by Tyler | Jul 6, 2020 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Border Violence, Cartel Del Noreste, Cartel Violence, CDN, Crime, Mexican Military, Nuevo Laredo, Trending
Mexican military forces killed a total of 16 gunmen from a faction of Los Zetas in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. The gunmen wore cloned military uniforms and were part of a paramilitary cartel force known as Hell’s Troop or Tropa Del...
by Tyler | Jan 20, 2020 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Border Violence, Cartel Del Noreste, Cartel Volence, Crime, Los Zetas, nuevo leon, Trending, Vieja Escuela
A group of Los Zetas cartel members left a severed human head outside a border state prison. The move is the latest in a series of threats and intimidation tactics aimed at taking control of criminal activity inside the detention facilities in Nuevo Leon.
by Tyler | Dec 1, 2019 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Border Violence, Cartel Violence, Crime, Gulf Cartel, Trending
A fierce turf war between two rival factions of the Gulf Cartel brought a new wave of terror to residents of numerous rural coastal communities approximately 70 miles south of the border with Texas.
by Tyler | Nov 11, 2019 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Border Violence, Cartel Violence, Chihuahua, Crime, immigration, Travel Advisories, Trending, U.S. Consulate
The United States Consulate General in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, issued a security alert prohibiting U.S. government employees from traveling to the state’s capital city. The newly released travel restriction is in effect until further notice.
by Tyler | Oct 25, 2019 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Border Violence, Cartel Violence, Crime, Drug Smugging, Gulf Cartel, Tamaulipas, Trending
Mexican border state authorities arrested a top Gulf Cartel lieutenant a few miles south of the Texas border. The cartel operator is known as the second in command of one of the factions engaged in a fierce turf war.
by Tyler | Sep 22, 2019 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Border Violence, Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion, Cartel Violence, CJNG, Crime, jalisco, Sinaloa Cartel, Trending
Authorities in the western Mexican state of Jalisco continue to discover dozens of trash bags filled with dismembered human remains. The discoveries point to an ongoing extermination tactic by cartel members fighting for control of the region. Officials found the...
