Matamoros - Page 4

Under heavy guard, U.S. federal agents escorted a former top lieutenant within the Sinaloa Cartel out of the U.S. The man is now set to face trial for two murders in Mexico City.

Un fuerte enfrentamiento entre un convoy de sicarios del cártel y las autoridades mexicanas dejó a cinco pistoleros muertos. Los hombres armados estaban armados con rifles calibre .50, granadas y ametralladoras.

Seeking to distance themselves from the wave of kidnappings that has tormented this city, heavily armed cartel assassins claiming to be part of the Gulf Cartel questioned a cell of alleged kidnappers about their activities and then shot them while their cameras were rolling.

A fierce cartel firefight between a convoy of armed cartel members and Mexican authorities left five gunmen dead. The gunmen had been armed with .50 caliber rifles, grenades and machine guns.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — The lack of security conditions along the highways that lead to this border city continue to be an area under the control of cartel members where they are able to attack police vehicles with complete impunity and make clean getaways.

La alcaldesa de esta ciudad fronteriza ha señalado al crimen organizado de estar detrás de un cierre en el transporte público que ha dejado a los ciudadanos varados. Los cierres parecen estar vinculados a las organizaciones criminales que apoyan a ciertos candidatos, tratando de mantener a la gente fuera de los eventos de otros candidatos.

The mayor of this border city has called out organized crime as being behind a shut down in public transportation that has left citizens stranded. The shutdowns appear to be tied to the criminal organizations supporting certain candidates and trying to keep people out of the events of other candidates.

Days after two separate shootout have left at least eight cartel hitmen dead. The Tamaulipas government has remained tight-lipped and not released any information about the violence.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — El intento por encubrir las actividades de los carteles en esta ciudad fronteriza tras el hallazgo de fosas clandestinas arrebata la esperanza a decenas de familias de recuperar los restos de víctimas desaparecida; o por lo menos de conseguir una respuesta definitiva a lo que les paso a sus seres queridos.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – Técnicos forenses en este estado fronterizo llegaron a un nivel sin precedentes de incompetencia o complicidad de ayudar al gobierno del estado encubriendo el descubrimiento de una fosa clandestina, afirmando que no logran distinguir entre huesos humanos y huesos de animales tales como de las vacas y pollos, después de descubrir una fosa clandestina a menos de 100 yardas de la frontera entre Texas y México. Los mismos técnicos forenses son quienes tienen la tarea de trabajar en las escenas de crímenes violentos en este estado fronterizo.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Mientras que el gobierno de México se mantiene en silencio sobre una narco-fosa que se descubrió justo al sur de la frontera con Texas, un ex sicario que recientemente desertó del Cártel del Golfo habló sobre los horrores que se vivieron lugar en esa zona.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Mexican government officials are once again trying to cover up and minimize the scope of the out of control cartel violence that continues to terrorize this border region by covering up a clandestine Gulf Cartel gravesite used by the criminal group to incinerate and bury the remains of their victims.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Forensic technicians in this border state reached an unprecedented level of incompetence or complicity in helping the state government cover-up the discovery of a clandestine grave by claiming they are unable to distinguish between human bones and animal bones such as those of cows and chickens after the discovery of a clandestine grave less than 100 yards from the Texas-Mexico border. The same forensic techs are the ones that are tasked with going over violent crime scenes in this border state.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — While the Mexican government remains quiet about a clandestine gravesite discovered just south of the border with Texas, a former hit-man who recently deserted the Gulf Cartel spoke out about the horrors that took place in that area.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Mexican authorities have discovered a series of human remains in what appears to be a clandestine gravesite mere yards away from the Texas border that was used by members of the Gulf Cartel to dispose of bodies.

Mexican Federal Police helicopters, soldiers, federal agents and state police officers all took part in a large scale gun battle just south of this border city that killed 8 cartel gunmen.

