Three Cartel Soldiers Killed Near Rio Bravo

RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas — Mexican marines killed three cartel gunmen during an operation at a stash house that turned into a 30 minute shootout.

The raid took place this week when Mexican Marines surrounded a house that had previously been identified as a Gulf Cartel stash house. In response to the siege, the gunmen called for backup and began to fire at authorities. Additional Gulf Cartel SUVs arrived at the scene to provide backup to the gunmen.

A video taken by local residents captured the audio of the ongoing gun battles. The two residents can be heard joking about the fighting and discussing publishing the video online. In northern Tamaulipas, cartel gun battles have become an almost daily occurrence that are largely ignored by news outlets. Local residents have developed a cavalier attitude in response. . . 

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/12/09/video-3-cartel-gunmen-killed-raid-near-texas/

Cartel Execution in Tamaulipas

by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

Cartel members executed three men and set fire to a historic bar in the state capital of Tamaulipas. The fiery execution marks just one of the many chapters in the saga of escalating cartel violence that continues to take over the Mexican border states.

The execution took place on Saturday night when a group of unknown cartel gunmen shot three men in the head and then used grenades or some other incendiary device to set fire to a local bar in the city’s downtown area, information provided to Breitbart Texas by the Tamaulipas government revealed. . . 

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/08/02/mexican-historic-bar-firebombed-cartel-execution/

Disappearance Rates In Tamaulipas

Written by Luis Fernando Alonso

 Wednesday, 03 August 2016

Tamaulipas has some of the highest missing persons rates in Mexico due to major migrant routes that traverse the border state and an ongoing territorial battle between the Zetas and Gulf Cartel organized crime groups.

Data released by Mexico's National Security System (Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Pública) show thatTamaulipas has the highest number of reported disappearances of any Mexican state with 5,583 missing persons. Following Tamaulipas were the states of Mexico state and Jalisco, with 2,830 and 2,390 disappearances respectively. . . 

Source: http://www.insightcrime.org/news-briefs/disappearance-statistics-highlights-turmoil-in-tamaulipas