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Notorious former leader of Gulf Cartel, creator of Los Zetas, released from prison

The notorious former head of the Gulf Cartel in Matamoros and founder of its armed wing, Los Zetas, which later split and caused a rift resulting in years of bloody fighting in Tamaulipas, has been released from federal prison.

US Consulate in Matamoros warning of organized kidnappings in Reynosa

The U.S. Consulate General in Matamoros on Friday issued a travel warning for Reynosa due to organized kidnappings targeting people with connections to the United States.

Mexicans abroad have until Feb. 20 to register to vote in the next presidential...

Feb. 20 is the last day Mexicans living abroad can register to vote in their country’s next general elections.

39 dead in fire at Mexico migrant center near US border

A fire in a dormitory at a Mexican immigration detention center near the U.S. border left more than three dozen migrants dead, a government...

IBWC unveils new whitepaper aimed at troubleshooting unpredictable water deliveries from Mexico

Halfway into a five-year cycle where Mexico must deliver a deluge of water to the United States, the country is already falling far behind in meeting its obligations.

Pace of investigation into missing Peñitas women in Mexico frustrates, concerns family

Two Rio Grande Valley women traveled across the Rio Grande into Mexico in late February but when they suddenly stopped sending updates to their family back home, they filed a missing persons report. Unlike the quick response seen in the case of the four people who went missing last week in Matamoros, their case remains unsolved and their family lives on fragile hope.

3 women missing in Mexico after crossing from Texas on trip

PEÑITAS, Texas (AP) — Two sisters from Texas and a friend are missing in Mexico after they crossed the border last month to sell...

Gang leader freed in Mexico prison attack that killed 17

Mexican authorities on Monday raised the death toll from an attack on a state prison in Ciudad Juarez across the border from El Paso, Texas to 17, a brazen operation that appeared designed to free the leader of a local gang.

Dismantled: Chaos ensues when migrants arrive as Reynosa bulldozes camp

City officials in Reynosa cleared out a migrant encampment sheltering hundreds of migrant families and attempted to relocate them early Tuesday morning. Yet, hundreds more arrived over the last couple days, complicating the math and introducing chaos into the fragile process.

Blockades, attacks reported in Mexican border city as rumors of high-profile arrest circulate

The U.S. Consulate in Nuevo Laredo was one of several places in the Mexican border city that were attacked by the Cartel del Noreste...