Tamaulipas

A top enforcer with Mexico’s Gulf Cartel died during a fierce shootout that left four people dead — including a young child. Two other innocent victims were struck by the gunfire. The cartel enforcer was the first such person to

Mexican authorities in the state of Tamaulipas stopped more than 15 buses with approximately 400 to 500 migrants heading to the border with Texas. Once the migrants got off the buses, they continued walking north while several motorists gave them rides.

Three cartel gunmen died in a fierce shootout with authorities when their vehicle caught fire and their bodies were incinerated. That shootout is one of several that took place during recent days in the Mexican border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas.

A group of Gulf Cartel gunmen broke out one of their commanders from police custody at a Mexican border city hospital. That commander had been injured and captured while successfully rescuing one of their top regional bosses earlier this week. Police recaptured the commander after several hours police.

Autoridades en el estado fronterizo de Tamaulipas están investigando a varios soldados activos y exsoldados del Ejército Mexicano por su papel en el rescate de un alto mando del Cártel del Golfo que estaba en custodia policial.

A video broadcast on Fox News’s Sean Hannity Show captured the desperate cries from migrants almost drowning during an attempt to cross the Rio Grande into Texas. A human smuggler from Mexico finally came to the rescue.

A Mexican federal judge issued an arrest warrant for the governor of the border state of Tamaulipas for organized crime and money laundering charges. Authorities also ordered the freezing of accounts linked to the governor and various other individuals.

Central American diplomats and Mexican government officials held a short memorial in the spot where a group of state police officers murdered and incinerated 16 Guatemalan migrants. A couple of hours later, cartel gunmen killed five rival cartel members just a few miles away.

Shootouts, carjackings, armed robberies, and other violent crimes plague the Mexican border city of Reynosa as two rival factions of the Gulf Cartel fight for control. The violence in the region continues despite claims by government officials of a decrease in crime.

The face of an obscure figure surfaced as the man leading a cartel’s attacks in one border region as they fight for drug trafficking routes and fuel theft territories. These cartel forces are linked to several attacks on police units including the murder of a police chief who supported a rival organization.

A police officer in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas is under investigation following allegations of recruiting other cops as hitmen and using law enforcement information to lead an intelligence unit for Los Zetas.

A shootout in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon confirmed a report by Breitbart Texas about a change in tactics by the Gulf Cartel. Instead of using armored SUVs and other high profile vehicles during the daytime, the criminal

A fierce cartel shootout rocked a Mexican border city as gunmen fired hundreds of rounds of ammunition. The attack is the most recent clash between cartels battling over control of lucrative smuggling routes into Texas. The clash took place just hours before a cartel smuggler in Texas ran thru a border checkpoint as he tried to escape authorities by fleeing to Mexico.

Human smugglers in Mexico stuffed 71 migrants, including a two-year-old child, in the back of a tractor-trailer in an attempt to reach the Texas border. The driver of the vehicle, apparently connected to Mexico’s Gulf Cartel, ran a police checkpoint in the border state of Nuevo Leon and fought with police while trying to get away.

Traficantes de personas pusieron a 71 migrantes, incluyendo a un niño de dos años de edad, en la caja de tráiler en un intento de llegar a la frontera con Texas. El conductor del vehículo, que aparentemente está relacionado con el Cártel del Golfo de México, se paso  un puesto de control policial en el estado fronterizo de Nuevo León e incluso peleó con la policía mientras intentaba escapar.

The Mexican border state of Tamaulipas announced the rollout of a special forces police unit equipped with air surveillance and armored vehicles. The move by the state police is aimed at securing key parts of the state as cartel violence continues to be one of the main concerns in the region.

Cartel gunmen left a severed human head and fired their guns in the air outside of the home of a Mexican border state police investigator. The investigator was behind key enforcement actions against the criminal organization. The threat comes more than a year after a team of cartel gunmen tried to kill the investigator in his home.

Agentes de la policía estatal en la ciudad fronteriza de Nuevo Laredo están en alerta máxima después de que un oficial comenzó a mostrar síntomas que pudieran ser del coronavirus (COVID-19). Ese oficial fue puesto en cuarentena mientras se realizan los estudios correspondientes.

State police officers in the border city of Nuevo Laredo are on high alert after one officer began to show coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms. Officials placed that officer under quarantine while testing takes place.

Cartel gunmen carried out out a successful drive-by attack on a Mexican military building. The building is located just a few blocks from an international bridge that connects the border city of Matamoros to Brownsville, Texas. One Mexican marine sustained a serious injury in his back during the attack.

