exclusivas de la estrategia de vigilancia con cámaras de video usada por el Cartel del Golfo.
The Narco-war in Tamaulipas is being fought on all fronts, therefore surveillance has become a very important strategy for criminals and for authorities alike. Breitbart Texas, through the project Cartel Chronicles has obtained a series of exclusive photographs dealing with the video surveillance strategy being used by the Gulf Cartel.
Blood continues to flow in the streets in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. Suspected cartel gunmen killed at least 22 people over the weekend, in what some government officials describe as disputes between rival cartel members.
The U.S. federal government has formally announced that yet another former governor from Mexico has now become a fugitive sought by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Once again, Mexican authorities have dismantled a complex video surveillance system set up by the Gulf Cartel in order to keep tabs on authorities, their rivals and their future victims.
Eighteen members of the Aryan Brotherhood gang have been sentenced to federal prison for their role in a large-scale methamphetamine distribution network. The Aryan Brotherhood has been known to act as an enforcement and distribution arm for the Mexican Gulf cartel, the transnational criminal organization that controls territory immediately south of the Rio Grand Valley Sector of Texas.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Cartel gunmen once again threw two grenades at public structures, one of which landed in a Federal Courthouse in this border city, injuring innocent civilians and causing panic among unsuspecting residents.
Breitbart Texas viajo a las ciudades fronterizas Mexicanas de Reynosa y Matamoros para reclutar a ciudadanos periodistas dispuestos a arriesgar sus vidas para exhibir a los carteles que amordazan a sus comunidades. Los escritores recibirían una muerte segura a manos del Cartel Del Golfo si no usaran un seudónimo. Breitbart’s Las Crónicas De Carteles serán publicadas tanto en inglés como en su contenido original de Español. Este artículo fue escrito por “AC Del Angel” de Reynosa y por JA Espinoza de Matamoros.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – Una vez más el gobierno de Tamaulipas parece estar tratando de minimizar la percepción pública sobre la guerra contra las drogas la cual está fuera de control, en las ciudades fronterizas.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Once again the Tamaulipas government appears to be trying to minimize the public perception of an out of control cartel war along its border cities.
As Mexico’s security conditions continue to worsen, bipartisan Congressional leaders are demanding answers from Secretary of State John Kerry and asking him why U.S. Consulate Offices in that country should remain open given the out of control violence in that country.
Breitbart Texas viajo a las ciudades fronterizas Mexicanas de Reynosa y Matamoros para reclutar a ciudadanos periodistas dispuestos a arriesgar sus vidas para exhibir a los carteles que amordazan a sus comunidades. Los escritores recibirían una muerte segura a manos del Cartel Del Golfo si no usaran un seudónimo. Breitbart’s Las Crónicas De Carteles serán publicadas tanto en inglés como en su contenido original de Español. Este artículo fue escrito por el escritor invitado @MrCruzStar de Reynosa.
Breitbart Texas traveled to the Mexican border cities of Reynosa and Matamoros to recruit citizen journalists willing to risk their lives and expose the cartels silencing their communities. The writers would face certain death at the hands of the Gulf Cartel if a pseudonym were not used. Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles are published in both English and in their original Spanish. This article was written by guest writer @MrCruzStar from Reynosa.
A series of banners hung throughout the Mexican border city of Reynosa have raised the eyebrows of many residents, and apparently point to a Gulf Cartel commander assuming control of a local crime factions.
Breitbart Texas viajo a las ciudades fronterizas Mexicanas de Reynosa y Matamoros para reclutar a ciudadanos periodistas dispuestos a arriesgar sus vidas para exhibir a los carteles que amordazan a sus comunidades. Los escritores recibirían una muerte segura a manos del Cartel Del Golfo si no usaran un seudónimo. Breitbart’s Las Crónicas De Carteles serán publicadas tanto en inglés como en su contenido original de Español. Este artículo fue escrito por “AC Del Angel” de Reynosa.
The man known as “Comandante Toro,” who runs the Los Metros faction of the Gulf Cartel in Reynosa, has managed to evade a series of recent moves by authorities to capture him. Authorities had captured him in March, however as Breitbart Texas had previously reported, he had managed to negotiate and bribe his way out.
Just days after the U.S. Department of Treasury publicly outed a suspected Gulf Cartel money laundering and drug trafficking network active in both Mexico and Texas, Mexican authorities captured one of its main members.
A fierce gun battle between Gulf Cartel members and the Mexican military left five gunmen dead near the Texas border city of Rio Bravo. The shootout took place when a Mexican military convoy was conducting routine patrols near an intersection on the main highway connecting the city of Rio Bravo with the border city of Matamoros, information released by the Tamaulipas government revealed.
Breitbart Texas viajo a las ciudades fronterizas Mexicanas de Reynosa y Matamoros para reclutar a ciudadanos periodistas dispuestos a arriesgar sus vidas para exhibir a los carteles que amordazan a sus comunidades. Los escritores recibirían una muerte segura a manos del Cartel Del Golfo si no usaran un seudónimo. Breitbart’s Las Crónicas De Carteles serán publicadas tanto en inglés como en su contenido original de Español. Este artículo fue escrito por “JA Espinoza” de Matamoros.
Organized crime continues to intimidate the citizens of Matamoros with three separate grenade attacks in a matter of days.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – The explosion caused by two grenades thrown by suspected cartel members at two federal buildings in this border city set off a massive deployment by federal and state forces on a manhunt to capture the suspects.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — La detonación de dos artefactos explosivos en dos instituciones federales la tarde del jueves, en la ciudad fronteriza de Matamoros genero la movilización de elementos federales de la Marina, Sedena y policía federal, estableciendo un cerco como dispositivo de búsqueda por tierra y aire de los presuntos responsables.
The U.S. government has unmasked one of the main drug traffickers and money launderers for the Gulf Cartel, a man who used his gasoline business in Mexico as a front for operations that reached deep into South Texas.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Mexican authorities have dismantled a massive surveillance system used by the Gulf cartel in a city bordering Texas. The system was made up of surveillance cameras and spread throughout the city. The cameras were placed in as many as 52 different spots on top of light and telephone poles. They were used to send online video to organized crime members about the actions of the average citizen as well as the movements of state and federal authorities, information provided to Breitbart Texas from the Tamaulipas government revealed.
Mexican authorities formally charged two suspected members of the Gulf Cartel with kidnapping 47 people and holding them prisoner in two stash houses in the border city of Reynosa.
Mexican authorities have been working to dismantle a sophisticated clandestine radio network that was used as a communication system by the Gulf Cartel.
