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Public officials in the border state of Tamaulipas are working to marginalize the violence that is spreading through their cities. Violence escalated in recent days as rival cartels fight for control of drug and human trafficking routes. The violence manifested itself in numerous blockades inside multiple cities while convoys of gunmen in armored vehicles fight in the outskirts and along key highways.

Several vehicles seized during a day of shootouts revealed that the fearsome narco-terrorist Cartel Jalisco New Generation appears to be operating in the border state of Tamaulipas. The deadly cartel is allegedly working in an alliance of sorts with one faction of the Gulf Cartel.

Cartel violence continues to escalate in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas, particularly around its capital and surrounding communities as the Gulf Cartel seeks to expand its territories. This move by the cartel brought a rise in violence that is negatively impacting local communities.

Migrants in the border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, are in fear of violent reactions by the Gulf Cartel after a group of migrants from Venezuela charged people to cross the waters of the Rio Grande. The move drew the attention of the Gulf Cartel as the criminal organization controls all illegal crossings in the region.

A woman from South Texas who traveled to Mexico to visit relatives during Easter became the latest victim of murder in the border state of Nuevo Leon. After being missing for several days, authorities confirmed the discovery of her body on a ranch in that border state.

A group of Mexican police officers talked a crying Gulf Cartel gunman into surrendering his gun. The gunman appeared to have been a migrant forced to join the criminal organization. He later asked to be sent back to his home country.

The investigation into a kidnapping that turned fatal after one of the suspects shot a fellow would-be kidnapper by accident led to another suspect’s arrest. The case is reportedly tied to a dispute between human smuggling groups connected to the Gulf Cartel.

The son of the ultimate leader of the Gulf Cartel will spend more than eight years in a U.S. prison for coordinating the shipment of weapons into Mexico for the criminal organization once led by his father. He was on supervised release at the time of his arrest. The narco-heir has a long history of prior convictions on weapons charges and is currently facing multiple charges in a Texas court for a violent stabbing in the border city of Brownsville.

Mexican state investigators seized a Lamborghini, raided a cartel clinic, and even seized a Matamoros city ambulance as part of the hunt for the cartel boss alleged to be behind the fatal kidnapping of four U.S. citizens.

The FBI has confirmed that cartel gunmen shot and kidnapped four U.S. citizens in the border city of Matamoros on Friday. Mexican authorities are minimizing the case by claiming that an innocent bystander was the only victim of the shooting.

A group of Gulf Cartel gunmen clashed with a group of rivals in the border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas. Following the shootout, gunmen were seen taking the bodies of some of the dead. The intensity of the shootout and the expectation of future violence led government officials to cancel school activities for the rest of the day.

A group of cartel gunmen dumped a severed human head inside an ice chest in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon. The case is the second of its kind in two days as rival drug cartels fight for control of local smuggling routes to Texas.

A cartel-connected Mexican official who was the target of a police operation evaded arrest by flying away in an unregistered helicopter with no tail numbers. During the escape, cartel members called a series of bomb threats to various government buildings including a school and a hospital leading to the death of two patients.

Mexico’s president claimed to be moving a large deployment of soldiers to one of his country’s most violent states, Zacatecas. The deployment follows a cartel attack where gunmen killed one of the top leaders of Mexico’s National Guard.

Cartel Gunmen in a convoy of armored vehicles ambushed a group of local police officers in a Mexican state just miles south of the Texas border. The ambush led to a fierce shootout where authorities managed to seize three vehicles — some with heavy armoring.

Federal authorities in Texas arrested a man believed to be a top operative for the Gulf Cartel this week. During a raid in Brownsville, other men and women potentially tied to the criminal operation were also apprehended.

A Mexican court sentenced four Gulf Cartel members who kidnapped migrants and held them for ransom to 90-year terms in prison following their conviction for aggravated kidnapping. Another cartel member received a 50-year term in prison for a similar but separate crime.

A raging cartel turf war spread terror throughout the Mexican state of Zacatecas. Rival criminal organizations form various alliances, often turning on each other while fighting for control of lucrative routes to border states to the north.