The most recent bouts of violence have resulted in four separate gun battles that killed four gunmen and one police officer. The raging civil war continues despite the constant assurances by Mexican government officials about the improving security conditions along the Tamaulipas border.

Una vez más la lucha por el control de esta ciudad fronteriza ha resultado en un feroz choque que ha dado muerte a la figura líder del Cártel del Golfo en esta ciudad fronteriza, así como a otras figuras clave.

Once again, the fighting for control of this border city has resulted in a fierce power struggle that appears to have killed the leading figure of the Gulf Cartel in this border city as well as other key figures.

Las dos víctimas más recientes de la ola de violencia que azota esta ciudad fronteriza, fueron torturados y degollados. Casi un día después, el gobierno de Tamaulipas aun no había emitido información alguna sobre el caso.

The two most recent victims of the raging wave of violence that continues to strike this city were tortured and had their throats slit. Almost a day after the murder, the Tamaulipas government had not issued a public statement about the murders.

La ola de violencia entre miembros del crimen organizado y elementos federales no toman tregua en Tamaulipas, luego que Matamoros se suma a las jornadas de terror que vive la población ante la falta de seguridad.

The wave of violence between cartel members and Mexican authorities appears to have no end in this border state where the city of Matamoros has been added to the days of terror lived by residents amid a lack of security conditions.

Dos guardaespaldas asignados a proteger a la alcaldesa de esta ciudad fronteriza fueron encarcelados por autoridades federales en relación con cargos de armas.

Two bodyguards tasked with protecting the mayor of this extremely dangerous Mexican border town have been jailed by federal authorities in connection with weapons charges.

Two Mexican soldiers have been added to the growing number of missing persons in this border city. Instead of searching for one of the soldiers, he has been classified as a deserter by his military institution even though he has gone missing without a clue.

Dos militares Mexicanos se suman a la lista de personas desaparecidas en esta ciudad fronteriza donde la estadística de personas buscadas por sus familiares crece día con día. Uno de los militares en lugar de ser buscado se le considera desertor aunque no se tiene pistas de su paradero.

Once again violence has erupted in this border city as cartel gunmen and Mexican authorities continue to fight for control during fierce gun-battles in broad daylight.

Mexican border businessmen fear that the Zika virus could continue to spread in Mexico and end up damaging the already fragile border economy.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — The appearance of the Zika virus in Mexico has kept Mexican health officials on alert after the country has seen more than 34 cases in recent weeks. In the border city of Reynosa, authorities have confirmed one case.

La violencia fuera de control del cártel que continúa sucediendo en esta ciudad fronteriza ha resultado en la muerte de una niña de 13 años de edad, quien junto con sus padres fueron personas inocentes atrapadas en el fuego cruzado de un despiadado tiroteo entre hombres armados del cártel y autoridades mexicanas. Los peligrosos enfrentamientos dieron como resultado la muerte de siete hombres armados, así como el decomiso de drogas y armas.

Breitbart Texas traveled to the Mexican States of Tamaulipas and Coahuila 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 various cartels

A team of gunmen crashed a party setting off a shootout that killed one man and injured another in an upper class neighborhood in this border city.

Un grupo de hombres armados irrumpieron en una fiesta realizando un tiroteo que mató a un hombre e hirió a otro en un fraccionamiento de clase alta en esta ciudad fronteriza.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas– Continua siendo el secuestro uno de los principales delitos que atentan en contra de los ciudadanos fronterizos. Ante la demanda de la sociedad, un operativo coordinado por parte de elementos federales y estatales, logro desarticular una célula criminal dedicada al secuestro exprés en la ciudad fronteriza de Matamoros.

MCALLEN, Texas — A former Mexican border mayor who remains on the run from the U.S. Department of Justice is trying to fight the seizure of the money he has in Bermuda and a home in the border city of Brownsville, Texas. As part of the documents filed in the case, prosecutors quote an exclusive story by Breitbart Texas.