PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — The arrest of various individuals caught trying to pay off voters and other claims of election fraud tainted the recent gubernatorial election in this border state.
A recently arrested Mexican cartel regional leader escaped from authorities by climbing through a window. Instead of locking up the now-fugitive drug lord in a prison, a judge ordered him to be held under house arrest in his mother’s house.
A top politician who at one time served as the Secretary of Finance for the Mexican State of Tabasco is now wanted in the U.S. on money laundering charges. While the man remains in Mexico, federal agents arrested his wife this week in Houston.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — As the border state of Coahuila prepares for its upcoming gubernatorial election, the main issue that resonates with voters is how Los Zetas were able to murder and incinerate hundreds of victims while the government turned a blind eye.
One of Mexico’s most respected newspapers has exposed a series of multi-million dollar bank accounts and transfers made on behalf of the former cartel-linked governor of Coahuila. The Los Zetas cartel-linked former official claims to be the victim of a political attack.
Suspected cartel gunmen killed another award-winning journalist. This year, reporters exposing drug cartels and their ties to Mexican politicians have become targets with five murders taking place in 2017.
Mexican human right groups and multiple news outlets have expressed their outrage after at least 100 cartel gunmen detained and robbed a team of journalists working in the cartel-controlled state of Guerrero.
Cartel gunmen have murdered a woman who led the search for her daughter’s remains and other victims in northern Mexico. The gunmen killed her on the day Mexico celebrates Mother’s Day.
After years of living in fear from a Mexican drug cartel responsible for countless horrors, residents in the border city of Piedras Negras are no longer afraid to call out politicians with family ties to those criminal organizations.
A Mexican state judge from this city allowed a suspected drug trafficker who is a wanted fugitive in the U.S. to regain his freedom. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency listed the fugitive as one of their “most wanted.”
The son of a former Mexican governor fears that U.S. authorities will arrest him when he is expected to travel to a San Antonio, Texas, courthouse for a hearing in connection with an asset forfeiture case.
Un ex-gobernador que ha sido relacionado carteles Mexicanos de la droga fue expulsado de su partido.
A cartel-linked former governor of Coahuila has been kicked out of his political party.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila – Uno de los principales candidatos a la alcaldía en las próximas elecciones en esta ciudad fronteriza es el hermano de un jefe del cártel de los Zetas, además de que otros de sus familiares han pasado tiempo en prisión federal de Estados Unidos por delitos de narcotráfico.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — One of the leading mayoral candidates in the upcoming election in this border city is the brother of a top boss in the ruthless Mexican Los Zetas drug cartel, while other of his relatives have spent time in U.S. federal prison on drug trafficking offenses. Piedras Negras sits immediately across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas.
Muchos de los principales líderes de México están vinculados a los violentos cárteles de la droga que invaden su país. A medida que México se desliza cada vez más hacia un fallido narco-estado, los vínculos de los altos políticos con los cárteles de la droga posiblemente ayudan a explicar el por qué.
Many of Mexico’s top leaders are linked to the brutal drug cartels overrunning their country. As Mexico slips further into a failed narco-state, top politicians’ links with drug cartels possibly help explain why.
A joint news release issued by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his counterparts in Mexico confirm a Breitbart Texas report about where a Mexican governor accused of cartel ties will stand trial.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Las negociaciones del crimen organizado con la actual autoridad municipal en la frontera de Matamoros Tamaulipas, an dejado en evidencia en manos de quien regreso el mando, dejando con ello ganancias millonarias licitas.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — The negotiations between the current municipal authority and organized crime figures tied to the Gulf Cartel demonstrate who has regained control of this border city. The move has brought illicit financial gains by the millions.
Police in Guatemala arrested a second former Mexican governor just days after authorities arrested another Mexican fugitive cartel-linked governor in Italy. Guatemalan police arrested the fugitive governor on organized crime and embezzlement charges.
A cartel-linked fugitive Mexican governor who continues to be on the run is now facing additional charges after authorities unsealed a new indictment.
The accused cartel-linked former governor of the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas claimed in Italian court that he does not want to be extradited to the U.S. for multiple drug trafficking and money laundering charges. The politician faces allegations of being a surrogate of Mexico’s Gulf, Los Zetas, and Beltran Leyva Cartels.
Las autoridades mexicanas afirman que no estuvieron de acuerdo con la futura extradición a Estados Unidos de un gobernador fugitivo buscado en Texas por cargos de narcotráfico y lavado de dinero. Mientras el gobierno de Estados Unidos ha solicitado al gobierno italiano su extradición, México sólo ha solicitado información sobre su ubicación.
Saving face, Mexican officials are claiming they did not agree to the U.S. extradition of a fugitive governor wanted in Texas for drug trafficking and money laundering charges. While the U.S. government has requested from the Italian government his extradition, Mexico has only requested information as to his location.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — After erroneously taking credit for the arrest of a fugitive governor, Mexican officials are backing away from their extradition claims against the United States.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – Las tensiones diplomáticas han surgido entre el gobierno mexicano y el de USA al tratar de proteger a un político corrupto de la extradición hacia Estados Unidos, donde enfrenta cargos por narcotráfico y lavado de dinero.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Diplomatic tensions have arisen over the Mexican government trying to keep a corrupt politician from extradition to the U.S., where he is facing drug trafficking and money laundering charges.
A fugitive Mexican governor singled out as a surrogate for drug cartels has been arrested in Italy.
One of the main news outlets in the Mexican border state of Chihuahua has shut down its operations after the murder of one of its journalists, multiple threats, and the complete lack of security conditions.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Federal authorities have raided a warehouse that was allegedly being used to stockpile emergency supplies-turned election day handouts.
Two Mexican journalists have survived separate assassination attempts in less than a day. The attacks come at a time when three other journalists have been killed in Mexico this year.
The former governor of Chihuahua is believed to be hiding out in El Paso, Texas, to avoid facing multiple corruption charges in his state.
One of the top lawmen in from the Mexican state of Nayarit has been arrested by U.S. authorities in connection with his alleged role as a top cartel figure. The alleged part-time drug lord is believed to have made at least $250 million that federal prosecutors are looking to seize.
SALTILLO, Coahuila — A former Mexican president has accused the former governor of this state of having allowed Los Zetas drug cartel leaders to “live comfortably”.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — La violencia que existe en los penales de la frontera sigue evidenciando el autogobierno que se maneja dentro de las prisiones de la región fronteriza. Esta semana se registro un motín en el Penal de Cadereyta donde 600 internos se manifestaron por el incremento de medidas de seguridad las cuales disminuyeron el trafico de drogas.
The murder of a respected journalist in the Mexican state of Chihuahua appears to be driven by her work exposing the close ties between government officials and the Juarez Cartel. One of those investigations pointed to the mother-in-law of a cartel boss trying to run for mayor, while others looked into how the former governor of that state protected certain criminal organizations.
A Mexican cartel appears to be behind the murder of a respected journalist in the border state of Chihuahua. At the crime scene, cartel members left a note stating that the murder was due to her reporting.
The recent discoveries of new clandestine cartel gravesites with close to 300 human skulls continue to shed light into the horrors that residents of Veracruz endure at the hands of ruthless drug cartels and Mexican politicians who turned a blind eye.
A Mexican socialite is currently in U.S. custody facing federal money laundering charges for her alleged role in helping a former Tamaulipas governor move millions in bribes and embezzled funds into Texas. The case points to a larger conspiracy where key members the upper echelons of high society in that state appear to have taken part in laundering funds for corrupt politicians.
