Cartel Chronicles / Border - Page 3

The Trump administration has initiated a significant and unprecedented offensive against the Narco-terrorist cartels in Mexico and other Latin American criminal groups. This offensive, aimed at addressing threats to US national security from specially designated narco-terrorist organizations in the region, is a significant development, as reported by CNN. The military buildup is a strong message, providing the president with a wide range of options should Trump order military action.

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.

Las autoridades del estado fronterizo de Tamaulipas piden a los turistas viajar solo durante el día. Esta solicitud se produce en un momento en que los cárteles de la droga siguen controlando abiertamente las carreteras del país, estableciendo sus propios retenes clandestinos, cometiendo asaltos, extorsionando a automovilistas y secuestrando a civiles inocentes.

Cartel gunmen used a dump truck to conceal an attack on state police forces by moving the vehicle at a high rate of speed straight into an armored police truck with five officers inside. The crash killed two officers and injured three others.

Miembros de un cartel mexicano utilizaron un camión de volteo para ocultar un ataque contra las fuerzas policiales estatales, moviéndolo a alta velocidad contra una camioneta blindada de la policía con cinco agentes a bordo. El choque causó la muerte de dos agentes y heridas a otros tres.

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.

El Cártel del Golfo ha vuelto a secuestrar a civiles inocentes para pedir rescates, buscando aumentar sus ingresos en un momento en que las operaciones de contrabando se han vuelto más difíciles debido a la constante presión del gobierno estadounidense.

The Gulf Cartel has once again begun targeting innocent civilians for ransom kidnapping as they try to increase their revenues at a time when the smuggling operations have become more difficult due to the ongoing pressure from the U.S. government.

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.

Ovidio Guzmán López se declaró culpable de cuatro cargos federales la semana pasada en una audiencia celebrada en el Distrito Norte de Illinois. A sus 35 años, el hijo de El Chapo Guzmán aceptó los cargos por operar una organización criminal y conspirar para traficar drogas, incluyendo fentanilo y tráfico de armas.

Ovidio Guzmán López pleaded guilty to four U.S. federal charges last week during a hearing held in the Northern District of Illinois. At 35 years old, El Chapo Guzmán’s son accepted the charges for operating a continuous criminal organization and conspiring to traffic drugs, including fentanyl, and arms trafficking.

Una célula de sicarios, posiblemente vinculada al Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación o a sus rivales de Cárteles Unidos, ha estado intentando establecer su operación en la ciudad fronteriza de Piedras Negras, justo al sur de Eagle Pass. Al momento de comenzar las investigaciones y cateos, autoridades pudieron ver que dicho grupo ya habían establecido casas de seguridad, una red de halconeo e incluso depósitos de armas.

A cell of gunmen believed to be tied either to Cartel Jalisco New Generation or Carteles Unidos has been trying to set up their operation in the border city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, just south of Eagle Pass. By the time authorities got wind of the operation, the cartel members had already been setting up stash houses, a network of lookouts, and even weapons caches.

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.

Ocho alcaldes mexicanos han sido asesinados desde la toma de posesión de la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum el 1 de octubre de 2024. En un espectáculo de terror que parece no tener fin, los narcoterroristas siguen asesinando a candidatos y alcaldes en todo el fallido estado institucional de México.

Eight Mexican mayors have been killed since President Claudia Sheinbaum was inaugurated on October 1, 2024. In a horror show that still seems to be very far from ending, the narco-terrorists are still killing candidates and mayors across the failed institutional state of Mexico.

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 abduction of a Tamaulipas State Police officer and nine members of his family in the border city of Nuevo Laredo. For reasons yet unknown, the gunmen released the officer and the family unharmed. It remains unclear if the abduction was done as a message to government officials or for other reasons.

Las autoridades mexicanas investigan el secuestro de un policía estatal de Tamaulipas y nueve miembros de su familia en la ciudad fronteriza de Nuevo Laredo. Por razones aún desconocidas, días después los hombres armados liberaron al policía y a su familia ilesos. No está claro si el secuestro se realizó como un mensaje a funcionarios del gobierno o por otras razones.

Two of the most violent cartels in Mexico appear to be joining forces to create a “mega-cartel.” The cartel merger could tip the balance of power in the ongoing Sinaloa Cartel civil war.

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.

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.

Reports indicate that family members of the imprisoned Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán fled from Mexico to the United States for protection from warring cartel factions.

Mexican cartels are increasing their use of drones to replace human scouts to monitor the activity of U.S. Border Patrol agents along the border. The drones are reportedly replacing the human scouts who were frequently minors.

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.