Gulf Cartel - Page 23

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Autoridades detuvieron a dos miembros del Cartel del Golfo los cuales habían estado cuidando una casa que la organización criminal estaba usando para almacenar armas. Después del arresto, los 2 hombres aparentemente comenzaron a llorar cuando las autoridades les tomaron fotografías.

MCALLEN, Texas—Federal agents arrested two suspected Gulf Cartel arms dealers who are accused of recruiting people with the ability to legally purchase weapons on their behalf so that they can have them shipped to Mexico.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — A un año de que la nueva estrategia de seguridad para Tamaulipas fuera implementada por el gobierno federal, la frontera y la zona sur del estado sigue inmersa en una espiral de violencia. Las autoridades han capturado a 14 de los 15 objetivos pero los resultados no se hacen tangibles para la población que vive en constante riesgo.

A year after the Mexican government kicked off their new security strategy for Tamaulipas, the border area, as well as the southern part of the state, remain trapped in a downward spiral of violence.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — In the Mexican border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, the government claims their security “strategy” against organized crime remains active. Despite assurances, the list of kidnapping victims continues to grow.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Violent firefights have once again taken hold along this border area following a renewed firefights between warring factions of the Gulf Cartel and a recent shootout this week between cartel gunmen and the Mexican military.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Se reanudan episodios de violencia en la frontera luego de una serie de enfrentamiento entre grupos del Cartel del Golfo y una reciente balacera esta semana entre sicarios y militares sobre la carretera libre Matamoros Reynosa, dejando como saldo el decomiso de un armamento y un sicario abatido.

Reynosa, Tamaulipas — Tampico Tamaulipas vivió una jornada violenta la semana pasada tras una operación fallida donde se intentó detener al jefe de plaza del Cartel del Golfo en la ciudad. Un grupo especial de SEDENA con el apoyo de la Policía Federal y Fuerza Tamaulipas intentaron el arresto del presunto jefe de plaza, según fuentes en el grupo de coordinación Tamaulipas.

TAMPICO, Tamaulipas — The Mexican port city of Tampico, Tamaulipas, had violent days after an operation aimed at arresting the head of the Gulf Cartel in that city failed. A special task force from the Mexican Army with the support of Federal Police and Fuerza Tamaulipas (vetted state cops), tried to arrest the Gulf Cartel’s plaza boss, according to sources with the Tamaulipas coordination group.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Mexican authorities have formally charged a feared Gulf Cartel boss whose arrest set off a series of fierce firefights and fiery blockades last week throughout this border city when 60 Gulf Cartel gunmen riding in 15 SUVs tried to free their boss.

The capture of a regional boss for the Gulf Cartel set off a fierce firefight throughout the border city of Reynosa. The bustling industrial city was turned into a warzone. Bystanders frantically sought refuge while gunmen and soldiers exchanged gunfire.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – Los cuerpos desmembrados de dos mujeres metidas en hieleras y el cuerpo sin cabeza de un hombre causo terror de las principales plazas comerciales en esta ciudad la cual está a sólo unos pasos de distancia de uno de los puentes internacionales que une esta ciudad región con la ciudad fronteriza de Brownsville Texas.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – The dismembered bodies of two women stuffed into ice chests and the headless body of a man spread terror throughout a large commercial plaza just a few feet away from an international bridge that connects this border city to Brownsville, Texas.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Tras dos ejecuciones de empresarios locales, hoy solamente moños negros limitan las puertas de acceso a los establecimientos, revelando un panorama desolador que se vive a diario en la frontera.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — The Tamaulipas state government and local media are silent after the executions of two local entrepreneurs in recent weeks by drug cartel gunmen. Black ribbons now decorate the doors to their businesses acting as a grim reminder of the daily life in this border city just south of Brownsville, Texas.

A recent statement released by the federal government acknowledged that street gangs in the U.S. work as hired foot soldiers for Mexican and Central American transnational criminal organizations. The revelation was made by U.S. law enforcement after a massive national raid that

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — El ambiente en esta ciudad fronteriza sigue tenso y violento, enfrentamientos y ejecuciones el día a día en la frontera de Tamaulipas.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Clashes and executions are daily occurrences at the border of Tamaulipas, just south of the Texas border with Mexico. The atmosphere in this border city remains strained and violent.

MCALLEN, Texas — The sentencing of a Gulf Cartel commander has been postponed after a federal judge refused to hand down a slap on the wrist. He asked prosecutors and the federal probation office to do more research before sentencing him.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Mexican authorities caught a regional commander of the Gulf Cartel near the Texas border. Despite his ridiculous nickname, he had made a name for himself as one of the fiercest and most cruel enforcers for the criminal organization.

