The U.S. Department of the Treasury has identified and sanctioned two Mexican banks and one brokerage firm over their alleged role in helping multiple cartels launder millions of dollars.
Un grupo de sicarios secuestró y mató a un hombre de Texas que había cruzado a la ciudad fronteriza mexicana de Reynosa para pagar impuestos del predial sobre una propiedad que el tenía allí.
A group of gunmen kidnapped and killed a Texas man who had crossed into the Mexican border city of Reynosa to pay real estate taxes on some property he owed there.
An ongoing investigation into a ranch just south of the Texas border with Mexico led to the discovery of six human torsos. The dismembered bodies were unearthed in what investigators believe is yet another killing field used by the Gulf Cartel.
A recently captured lieutenant with Los Zetas spent a little over a year in South Texas, hiding from his rivals before returning to Mexico to unleash extreme violence in the region. This cartel figure is credited with masterminding a large-scale attack that killed two Mexican soldiers and one police officer while injuring eight others in response to the recent arrest of his wife.
Con casi total impunidad, el Cártel del Golfo en Tamaulipas ha logrado expandir su control hasta el punto de operar como un gobierno alternativo en la ciudad fronteriza de Matamoros. Gracias a este control, todos los negocios, incluyendo vendedores de comida, florerías e incluso personas que piden dinero en la calle, deben pagar una cuota semanal de protección al Cártel del Golfo, quien opera una enorme base de datos del comercio de la ciudad e incluso utiliza a funcionarios municipales para recaudar los fondos.
With almost complete impunity, the Gulf Cartel expanded its control in Tamaulipas to the point where it operates as an alternative government in the border city of Matamoros. Through this control, all businesses, including food vendors, flower shops, and even
The Gulf Cartel continues to send teams of gunmen into Texas to steal four-door vehicles and smuggle them into Mexico to resupply their paramilitary wing. The ongoing crime wave leads to regular high-speed chases and, at times, vehicle carjackings at gunpoint. The Gulf Cartel is one of six cartels labelled as foreign terrorist organizations by the Trump Administration.
Los cárteles mexicanos están aumentando el uso de drones para reemplazar a los “halcones” o espias que monitorean la actividad de los agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza estadounidense en la frontera. Según informes, los drones están reemplazando a los exploradores humanos, que frecuentemente eran menores de edad.
Gunmen with the Gulf Cartel are believed to be responsible for a series of attacks just days after authorities arrested a regional leader from that criminal organization.
A group of cartel gunmen abducted, murdered, and incinerated a group of musicians in the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. Desperate relatives held protests, vigils, and even blocked access to international ports of entry in an attempt to get government officials to act and not ignore the case, like the thousands of missing persons cases that have been taking place throughout the state of Tamaulipas in recent years.
Federal authorities arrested several members of a cartel-connected Houston-based drug ring that allegedly used taco trucks to store and distribute different kinds of drugs. The group reportedly moved large quantities of multiple drugs including heroin, meth, cocaine, mushrooms, pills and marijuana.
Los cárteles mexicanos están aumentando el uso de drones para reemplazar a los “halcones” o espias que monitorean la actividad de los agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza estadounidense en la frontera. Según informes, los drones están reemplazando a los exploradores humanos, que frecuentemente eran menores de edad.
The Gulf Cartel continues to send teams of gunmen into Texas to steal four-door vehicles and smuggle them into Mexico to resupply their paramilitary wing. The ongoing crime wave leads to regular high-speed chases and, at times, vehicle carjackings at gunpoint. The Gulf Cartel is one of six cartels labelled as foreign terrorist organizations by the Trump Administration.
El Cártel del Golfo ha estado enviando grupos de pistoleros a Texas para robar vehículos de cuatro puertas e introducirlos de contrabando en México para reabastecer a su rama paramilitar. La actual ola delictiva provoca persecuciones frecuentes a alta velocidad y, en ocasiones, robos de vehículos a punta de pistola. El Cártel del Golfo es uno de los seis cárteles que la administración Trump ha catalogado como organizaciones terroristas extranjeras.
A Utah oil magnate and his family are free on bond as they await trial on federal money laundering charges tied to a complex cartel oil smuggling scheme. The family members are charged with smuggling more than $300 million in cartel oil into Texas and then selling it.
With almost complete impunity, the Gulf Cartel expanded its control in Tamaulipas to the point where it operates as an alternative government in the border city of Matamoros. Through this control, all businesses, including food vendors, flower shops, and even panhandlers, are required to pay a weekly protection fee to the Gulf Cartel. The cartel operates a massive database of the city’s commerce and even uses city officials to collect the funds.
Officials in the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, are sounding the alarm after their transit police officers received a threat from alleged Gulf Cartel members for having stopped them over traffic infractions. The Gulf Cartel is one of six Mexican criminal organizations branded as Foreign Terrorist Organizations by the U.S. Department of State.
