Mexico's Zetas cartel denies role in killing of 49
MEXICO CITY Banners have appeared in northern Mexico signed by the Zetas drug cartel saying the gang was not responsible for killing 49 people whose mutilated bodies were found on a highway in a...
View ArticleMexican army: Zetas leaders ordered killing of 49
MEXICO CITY The army charged Monday that the top leaders of the hyper-violent Zetas drug cartel ordered underlings to leave 49 mutilated bodies in a northern Mexico town square, then had banners hung...
View ArticleMexico’s two major crime cartels now at war
The two most important criminal organizations in Mexico are engaged in all-out war, and the most spectacular battles are being fought for the cameras as the combatants pursue a strategy of intimidation...
View ArticleCar Bomb Explodes near Texas/Mexico Border - Zetas Drug Cartel Attack
Violence like this along the border is getting worse and is already spilling over into the US and Texas. When will the Obama Administration and the Federal Government step up to do more to protect our...
View Article[Texas:]Increase Expected in Chinese Illegal Immigrants Crossing into RGV
WESLACO - A former Drug Enforcement Administration agent predicts an increase in Chinese immigrants crossing illegally into the Rio Grande Valley. "The Chinese organized criminals - especially when it...
View ArticleArrest of Zetas leader's brother prompts Mexico travel warning
American officials are issuing an alert following the arrest in the United States of the brother of a high-ranking member of the Zetas drug cartel. According to the New York Times, federal officials...
View ArticleGrenades used in Mexico serve to scare more than kill
The day started as quietly as it could on a Saturday at the U.S.-Mexico border. For Maria Ortega, a quiet weekend meant a quick trip to the Walmart along Cavazos Lerma Boulevard for ingredients for her...
View ArticleFamily of ICE agent slain by cartel files death claim (against federal...
Lawyers representing the family of slain ICE agent Jaime Zapata say they have filed a wrongful death claim against the federal government. Zapata and Victor Avila, also a U.S. Immigration and Customs...
View ArticleTexas Reporter Reportedly Missing in Nuevo Laredo
He's been missing for a month but just now reports are beginning to surface of another victim to the violence in our sister city. This time it's a Texas photojournalist gone missing in Nuevo Laredo....
View ArticleCar bomb in northern Mexico kills 2, wounds 7
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico A powerful car bomb exploded outside the home of the top police official of the northern Mexico border state of Tamaulipas early Tuesday, killing two policemen and injuring...
View Article[Nuevo Laredo:]Mexico paper won't cover violence after attack
MEXICO CITY The El Manana newspaper in the northern Mexico border city of Nuevo Laredo says it will stop covering violent criminal disputes after suffering a second grenade attack against its offices...
View ArticleMore than 130 escape from Mexican prison on U.S. border
More than 130 inmates escaped through a tunnel from a Mexican prison on the border with the United States in one of the worst jailbreaks the country's beleaguered penal system has suffered in recent...
View ArticleHezbollah Raises Latin American Profile
@mrubin1971Two news stories from recent weeks, if true, should raise a red flag in the United States that Iran is preparing to use Hezbollah to strike at U.S. interests in Latin America, if not in the...
View ArticleMexico arrests 35 police officers for 'helping Zetas'
The Mexican armed forces have arrested 35 police officers accused of having links with one of the country's most powerful drug cartels, the Zetas. The officers were arrested in operations in the...
View ArticleDEA Boss: Mexican Drug Cartels Deeply Embedded in Chicago, We Operate Like...
The city may be nearly 2,000 miles from Mexico, but the countrys drug cartels are so deeply embedded in Chicago that local and federal law enforcement are forced to operate as if they are on the...
View ArticleAgent Victor Avila Reveals Assault that Killed Agent Zapata
But for the first time Agent Zapatas partner Victor Avila spoke out about the attack that left Agent Zapata dead and him wounded. His twin sister Magdalena Avila-Villalobos spoke for him in the...
View Article[Mexico:]Jailed Zetas accused of David Hartley murder, San Fernando massacres
A Zetas leader arrested in the streets of Nuevo Laredo is being accused of masterminding the Falcon Lake murder of American tourist David Hartley and the massacres in San Fernando. Mexican marines...
View ArticleMexican Authorities: Cartel Leader's Body Stolen from Funeral Home
MEXICO CITY - The attorney general in Coahuila said two armed gunmen stole the body one of the most infamous cartel figures in Mexico. He said the body of Heriberto Lazcano was taken from the funeral...
View ArticleMexico says drug lord taken down by accident
PROGRESO, Mexico (AP) Mexico's navy said Wednesday that its personnel had no idea they had killed the leader of the country's most-feared drug cartel until after his body was stolen from a funeral...
View ArticleIn a first, U.S. labels MS-13 street gang 'criminal organization'
Federal authorities Thursday designated the notorious Mara Salvatrucha MS-13 as a transnational criminal organization, giving federal authorities more tools to fight the street gang that has its...
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