An ongoing cartel turf war in Central Mexico led to a weekend shooting at a bar where gunmen are believed to have fired into the crowd, killing eleven. The incident comes as criminal organizations fight for control of the region’s drug distribution routes and underground fuel theft market.
A federal court in Virginia sentenced a Chinese man to five years in prison for his role in a money-laundering scheme involving Mexican cartels. The judge also ordered the man to forfeit more than $4 million in proceeds from “large-scale drug trafficking in the United States.”
Una guerra territorial entre cárteles en el centro de México provocó un tiroteo el fin de semana en un bar donde se cree que un grupo de sicarios disparó contra los clientes matando a 11 personas, incluidas varias mujeres. El tiroteo se produce cuando varias organizaciones criminales continúan luchando por el control de las rutas de distribución de drogas de la región y el control de robo de combustible.
An ongoing cartel turf war in Central Mexico led to a weekend shooting at a bar where gunmen are believed to have fired into the crowd, killing eleven. The incident comes as criminal organizations fight for control of the region’s drug distribution routes and underground fuel theft market.
Tucson Branch Air and Marine Operations aircrews carried out two rescues in recent days after migrants became lost in the Baboquivari Peak Wilderness area in Arizona.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – Las autoridades estatales decomisaron varios vehículos que formaban parte de una colección de autos perteneciente a uno de los máximos líderes de la facción de Matamoros del Cartel del Golfo. La incautación es la última de una serie de intentos por capturarlo que ya han dado lugar a decomisos de animales exóticos y caballos de carreras.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – State authorities seized vehicles from a collection belonging to one of the top leaders of the local faction of the Gulf Cartel as part of a series of attempts to capture him.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents arrested yet another previously deported child rapist after he illegally crossed from Mexico into Texas. The Guatemalan criminal alien raped a child in Lovington, New Mexico, in 2009.
An estimated 5,000 people rallied in pickup trucks, SUVs, motorcycles, and cars in the Texas Panhandle to show support for the re-election of President Donald Trump. People lined up for more than a mile to get into an already overflowing parking lot prior to the rally’s start.
Deputy U.S. Marshals from the District of Arizona arrested 140 people in August and September during a violent gang enforcement operation. Deputies executed “Operation Snake Eyes” in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
A former federal agent who survived a cartel ambush in Mexico in 2011, where his partner died, set a world record by successfully making a 2010 yard handgun shot. Using a 10 mm handgun and standing without the help of a bench or rest, former ICE agent Victor Avila struck a target more than a mile away as part of a series of endeavors to give back to the community.
A Texas deputy and Border Patrol agents recovered the partially decayed body of a migrant who died after being abandoned on a ranch located about 80 miles north of the Texas-Mexico border.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Laredo, Texas, seized more than $10 million in methamphetamine, marijuana, and cocaine in four smuggling incidents. The seizures occurred during smuggling interdictions over a two-day period.
The narco-terrorist criminal organization known as Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) is now operating in the border states of Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon. To keep a low profile, CJNG delved into business fronts and money laundering while keeping their paramilitary forces in other parts of the country.
Un presunto narcotraficante mexicano logró operar bajo el radar durante años trabajando de manera independiente y estableciendo una relación de trabajo con la mayoría de los principales cárteles de la droga. Su caída está relacionada con el asesinato de un político mexicano que ayudó a provocar una guerra territorial en la parte sur y este del país.
An alleged Mexican drug lord managed to operate for years by working independently with most major cartels. His downfall was the murder of a politician that sparked a turf war in the southern and eastern parts of the country.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Ohio interdicted a shipment of methamphetamine that originated in Mexico and had Texas listed as its final destination. The officers found the drugs mixed with powdered drink packages.
El Paso Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended several groups of migrants illegally crossing into New Mexico on September 21. Agents noted the danger of these nighttime smuggling attempts through mountainous terrain.
A video posted on Twitter shows two armed men walking with protesters during a Wednesday night march for Breonna Taylor in Austin, Texas.
Twitter videos and an Austin, Texas, news outlet report that protesters ran an independent journalist out of their rally. The protesters accused the journalist of helping police with his video reports.
La policía local y tránsito en la ciudad fronteriza de Matamoros fueron quitados de su puestos por las autoridades del estado de Tamaulipas. La medida se produce pocos días después de que el Cartel del Golfo ordenara una serie de bloqueos y protestas donde los policías locales y de tránsito simplemente se quedaron al margen.
Police and transit officers in the border city of Matamoros were removed from their posts by Tamaulipas authorities days after the Gulf Cartel ordered blockades and protests. The individuals in question never moved to intervene.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents arrested 60 migrants in multiple human smuggling interdictions during a two-day period. The agents disrupted stash house operations and intercepted transportation efforts.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents arrested an armed man after he illegally crossed the border from Mexico into Texas. The agents arrested the subject without incident.
The woman arrested in connection to the recent ricin letter attacks on President Donald Trump also sent poisonous mail to a Texas border county sheriff and three detention officers, officials claim. Local police records indicate the suspect was arrested in the county for a weapons charge in 2019.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – Los medios de comunicación de esta ciudad fronteriza se han mantenido en silencio tras el asesinato de un extesorero de la ciudad en un crimen que parece tener vínculos tanto políticos como con el crimen organizado.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – Local news outlets are silent after the murder of a former city secretary in a crime that appears to have political and organized crime links.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a group of migrants as they attempted to make their way into the U.S. interior by hiding in a grain hopper train car. The agents arrested 13 from the hopper and six more hiding elsewhere on the train.
A Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent shot and killed an illegal alien after being stabbed multiple times. The incident occurred as the agent attempted to arrest a group that crossed near Nogales, Arizona.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Eagle Pass, Texas, seized nearly $200,000 in unreported currency being smuggled into Mexico. This adds to the increasing amount of cash being seized at ports of entry.
On Sunday morning, the Roma Police Department received a call from a concerned citizen observing people reportedly being smuggled into a residence located at the 400 block of Allende Avenue in that south Texas border town.