A Mexican politician who was recently deported after spending time in a U.S. federal prison is now behind bars in Mexico. The former governor of Tamaulipas is facing new charges tied to his support for drug cartels. The Mexican government spent years protecting the politician.
Authorities in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas remain tight-lipped about the recent rescue of 21 victims who had been abducted by cartel gunmen and were apparently in the process of being conscripted into the criminal organization. Government officials have been actively trying to cover up the mass kidnapping and rescue while claiming that the region is safe.
Federal agents deported a Mexican politician who spent years on the run before spending many years in a U.S. prison on money laundering charges tied to embezzled funds and cartel bribes. During his time on the run, the former governor of Tamaulipas, Mexico, had protection from the Mexican government and even had police officers assigned as his bodyguards.
Authorities arrested a Texas woman who allegedly tried to smuggle $270,000 in cash into Mexico. The woman claimed to have been hired to move the cash on this and prior occasions.
Federal authorities arrested a reputed Gulf Cartel commander who was hiding out in the border city of Brownsville, Texas. The cartel commander illegally entered the country and was operating in the region before his arrest.
An ongoing investigation into a ranch just south of the Texas border with Mexico led to the discovery of six human torsos. The dismembered bodies were unearthed in what investigators believe is yet another killing field used by the Gulf Cartel.
Un exalto funcionario policiaco del estado fronterizo mexicano de Nuevo León, exigio públicamente que se investigue al presidente estadounidense Donald J. Trump por proteger a Los Zetas e Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada. Este mismo exfuncionario fue objeto de varias investigaciones por parte de Breitbart Texas por corrupción, encubrimientos y protección a cárteles de la droga durante su mandato como jefe de las fuerzas del orden en Nuevo León.
A group of activists discovered a cartel-connected killing field near the Mexican border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. In an abandoned property, activists found more than 14 separate burn sites, metal drums, and hundreds of bone fragments.
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.
Authorities in Mexico rescued a U.S. citizen who cartel gunmen kidnapped as he was driving along a Mexican highway at night. The kidnapping comes at a time when Mexico has been under extreme pressure to stop drug cartels, which operate with impunity in many parts of the country.
In three separate events in the Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector, agents seized nearly 560 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of $18 million. Two seizures occurred at a fixed highway checkpoint after routine immigration inspections. The third seizure resulted from a roving patrol stop initiated by Border Patrol agents. The three seizures were reported within hours of each other on Sunday morning.
The U.S. Department of State designated six Mexican drug cartels, the Salvadoran Mara Salvatrucha and the Venezuelan Tren De Aragua gang, as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, confirming a prior report by Breitbart Texas. The New York Times has mistakenly reported that the list included a Colombian cartel that was not designated as such.
A dangerous cell from the Gulf Cartel has been terrorizing the central part of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas with complete impunity despite a heavy presence of military, federal, and state police forces. The cell also caused problems for the rest of the Gulf Cartel for their widespread kidnapping of innocent women to rape them, senseless killings, and violence which has terrorized locals. Mexico’s government continues to turn a blind eye.
Una peligrosa célula del Cártel del Golfo ha estado aterrorizando la parte central de Tamaulipas con total impunidad, a pesar de que hay una fuerte presencia de fuerzas militares, federales y estatales en la región. La célula incluso ha causado problemas al Cártel del Golfo por múltiples raptos de mujeres inocentes que después son violadas, múltiples asesinatos sin sentido y violencia que ha aterrorizado a los lugareños, sin embargo, el gobierno de México sigue haciéndose de la vista gorda.
The Trump administration is preparing to designate a series of Mexican drug cartels and two from Central and South America as foreign terrorist organizations. The move comes as Mexico continues to experience unprecedented levels of violence, including the widespread use of landmines and improvised explosive devices, despite empty government claims that crime has decreased and impunity has ended.
A group of gunmen kidnapped and killed a Texas man who had crossed into the Mexican border city of Reynosa to pay real estate taxes on some property he owed there.
Border Patrol agents in Michigan arrested a “leader of hitmen with the Gulf Cartel” during an immigration enforcement action last week.
The terrorist organization known as the Gulf Cartel has once again killed an innocent victim who was caught in the middle of a shootout. The fatal shooting comes just days after terrorist Gulf Cartel gunmen shot and killed a woman and her two young grandchildren as they slept inside their house while rival gunmen clashed outside.
The terrorist organizations that operate with impunity in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas continue using makeshift landmines to keep rivals away, even though they have already killed several innocent victims, including a U.S. citizen.
Gunmen from the foreign terrorist organization known as the Gulf Cartel killed a woman and her two young grandchildren as they slept inside their home in the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. The gunmen were clashing with a group of rivals and appeared to have shot into multiple dwellings.
Sicarios de la organización terrorista conocida como el Cártel del Golfo mataron a una mujer y a sus dos nietos pequeños mientras dormían dentro de su casa en la ciudad fronteriza de Reynosa. Los pistoleros se enfrentaban con un grupo de rivales y aparentemente dispararon contra varias casas.