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Las fuerzas militares mexicanas mataron a nueve sicarios del Cártel del Golfo durante una serie de enfrentamientos en la parte norte del estado de Tamaulipas.

A narco-terrorist organization, the Gulf Cartel, kidnapped three innocent laborers after mistaking them for rivals. The case turned fatal when one of the kidnapping victims died in a car crash along with two cartel gunmen who were moving him.

Officials in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas used their official social media accounts to discredit recent news articles about cartel shootouts. At the same time, these officials made false or misleading claims about the circumstances surrounding the shooting events.

Two drug cartels with a long history of animosity appear to have set their differences aside in an attempt to gang up on a rival organization. The new alliance led to the continued fierce turf war over control of lucrative drug and human trafficking routes into Texas.

One of the cartel gunmen allegedly killed by Mexican Army soldiers after surrendering in a city near the Texas-Mexico border was a migrant from Honduras. The migrant reportedly traveled in one of the caravans of 2019 and then joined the ranks of organized crime.

Government officials announced the investigation into the alleged extra-judicial killing of five cartel gunmen at the hands of a group of Mexican soldiers. The killings allegedly took place in the border city of Nuevo Laredo.

A group of Gulf Cartel gunmen kidnapped five tourists from the United States who were driving across the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas. Mexican authorities managed to rescue the tourists on the same day and over the weekend recovered the vehicles the victims were driving, including a Lamborghini Urus.

El reciente secuestro de dos adolescentes en el estado fronterizo de Tamaulipas ha revelado el uso de vehículos y uniformes policiales clonados por sicarios del Cartel del Golfo para llevar a cabo secuestros y otras operaciones. Los hombres armados se han hecho pasar por miembros de la Guardia Nacional de México.

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 Texas man pleaded guilty to buying a gun for the Gulf Cartel used by gunmen in Mexico during a kidnapping where two U.S. citizens were murdered.

While the governor in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas claims his state is safe, large-scale shootouts involving cartel paramilitary forces and Mexican authorities continue to spread terror among locals. Due to the intensity of one of those shootouts in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, the city’s mayor was forced to send out social media warnings asking the public to shelter in place. Surprisingly, the U.S. Consulate in Nuevo Laredo, which had been diligent in issuing warnings of shootouts in the city, remained silent during the clashes.

Health authorities in Texas issued a public warning about a series of meningitis cases tied to surgeries in the Mexican border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas. One of the five known cases has resulted in a fatality.

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador visited the border cities of Matamoros and Reynosa, Tamaulipas, to inspect the progress in a series of changes to the customs offices. However, during those visits, the president refused to address the growing cartel violence in the state. He instead claimed he had faith in the current governor.

Within a matter of days, Mexican military forces arrested three top cartel leaders from rival factions of the Gulf Cartel and their allies. Authorities say the leaders are partly responsible for a fierce turf war being fought throughout the border state of Tamaulipas.

Mexican authorities denied the violence taking place in the northern part of Tamaulipas. Hours later, they deployed more than 700 military soldiers and national guardsmen to the region.

Public officials in the border state of Tamaulipas are working to marginalize the violence that is spreading through their cities. Violence escalated in recent days as rival cartels fight for control of drug and human trafficking routes. The violence manifested itself in numerous blockades inside multiple cities while convoys of gunmen in armored vehicles fight in the outskirts and along key highways.

Cartel violence continues to escalate in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas, particularly around its capital and surrounding communities as the Gulf Cartel seeks to expand its territories. This move by the cartel brought a rise in violence that is negatively impacting local communities.

Agentes de inmigración mexicanos en Matamoros se han estado quedando sentados cerca de un campamento de migrantes y observando cómo miles de migrantes han estado cruzando a Texas utilizando colchones inflables y balsas improvisadas.

Mexican immigration agents sat around a nearby migrant camp and watched as thousands of migrants crossed into Texas. The migrants used inflatable mattresses and makeshift rafts to cross the Rio Grande.

Migrants in the border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, are in fear of violent reactions by the Gulf Cartel after a group of migrants from Venezuela charged people to cross the waters of the Rio Grande. The move drew the attention of the Gulf Cartel as the criminal organization controls all illegal crossings in the region.

Los migrantes en la ciudad fronteriza de Matamoros temen las reacciones violentas del Cártel del Golfo luego de que un grupo de migrantes de Venezuela cobrara a las personas para cruzar las aguas del Río Bravo. Esa movida llamó la atención del Cártel del Golfo ya que la organización criminal es la que controla todos los cruces ilegales en la región.

An ongoing turf war for control of a key logistical city in the border state of Tamaulipas is spreading terror among locals as new kidnappings and shootouts led to the deaths of innocent bystanders.

Prison authorities in the border state of Tamaulipas covered up the murder in prison of a founding member of Los Zetas. That long-time cartel operator had been a former member of Mexico’s military and had special forces training.

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.

Cartel gunmen and police forces clashed in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, in a chase-turned-shootout. The shootout, which went on for over an hour spread, terror among the local community.

Fierce shootouts between cartel gunmen and Mexican soldiers continue in and around the border city of Nuevo Laredo. The intense shootouts come at a time when politicians claim that the border state of Tamaulipas is safe.

A group of Mexican police officers talked a crying Gulf Cartel gunman into surrendering his gun. The gunman appeared to have been a migrant forced to join the criminal organization. He later asked to be sent back to his home country.

A convoy of Gulf Cartel gunmen surrounded a group of police officers and forced them to release their arrested comrades at gunpoint. The case took place on the same day that Tamaulipas governor publicly claimed that his state was seeing a decrease in violent crime and was currently one of the ten safest in the country.

A Mexican family out gathering wood found a severed human head that unknown individuals left in a field in the border state of Tamaulipas. The gory discovery took place over the weekend in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, as a father and

Una familia que salía a recolectar leña encontró una cabeza humana cercenada que presuntos sicarios habían dejado en un campo en el estado fronterizo de Tamaulipas.

Un funcionario mexicano ligado al Cartel Del Golfo quien fue objeto de una operación policial logró evadir su captura en un helicóptero sin números y sin registro. Durante su escape, miembros del CDG hicieron una serie de amenazas de bomba contra varios edificios gubernamentales, incluida una escuela y un hospital; la evacuación provocó la muerte de dos pacientes.

A cartel-connected Mexican official who was the target of a police operation evaded arrest by flying away in an unregistered helicopter with no tail numbers. During the escape, cartel members called a series of bomb threats to various government buildings including a school and a hospital leading to the death of two patients.

Cartel Gunmen in a convoy of armored vehicles ambushed a group of local police officers in a Mexican state just miles south of the Texas border. The ambush led to a fierce shootout where authorities managed to seize three vehicles — some with heavy armoring.

A Mexican court sentenced four Gulf Cartel members who kidnapped migrants and held them for ransom to 90-year terms in prison following their conviction for aggravated kidnapping. Another cartel member received a 50-year term in prison for a similar but separate crime.

Cartel gunmen captured, murdered, and dismembered one of their rivals and left his remains inside an ice chest next to a posterboard supporting the Mexican military. The gruesome crime scene occurred in Tamaulipas, just a short distance from the Texas-Mexico border.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott launched and quickly won his border battle with four Mexican state governors — and the D.C. establishment is pretending the victory never happened.