The government of Mexico announced that a member of the country’s National Guard, who published a video last week claiming his bosses and colleagues were working with local drug cartels, was found dead along with two other victims.
News outlets in Mexico are claiming that a group of soldiers from the U.S. Army crossed into Mexico while they were reinforcing the border fence. The issue sparked some tensions when Mexican military forces asked them to leave, but the troops stayed in their spot until they finished their task.
The Government of Mexico confirmed that 25 Mexican National Guardsmen, one prison guard, and an innocent woman died in a series of terror-style attacks that were a direct response to the killing of Ruben Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, the leader of the terrorist organization Cartel Jalisco New Generation.
Two Mexican soldiers were kidnapped by a convoy of more than two dozen cartel gunmen in the Mexican state of Hidalgo after the troops stopped a tractor‑trailer hauling stolen fuel. The brazen daylight abduction left one serviceman dead and the other hospitalized.
A group of migrants in southern Mexico clashed with immigration officials as they tried to round up women and children and take them to a shelter instead of having them spend the night in a park. The members of the caravan claim not to be headed for the U.S.-Mexico border but to Mexico City instead, with hopes of getting legal status to stay in that country.
Authorities in Mexico arrested 11 members of the country’s National Guard for protecting an alleged cartel fuel theft operation in Central Mexico. The arrest comes at a time when the U.S government has singled out the theft of fuel and its underground market as one of the biggest revenue makers for drug cartels in Mexico.
A member of Mexico’s National Guard pleaded guilty to using his position to help a car theft ring that was supplying vehicles from Texas to the Gulf Cartel in Mexico.
Un miembro de la Guardia Nacional de México se declaró culpable de usar su posición para ayudar a una red de robo de autos que suministraba vehículos al Cártel del Golfo en México.
On Monday, ABC News Correspondent Matt Rivers reported from an area of the border that was “highly-trafficked” “just up until a few weeks ago, until this new deployment of Mexican National Guard troops all along the border, some 10,000 Mexican
On Monday, ABC News Correspondent Matt Rivers said that after Mexico agreed to send additional National Guard troops to the border in the wake of negotiations between the United States and Mexico after the threat of tariffs by President Donald
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to send 10,000 troops to its northern border as one of the ways to stop a 25 percent tariff from the Trump administration temporarily. The concession comes after days of grandstanding by the Mexican president, who publicly claimed she would stand up for her country’s sovereignty.
A man accused of trying to hijack a commercial airliner in Mexico and trying to get the pilot to fly him to the United States is now accused of trying to disarm a federal officer and carjack a police vehicle during an escape attempt.
Authorities in Mexico rescued 22 migrants being held by cartel gunmen at a ranch in southern Mexico. The rescue came after a fierce gun battle where a soldier and a police officer died during the clash with more than 15 gunmen.
A group of Gulf Cartel gunmen set fire to a state police armored vehicle after a violent shootout just south of the Texas border. The gunmen outnumbered and outgunned a squad of police officers. The officers were forced to run away after military and federal police forces (National Guard) refused to answer their calls for help.
Three members of Mexico’s National Guard are facing state charges in connection with the sexual assault of an underage female in the popular beach destination of Isla Mujeres. Despite the arrest, state authorities are trying to cover up the issue that the three suspects are members of Mexico’s National Guard and were on duty during the sexual assault.
A convoy of Mexican National Guard soldiers shot at two female political candidates in the state of Jalisco, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) claimed.
Un miembro de la Guardia Nacional de México murió y tres más necesitaron atención médica de emergencia después de haber consumido fentanilo en su día libre. Las autoridades han tratado de mantener el caso en secreto, sin embargo, esta situación apunta hacia la corrupción generalizada dentro de las fuerzas de seguridad mexicanas.
A Mexican national Guardsman died, and three others needed emergency medical care after they consumed fentanyl on their day off. Authorities tried to keep the case under wraps. However, the issue points to the widespread corruption within Mexico’s security forces.
A Mexican migrant woman and her two sons drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande from Mexico into Texas. The drowning comes as the Coahuila-Texas border continues to be one of the main hotspots for illegal border crossings, leading to six fatalities in 12 days.
