MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Mexican cartel smugglers continue trying to find new ways to bring drugs into the country. From backpackers wading over the Rio Grande to makeshift ferries used to move loaded vehicles, organized criminals continue to use this border city as launch pad to move large shipments.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — While authorities and cartel gunmen have been fighting for days Reynosa, this border city has managed to avoid most of the recent violence. However during a recent gun battle, one of the most feared cartel leaders allegedly responsible for having incinerated hundreds of victims was killed.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — The U.S. Department of State continues to classify Mexico as a country with a high potential for kidnapping and other crimes due to the lack of security measures for travelers. This city is among the areas deemed high risk.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Two cartel gunmen died during a fierce shootout with state police officers. The skirmish set off a series of blockades and other violent incidents pointing to a yet unconfirmed larger operation.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Fearing stiffer immigration enforcement in the coming months, approximately half of the Mexican nationals who had traveled through this city on their way to their hometowns claim they will not be returning to the United States, city officials said.
Los miles de turistas que se espera visiten esta ciudad fronteriza y las ciudades Tejanas por las fiestas navideñas han quedado desprotegidos por autoridades federales dejándolos a merced del crimen organizado.
Mexican federal authorities are leaving thousands of tourists who are expected to visit this border city, and other cities in Texas, for the Christmas holidays without protection from and at the mercy of the drug cartels that control this area.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Pese a que se mantiene bajo una tensa calma esta ciudad fronteriza, funcionarios estatales de la nueva administración reconocen que los homicidios dolosos registrados aquí, son el resultado del ajuste de cuentas entre miembros del crimen organizado.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Despite a tense sense of calm hovering over this border city, state officials with the new administration confirmed that the majority of the murders are tied to brutal cartel turf wars.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — A un poco mas de dos años de su desaparición se instalan en Matamoros panorámicos de la Procuraduría General de la República ofreciendo una recompensa de hasta de un millón 500 mil pesos por información que pueda conducir a obtener información de sobre personas desaparecidas.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — More than two years after their kidnapping, Mexican authorities have placed billboards offering a cash reward for any information that could lead to missing individuals.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — En los meses de que un nuevo alcalde asumiera el control de esta ciudad, han resurgido casinos, bares y giros negros los cuales son parte de la estructura del crimen organizado que opera en esta zona.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — In the months after a new mayor assumed control of the city, casinos, bars, and other businesses used by cartel members in this region have seen a resurgence.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – Médicos en esta ciudad fronteriza se han visto obligados a cambiar sus rutinas y seguir varios protocolos de seguridad luego de que miembros del cártel han comenzado a buscarlos para secuestro.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Doctors have been forced to change their routines and follow various security protocols after cartel members have begun targeting them for kidnapping.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Los líderes de dos de los carteles mas poderosos de Mexico se reunieron en esta ciudad fronteriza con el fin de reforzar alianzas, trazar nuevas rutas y territorios para el trafico de drogas y discutir la lucha con sus rivales.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — The leaders of two of the most powerful drug cartels in Mexico gathered to strengthen alliances, draw new routes and territories for the smuggling of drugs, and discuss battle plans against shared rivals.
VALLE HERMOSO, Tamaulipas — Three members of a carjacking crew have been kidnapped, murdered, and incinerated in this rural city south of the Texas border by members of the Gulf Cartel.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — A man suspected of murdering three victims and kidnapping a fourth in this city is believed to have crossed the border into Brownsville, Texas.
Autoridades federales extraditaron a un paramilitar mexicano buscado en su país natal por la emboscada fatal en contra de un convoy de activistas internacionales. El ciudadano Mexicano que fue encontrado en Nueva York, había sido deportado dos veces anteriormente.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — A female kickball coach from Brownsville, Texas has been criminally charged in connection with kidnapping a 14-year-old female and taking her to Mexico.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — La presunta reubicación de un interno y la lucha por el poder al interior de la prisión estatal en esta ciudad fronteriza desataron un motín que dejo cinco personas heridas y varias secciones en llamas.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — The relocation of a prisoner and a power struggle inside set off a riot that injured five and left some sections in flames.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — La alcaldesa en esta ciudad fronteriza tomo una acción directa al encuartelar e ordenar la investigación de 40 oficiales del cuerpo de transito municipal.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas– The mayor of this border city has taken direct action against 40 officers with the transit police by ordering them to be confined to their headquarters while the City carries out an internal investigation.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Una vez mas estallo la violencia en esta ciudad fronteriza donde tres personas inocentes incluyendo una mujer embarazada resultaron heridos. Dos sicarios también fallecieron en el enfrentamiento.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — More violence erupted in this border city where three innocent bystanders including a pregnant woman were shot. Two gunmen also died in the gun battle. Matamoros sits immediately across the U.S.-Mexico border from Brownsville, Texas.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — The former mayor of this Mexican border city was seen having breakfast with relatives and friends, despite being a wanted fugitive of the U.S. Department of Justice.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A murder suspect who had managed to elude authorities for more than six years has been caught living as an illegal alien in the Mexican border city of Matamoros.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – El ex alcalde de esta ciudad fronteriza ha caído en otro de sus desvaríos delirantes afirmando que el decomiso de los bienes por el gobierno de Estados Unidos no es más que un ataque de los medios de comunicación. El ex alcalde llamó aberrante que los funcionarios de otro país estén auditando al gobierno de México.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — The former mayor of this border city has gone on another of his delusional rants claiming that the seizure of assets by the U.S. government is nothing more than a media attack. The former mayor called it “abhorrent” that officials from another country were auditing the government of Mexico.
Dos personas inocentes que estaban manejando por esta ciudad fronteriza fueron heridas luego de que sicarios del Cartel del Golfo y militares se enfrentaron y persiguieron por mas de tres horas.
Two innocent motorist were shot and injured during a fierce gun battle and series of chases between Gulf Cartel gunmen and Mexican soldiers that went on for more than three hours.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — La fallida estrategia de seguridad por parte del gobierno establece nuevos parámetros en esta ciudad fronteriza, donde el mismo crimen organizado ha tratado de disminuir el crimen común en un intento de disminuir la atención del publico. Los carteles parecen estar teniendo éxito el crimen común, algo que el Estado de Tamaulipas no ha podido hacer.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — The failed strategy by the Mexican government has created a new issue in this border city where organized crime has tried to diminish common crime in an effort to lower public attention. Drug cartels appear to be succeeding in lowering common crime, something that the State of Tamaulipas has failed in.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Al menos 4 pistoleros abatidos en esta ciudad fue el saldo de persecuciones y enfrentamientos registrados entre elementos de las fuerzas federales y miembros del crimen organizado.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — At least four gunmen died overnight in a series of battles between Mexican federal forces and members of the Gulf Cartel.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Sicarios del Cártel del Golfo (CDG) interrogaron y ejecutaron a cinco integrantes de una banda de asaltantes y extorsionadores que operaban en esta ciudad fronteriza.
MATAMOROS , Tamaulipas — Gunmen trying to flee from authorities crashed into a public transportation van and injured three innocent passengers. Unofficial accounts point to two gunmen dying in the crash as well. The gun battle and crash took place just miles south from the Texas border.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — A retired gunman who spent more than 30 years as a triggerman for the Gulf Cartel, recently committed suicide. The case has become a much discussed topic in this border city, since the gunman was from a time when drug cartels did not victimize average citizens. From the 1960s to the 1990s, the Gulf Cartel and other criminal empires were not tied to human smuggling, kidnapping, extortion or other crimes that affected the general public.