REYNOSA – Una tarde más en la frontera, un día más de peligro en la ciudad de Reynosa Tamaulipas donde esta semana se dieron dos enfrentamientos entre integrantes del crimen organizado y fuerzas federales. El clima sigue tenso en esta ciudad y la violencia no se detiene a pesar de los constantes operativos de fuerzas armadas que se intensificaron después de la nueva confrontación entre grupos dentro del Cartel del Golfo.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas –Another afternoon near the border, another day of shootouts in the border city of Reynosa where earlier this week cartel gunmen and federal forces clashed. The community remains tense in the city and the violence does not stop in spite of the various operations by government task forces that were recently intensified when the various factions of the Gulf cartel went to war.

MCALLEN, Texas — Federal authorities have arrested a key suspect wanted in connection with a 2007 drug conspiracy distribution that pushed ton quantities of marijuana from the Texas border to North Carolina and Mississippi. The arrest of the DEA fugitive comes after the suspect spent more than 8 years on the run. The case is yet another example of how the Gulf Cartel has been able to move ton quantities of drugs across America.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — El secuestro y la extorsión mantienen tomada como rehén a la población de todos estratos sociales en la ciudad fronteriza de Matamoros, imposibilitados ante las autoridades que no cuentan con acciones de respuesta para acabar con este flagelo.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Kidnapping and extortion continue to hold hostage the population of the border city of Matamoros regardless of their social strata. Most recently cartel members have once again resorted to hijacking commercial buses inside the city limits and have also begun making telephone threats and extortions at the brave few citizens that have provided authorities information about the location of illegal gasoline sales.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – It appears the Gulf Cartel has officially gone “tacti-cool” after federal agents arrested a legal alien from Mexico who confessed to having smuggled 50 pistol to carbine conversion kits into Mexico. This is the scene where various factions of the Gulf cartel continue to fight for control of the area.

A group of robbers on the south side of Chicago appear to have taken a page out of the Gulf Cartel or Los Zetas manual for setting up roadblocks in order to carry out violent robberies. Just last week a group of

Cartel gunmen in Matamoros have thrown a grenade at a Mexican TV station near the Texas border for the second time in as many months. The latest attack took place at the Televisa station. This is the same station that in February, Breitbart Texas reported that two employees were injured when Gulf Cartel gunmen lobbed a grenade at the security booth at the entrance.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Las constantes pugnas de grupos dentro de la organización criminal denominada Cartel del Golfo amenazan con una nueva etapa de violencia para la ciudad de Reynosa en Tamaulipas. Una de las pugnas que amenaza con mas violencia tiene que ver con una aparente traición por uno de los mandos del Cartel Del Golfo que se presume dio información de otro comandante y una rápida venganza por la parte afectada.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — The constant infighting within the groups that make up the Gulf cartel point to a new wave of violence coming to in this border city. One of the fights that may bring more violence has to do with the apparent betrayal by one of the commanders who is believed to have tipped off authorities on another commander. That cartel leader answered with a swift revenge and execution.

MCALLEN, Texas – Federal agents arrested an illegal alien who had previously been convicted on drug trafficking after they found more than 5,800 rounds of ammunition destined for Mexico in his home.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — La ciudad fronteriza de Reynosa vivió una noche de terror cuando un intento fallido de apresar a un comandante del Cartel del Gofo desato un enfrentamiento armado en una de las principales avenidas. El enfrentamiento paralizó a la ciudad y aterrorizó a las familias que se divertían en centros comerciales y restaurantes en el cierre del fin de semana.

The border city of Reynosa lived through a night of terror when a failed attempt to capture a Gulf Cartel commander set off a fierce shootout in one of the city’s main avenues. The shootout brought the city to a halt and terrified many families who had been out in shopping centers and restaurants to finish off their weekend.

MCALLEN, Texas – The Tamaulipas government has taken credit for the capture of a high ranking Gulf cartel commander caught in Texas, claiming his capture along with 12 other top capos was part of the Mexican Government’s new security strategy for Tamaulipas.

MCALLEN, Texas – Autoridades mexicanas anunciaron la detención de un jefe Zeta el cual ha sido identificado como el heredero del grupo criminal y la detención de un comandante del Cartel del Golfo (CDG) tras varias redadas. Uno de los mandos criminales trato del sobornar a las autoridades las cuales rechazaron la oferta.

MCALLEN, Texas – Mexican authorities announced the capture of a top commander from Los Zetas who was the heir to the organization, and one from the Gulf Cartel in a series of raids. One of the commanders tried to bribe Mexican police officers but his offer was turned down.