Investigators of the Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office arrested 15 members of a Mexican border state municipal police force, including their commander, earlier this week for allegedly protecting drug cartels. The arrests took place in the border state of Chihuahua in the municipality of Ciudad Madera.
Mexican authorities arrested a retired Army general in connection with an ongoing investigation into the large-scale theft of fuel as part of an organized crime money-making scheme. The general was responsible for providing security for Mexico’s state-owned oil company (Pemex). The investigation also implicates another top general who was the chief of security for former Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.
Las autoridades mexicanas han arrestado a un general retirado del Ejército en relación con una investigación sobre el robo de combustible a gran escala. El general trabajaba como uno de los encargados de seguridad para Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex); la investigación también implica a otro general de alto rango que era el jefe de seguridad del ex presidente mexicano Enrique Peña Nieto.
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he is very sorry that the infamous drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman will spend the rest of his life in an inhumane prison.
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.
Cartel gunmen murdered a municipal police director from the Mexican city of Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, while driving into the state capital on Tuesday. The attack occurred at approximately 2 p.m. as he drove his duty vehicle along the highway into the city of Chihuahua accompanied by a bodyguard who gunmen also murdered.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon – A top lieutenant with Mexico’s Gulf Cartel failed in his attempt to bribe federal police officers who caught him with drugs and weapons in his vehicle. The arrest occurred as he tried to reach the Texas border with a large quantity of cocaine.
The son of one of the top leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel testified that former Mexican President Vicente Fox’s chief bodyguard worked for them. The bodyguard was one of several top military figures that received large cash bribes in exchange for favors and information.
A former Mexican border state governor who has been linked to drug cartels and is a current U.S. fugitive is one step closer to standing in front of a federal judge in Texas. The former governor lost his request for an injunction he had filed to stop his extradition to the U.S.
The Secretary for Public Security in Tijuana announced the arrests of six kidnappers including an active duty Tijuana municipal police officer and the rescue of a female kidnapping victim.
La organización criminal que controla esta ciudad ahora ha ampliado su operación a la extorsión al exigir el pago de cada automóvil importado de Texas.
The drug cartel that controls this city has branched out their extortion operations by demanding payment for every used car that is imported from Texas.
Oficiales de la policía estatal en la ciudad de Reynosa suenan la alarma luego de que los líderes de seguridad de las instituciones les den ordenes de no luchar contra el crimen organizado.
State police officers in the city of Reynosa blew the whistle on their commanding officers telling them to stand down when it comes to fighting cartel operators.
A former state police officer, recently outed as having taken bribes from cartel linked human smugglers, claims police officers kidnapped her and tortured her before leaving her for dead near this border city.
Mexican law enforcement agents arrested a former top official with the Tamaulipas government in the border city of Matamoros on state embezzlement charges. That official is also a fugitive in Texas where he faces multiple charges including money laundering and bank fraud.
A recent article by National Public Radio aimed at portraying Mexico’s immigration enforcement and checkpoints in a positive light overlooked allegations of corruption against Mexican federal agencies and did not speak with law enforcement officials.
