A recent seizure by Mexican authorities sheds light on how the Mayiza faction of the Sinaloa Cartel is using rail lines to move large quantities of narcotics from Mexico to Arkansas. The seizure also points to a commercial alliance between the Mayiza and the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas, which is allowing the move of drugs through their territories for a fee.
Cartel gunmen in the border state of Tamaulipas carried out targeted attacks on state prison guards as part of an apparent turf war, resulting in the death of a chief guard. The killing comes just days after the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas had posted a banner warning of such attacks.
Officials in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas are advising tourists to travel only during daytime hours. The request comes at a time when drug cartels continue to openly roam the country’s highways, setting up their own clandestine checkpoints, extorting motorists, and kidnapping innocent civilians.
Authorities in Mexico have known where a fearsome cartel boss lives and have not made any moves to arrest him. Despite the pressure from the U.S. government on Mexico to go after cartels, this cartel boss has been able to live in a home in the state of Michoacan with his family and has not needed to hide in the mountain regions like his colleagues in other organizations.
Las autoridades mexicanas han sabido dónde vive un temible jefe del cártel y no han hecho nada para arrestarlo. A pesar de la presión del gobierno estadounidense sobre México para enfrentar a los cárteles, este jefe ha podido vivir en una casa en el estado de Michoacán con su familia y no ha tenido que esconderse en las regiones montañosas como sus colegas de otras organizaciones.
The 30 percent tariffs announced by the Trump administration for Mexico over not doing enough to stop drug cartels show that U.S. officials appear to be seeing through the lies presented by their Mexican counterparts. Key cartel figures continue to operate with complete impunity throughout Mexico.
Los aranceles del 30% anunciados por la administración Trump para México por no hacer lo suficiente para detener a los cárteles de la droga muestran que las autoridades estadounidenses parecen estar viendo más allá de las mentiras de sus homólogos mexicanos, ya que varias figuras clave de los cárteles continúan operando con total impunidad.
A mayor in Mexico sparked a wave of controversy after publicly claiming that there are cartel training camps near his city where Colombian terrorists and Venezuelan mercenaries are training and working with local criminal organizations. He then published a video to back up his claims.
Un alcalde mexicano ha generado controversia tras afirmar públicamente la existencia de campamentos de entrenamiento cerca de su ciudad, donde terroristas colombianos y mercenarios venezolanos entrenan y colaboran con organizaciones criminales locales.
A group of gunmen shot and killed the mayor of a rural community in western Mexico and her husband. The region where the shooting took place has a long history of cartel violence. The attack follows on the heels of a similar case in southern Mexico.
Un grupo de sicarios disparó y mató a la alcaldesa de una comunidad rural en el oeste de México y a su esposo. La región donde ocurrió el tiroteo tiene un largo historial de narcoviolencia. El caso se produce pocos días después de un caso similar en el sur de México.
Authorities in Mexico are looking into the targeted killing of two men and the injury to a third who provided training to Mexican police agencies and worked as advisors for the U.S. Department of State and other agencies.
Las autoridades mexicanas investigan el asesinato de dos hombres donde un tercero quedo herido; ellos impartían capacitación a agencias policiales mexicanas y trabajaban ocasionalmente como asesores para el Departamento de Estado de USA y otras agencias.
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.
Poderosos grupos en México colaboraban con compañías petroleras estadounidenses para contrabandear miles de barriles de petróleo robado hacia el norte, para luego devolvérselo al sur de la frontera como parte de una compleja operación de lavado de activos. El caso está vinculado a múltiples redadas e incautaciones en ambos lados de la frontera que podrían sacudir a la élite política mexicana debido a las conexiones de los cárteles en estas operaciones.
Influential groups in Mexico were working with U.S. oil companies to smuggle thousands of barrels of stolen oil north, only to then move them back south of the border as part of an intricate laundering operation. The case is tied to multiple raids and seizures on both sides of the border that have the potential to shake up Mexico’s political elite due to the cartel connections in these operations.
A fearsome cartel lieutenant who once confessed to murdering more than 500 victims received a prison sentence of 420 years from a Mexican federal judge.
Una investigación en un rancho al sur de la frontera con Texas ha desenterrado seis torsos humanos en lo que se cree fue otro campo de exterminio utilizado por el Cártel del Golfo.
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.
The Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas sent a team of hitmen from Mexico into the Texas border city of Laredo to kill a man who had allegedly stolen drugs from them. Court documents revealed that the top leadership of the cartel gave the order, and the hitmen were told to “leave no witnesses.”
La facción Cártel del Noreste de Los Zetas envió un equipo de sicarios desde México a la ciudad fronteriza de Nuevo Laredo para asesinar a un hombre que presuntamente les había robado drogas. Documentos judiciales relacionados con el caso revelaron que la orden fue dada por la cúpula del cártel, y que se les indicó a los sicarios que “no dejaran testigos”.
Mexico’s much-touted deployment of thousands of National Guards troops to the border to fight drug smuggling at ports of entry has proven to be highly ineffective. Their actions at the border led to significant travel delays and possible violations of international commerce programs used by manufacturing companies.
El muy publicitado despliegue de miles de efectivos de la Guardia Nacional de México a la frontera norte para combatir el tráfico de drogas en los puertos de entrada ha demostrado no solo ser altamente ineficaz, sino que también ha provocado que las esperas para cruzar la frontera crezcan de forma exponencial y también se han dado casos de violaciones en los programas de comercio internacional utilizados por las empresas manufactureras.
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 arrested an elusive fugitive who was the alleged leader of a family-run drug smuggling operation that worked with various cartels which, since the early 2000s, established routes from Guatemala to the Texas border. The fugitive was hiding in a ritzy neighborhood in the border state of Nuevo Leon.
Las autoridades de México arrestaron a un fugitivo que era el líder de una organización familiar de narcotráfico que trabajaba con varios cárteles que desde principios de la década de 2000 establecieron rutas desde Guatemala hasta la frontera con Texas. El fugitivo se escondía en un lujoso vecindario en el estado fronterizo de Nuevo León.
Authorities in the beach resort city of Acapulco confirmed that unknown gunmen threw a grenade at a police building, killing two people.
Mexico’s government has been hyping up minor seizures and cartel arrests as part of a PR strategy attempting to appease the Trump administration. Trump officials highlighted Meixco’s inaction against cartels and corruption. The American president has threatened them with tariffs and other punitive measures.