Cartel gunmen captured, murdered, and dismembered one of their rivals and left his remains inside an ice chest next to a posterboard supporting the Mexican military. The gruesome crime scene occurred in Tamaulipas, just a short distance from the Texas-Mexico border.

Sicarios del Cártel del Golfo capturaron, asesinaron y desmembraron a uno de sus rivales para luego dejar sus restos dentro de una hielera, junto a un mensaje apoyando al Ejército Mexicano. La curenta escena del crimen está a poca distancia de la frontera entre Texas y México.

The son of the ultimate leader of the Gulf Cartel pleaded guilty to trying to smuggle rifles from Texas to Mexico while on parole. The troubled cartel heir has a history of arrests in Texas and still faces assault charges in a Brownsville bar stabbing incident.

The murder of a Mexican border state prison guard by suspected Gulf Cartel gunmen at her home appears to be revenge for three homicides inside a detention facility. Prior to the killing, cops arrested four other prison guards in connection with the murders.

The Texas Military Department and Department of Public Safety officials issued a warning to law enforcement officers and soldiers working along the state’s border with Mexico. The warnings of possible retaliation from members of the Gulf Cartel follow the arrest in recent days of a key leader.

Mexican authorities arrested an elusive top leader within Mexico’s Gulf Cartel. The feared drug lord has been arrested two times in the past only to be released by federal judges. It is the second successful high-value target operation this week.

A group of Gulf Cartel gunmen and police forces clashed in the streets of the capital of the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas causing panic among locals. A gunman carjacked a local woman while trying to flee and gunfire struck an innocent bystander during the clash.

The son of the ultimate leader of the Gulf Cartel tried to run a cell of smugglers while on U.S. court-ordered supervised release. During that time, he bragged on social media about efforts to expand power while terrorizing Texas residents at nightclubs.

Mexican federal authorities arrested a group of smugglers who fled from U.S. authorities and drove through a port of entry into Mexico in an attempt to escape. Citizen journalists documented the chase and the conclusion.

El caos se extendió en una ciudad fronteriza mexicana cuando un grupo de sicarios del Cártel del Golfo se enfrentó a las fuerzas policiales estatales. La mayoría de los pistoleros lograron escapar, sin embargo las autoridades lograron detener a dos de ellos e incautaron dos vehículos y armas.

Chaos spread in a Mexican border city as a group of gunmen from the Gulf Cartel clashed with state police forces. Most of the gunmen escaped as authorities managed two arrests. Police also seized two vehicles and weapons.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Unknown gunmen dumped the bodies of two men executed cartel-style near a local public park. The men were shot in the head, their arms and legs were tied, and their faces covered with t-shirts as hoods.

The owner of a popular gun store and a pawn shop in South Texas faces federal charges for allegedly selling thousands of ammunition rounds to Mexican nationals illegally in the U.S. While court documents do not specify it, it is common knowledge in the area that the bulk of illegal ammunition sold in the region is smuggled into Reynosa or Matamoros, Tamaulipas, to supply the Gulf Cartel.

A Mexican border state police officer tasked with restoring the peace in the southern part of Tamaulipas is reportedly operating as a commander of one of the most violent drug cartels in Mexico. Authorities are now offering a reward for his capture.

Cartel gunmen hung the bodies of 13 men from two separate highway overpasses in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. The gory executions come as the state is seeing a record-setting number of murders as rival cartels fight for control of a series of highways that connect border states with the rest of Mexico.

A top enforcer with Mexico’s Gulf Cartel died during a fierce shootout that left four people dead — including a young child. Two other innocent victims were struck by the gunfire. The cartel enforcer was the first such person to

The number of arrests of deported sex offenders, felons, and gang members continues to spike in multiple sectors along the U.S.-Mexico Border. Recent cases include Mexican cartel members.

A group of cartel gunmen shot and killed a Mexican local police chief who had just taken office hours earlier in the border state of Nuevo Leon. The murder took place on Thursday night in the municipality of Cadereyta, just