Mexican authorities stood down any efforts to contain a new migrant caravan that embarked this week from the southern part of Mexico. Authorities are currently escorting the groups and providing crowd control. Calling themselves the Poverty Exodus (Exodo de la
Mexican troops rescued a Texas woman after cartel gunmen had kidnapped her during a cross-country drive toward Belize. The kidnapping comes as the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas continues to be one of the most dangerous places in Mexico.
Mexico’s National Guard is escorting a new migrant caravan traveling through southern Mexico as the group makes its way to the U.S. border. The new caravan comes when tensions continue to build in the U.S. where Texas has set up barriers on the waters of the Rio Grande to deter migrants from making the dangerous Rio Grande crossing.
La Guardia Nacional de México escolta a una nueva caravana de migrantes que viaja por el sur de México para intentar llegar a la frontera con Estados Unidos. La nueva caravana llega en un momento en que las tensiones continúan aumentando en los Estados Unidos, donde estados como Texas han establecido barreras en las aguas del Río Grande para evitar que los migrantes crucen y soliciten asilo.
The recent kidnapping of two teenagers in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas revealed the use of cloned police vehicles and uniforms by Gulf Cartel gunmen to carry out enforcement operations. The gunmen impersonated members of Mexico’s National Guard.
A group of Mexican National Guardsmen is being accused of firing nearly 90 rounds into a vehicle being driven by an innocent family killing three victims including a pregnant woman and her unborn child.
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.
Mexico’s lower congressional chamber held a midnight vote that gave ultimate control of their civilian federal police force to the nation’s military. The move sparked much controversy as Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) and his party had campaigned to de-militarizing the country as a way to diminish the rampant cartel violence.
San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents teamed up with the Government of Mexico to disrupt a human smuggling operation and seized weapons and makeshift ladders in the Otay Mountain region.
A group of gunmen suspected of being part of Los Zetas shot at a Mexican state police helicopter injuring the pilot. The wounded pilot quickly landed the aircraft while bleeding profusely.
Federal authorities in Mexico detained 81 Central American migrants who had entered their country illegally. The group told officials they were headed for the U.S. border. Authorities described 44 of the 81 migrants as being underage.
A Mexican National Guardsman faces a murder charge in connection with the death of a city official in Central Mexico. The alleged murder is over what authorities are calling a love triangle. The federal law enforcement officer is also expected to face additional charges after exchanging gunfire with police and injuring a local cop in an attempt to escape.
Un miembro de la Guardia Nacional de México enfrenta cargos de homicidio en relación con la muerte a tiros de un funcionario municipal en el estado de Puebla en lo que las autoridades llaman un triángulo amoroso. También se espera que el oficial federal enfrente cargos adicionales después de intercambiar disparos con la policía municipal y herir a uno de ellos en un intento de escapar.
Officials in Mexico say they expected a spike in mass migration in 2021 due to the impact of natural disasters, failed economies, and the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Agreements made by the Trump Administration and Mexico regarding immigration, asylum, and border security made a significant impact on stopping the recent Honduran migrant caravan, says the incoming deputy chief of the U.S. Border Patrol.
Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf praised Mexico for its actions to secure the border between that country and Guatemala. His comments come after National Guard troops and immigration officials held off hundreds of Honduran caravan migrants attempting to illegally cross their border.
A group of mostly Honduran caravan migrants began throwing rocks at Mexican security forces as they attempted to illegally cross the border from Guatemala on Monday.
At least 4,000 Honduran migrants crossed the border into Guatemala with the intent of entering Mexico and making their way to the United States. The number continues to rise despite Guatemalan efforts to stem the flow of northbound Honduran migrants.
Mexican authorities managed to hold off approximately 1,000 Central American migrants who tried to force their way through its southern border with Guatemala.
Police arrested three members of Mexico’s newly formed militarized National Guard police force for the alleged kidnapping of a 14-year-old teen in the state of Guerrero. Authorities took the three National Guard members into custody along with an adult civilian male. The arrests came during a joint operation by investigative anti-kidnapping personnel from the state prosecutor’s office of the states of Mexico and Guerrero.
Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector apprehended more than 3,500 migrants who illegally crossed during a three-day period this week. The flow continues despite efforts by the Mexican government to reverse the trend.
