10/26/2015 Authorities near the Texas Border continue a manhunt for several Gulf Cartel Members involved in a fierce shootout on a TEXAS highway. Beginning last week and into this weekend San Juan Police along with their federal partners have arrested multiple cartel gunmen and continue to hunt down additional gunmen, said Police Chief Juand Gonzalez…
Category: The Drug War & The Border
Governor Abbott Declares Sanctuary Cities “Will No Longer be Tolerated in Texas”
This just goes to show how far off base and out of touch with reality some Law Enforcement officials are in their thinking; Thankfully we have a Governor with more sense. -SF Texas Gov. Greg Abbott admonished Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez over her recent decision to consider honoring immigration containers on a “case-by-case” basis….
Cartel Corner #13: Seven Cartel Members Found Tortured and Murdered Near Arizona Border
Arizona border residents were once again reminded of the horror and brutality of the plague that is the drug trade when seven bodies were found tortured and murdered in a creek on a Mexican ranch 160 yards from the border. The men had all been shot with high powered rifles, with one being decapitated, Breitbart…
Cartel Corner #12: 2nd “Home Invasion” this week along Border/Three Hours of Terror in Border Town
For the second time this week in a Texas Border Town, a group of heavily armed masked gunmen stormed into a home looking for money and drugs. Although being called a “Home Invasion” by Police, the homes being invaded are not innocent civilian by any stretch..the majority of them are tied into the drug trade…
Cartel Corner #11: Mexican Meth Ring Busted and Top Los Zetas Commander Surrenders at U.S. Border
A Massive Mexican meth ring has been busted in Oregon that has roots in the Mexican state of Michoacan then through Texas, on to California and then Oregon. Bretibart Texas obtained court documents that list 24 defendants have been charged, almost all of them illegal aliens. The documents show collaboration between major Drug Cartels and…
Cartel Corner #9: Follow Up to School Lockdown Story and El Chapo Update
Multiple Gunman Raid Texas Border Home (Follow Up) In a follow-up to Cartel Corner #8, the incident that caused several area border town schools to lock down is now better understood. A Drug “Rip-Off” Crew, which are groups of men that rob cartel stash houses and individuals for money and drugs, stormed a local home…
Cartel Corner #8: Border Executions: Mexico’s Political Elite No Longer Immune
There is a disturbing trend in Matamoros lately; those Individuals who were at one time considered “Untouchable”; because of their political clout are now becoming victims of organized crime and cartel violence. According to Breitbart Texas, Last week, authorities found the bodies of 58-year-old Elipdio Gamundi Cruz and his common law wife 39-year-old Raquel Almanza Gaona. According to…
Cartel Corner #7: Border Town Schools on Lockdown and Other News
In La Feria Texas, a drug “rip-off” crew that apparently raids drug houses and operatives and steals their cash and drugs has set of a massive man hunt that has resulted in the lock-down of several area schools. Apparently, the lock-down was triggered by a failed home invasion, though details are unclear. Authorities have confirmed…
Cartel Corner #6: Cartel Control of the Mexican Media
Once again the Cartels iron grip over certain media outlets in Mexico has been put on full display for all to see. With the recent arrest in Matamoros of one of the Gulf Cartel’s (CDG) most powerful leaders, Angel Eduardo “El Orejon or Ciclon 7” Rodriguez Prado and the resulting gun battles that ensued, between Prado’s…
Cartel Corner #4: War! Three Miles South of Brownsville, TX
Just 3 miles south of Brownsville, Texas, in the city of Matamoros, Mexico, a small-scale war is raging, and this war is not your typical drug cartel violence that most of the local residents have grown accustomed too. No, this war is the result of the capture of the Gulf Cartel’s top leaders, Angel Eduardo “Ciclon…