Un grupo de sicarios pudo llevar a cabo con éxito un ataque contra un edificio militar mexicano a solo unas cuadras de un puente internacional que conecta la ciudad fronteriza de Matamoros con Brownsville, Texas. Un infante de marina mexicano resultó gravemente herido en la espalda durante el ataque, que se produce cuando la ciudad fronteriza comienza a ver un aumento en la violencia del cartel.

ROMA, Texas — During a recent border tour, Breitbart News visited an unsecured section of the Texas border with Mexico. Across the river, the “crown jewel” of the Gulf Cartel — Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas.

Good Samaritans inside a Reynosa, Tamaulipas, bank rescued a kidnapping victim as his abductors were forcing him to empty his accounts. The border city customers rushed the suspect, helping the victim escape until the police arrived.

Autoridades estatales de Tamaulipas han arrestado a un importante mando del Cártel del Golfo a pocas millas al sur de la frontera con Texas. El narco-líder es conocido como el segundo al mando de una de las facciones involucradas en una feroz guerra territorial.

Mexican border state authorities arrested a top Gulf Cartel lieutenant a few miles south of the Texas border. The cartel operator is known as the second in command of one of the factions engaged in a fierce turf war.

Three Mexican border states officially joined forces in an attempt to crush the violent drug cartels that have been plaguing their communities. The agreement calls for the sharing of intelligence, sealing up of their state borders, and cooperation during raids

Trauma doctors and public health officials in Mexican border cities called for increased security protocols in the wake of the region’s continuing cartel gun battles. The doctors claim additional security is necessary, particularly when wounded cartel gunmen and police end up at the same hospital.

El repunte de  violencia que se siente por todo el estado y en particular en las ciudades fronterizas ha resultaron en que médicos y los hospitales en que laboran pidan una nueva serie de protocolos de seguridad.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — The Mexican government granted an extradition request filed by the United States for a former cartel-linked Tamaulipas governor facing money laundering charges in Texas.

A team of Mexican gunmen killed a migrant from this border city who was trying to get to Texas by crossing the Rio Grande. The murder occurred during a failed robbery and possible kidnapping attempt.

Un hombre de esta ciudad fronteriza que trataba de llegar a Texas cruzando el Rio Bravo fue muerto a balazos por un comando armado. El asesinato se llevo a cabo durante un asalto y posible intento de secuestro.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — A makeshift incendiary device believed to be a Molotov cocktail ignited inside this border city’s cathedral, spreading panic among residents. Authorities remain tight-lipped about the investigation.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — Un grupo de 137 migrantes fueron metidos en la caja de un trailer en un intento de hacerlos llegar a la ciudad fronteriza de Reynosa para después ser cruzados a Texas. Los migrantes fueron detenidos por la Policía Federal de Mexico al acercarse a la capital del estado.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — A group of 137 migrants were stuffed inside the cargo area of a tractor-trailer to get them to the border city of Reynosa and eventually cross into Texas. They were detained and tended to by Mexican Federal Police officers not far from the state capital of Tamaulipas.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — Autoridades estatales catearon una compañía de grúas que tiene una larga historia de estar ligada al crimen organizado con el presunto fin de ayudar a sus actividades criminales en este estado fronterizo. Durante el cateo, los investigadores encontraron múltiples cajas llenas de droga al igual que paquetes de droga que se cree estaba siendo escondidos en en partes de automóviles; también encontraron falsos documentos judiciales utilizados para encubrir el presunto robo de vehículos.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — Authorities raided a towing company believed to have a long history of working with drug cartels in this border state. They found several boxes of drugs being packaged into car parts and fake court documents to cover up the alleged theft of vehicles.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Autoridades de este estado fronterizo rescataron a docenas de animales exóticos que habían sido abandonados en un zoológico que se sospecha pudiera estar relacionado con el Cartel del Golfo. Durante una redada por las autoridades, los investigadores no solo encontraron animales débiles y desnutridos, sino que también incautaron diversas cantidades de drogas, incluidas marihuana y cocaína.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Authorities in this border state rescued dozens of exotic animals left behind at an abandoned zoo believed to be linked to the Gulf Cartel. The raid yielded injured, malnourished animals and various quantities of drugs including marijuana and cocaine.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Grupos rivales del Cartel del Golfo una vez más se enfrentaron en feroces batallas armadas que esparcieron terror entre los residentes de la ciudad. El último brote de violencia viene tras la reciente muerte de uno de sus líderes.

VALLE HERMOSO, Tamaulipas — Autoridades estatales se movilizaron para localizar y derribar un equipo de radiocomunicación usado por miembros del Cartel Del Golfo quienes operan en esta ciudad cercana a la frontera con Texas.