But conflict has flared in Tamaulipas over the past 15 years as the incumbent Gulf Cartel – founded in Matamoros – fragmented, starting with its notoriously violent armed wing, Los Zetas.

MATAMOROS, Mexico, March 9 (Reuters) - Suspected drug cartel members on Thursday handed over five purported henchmen as a would-be apology for the abduction of four Americans in the border city of ...

Matamoros is home to warring factions of the Gulf drug cartel. Shootouts there on Friday were so bad that the U.S. Consulate issued an alert about the danger and local authorities warned people to ...

The cartel believed responsible for the armed kidnapping last week that killed two American tourists and a Mexican woman in Matamoros, Mexico, issued an apology letter and handed over five of ...

The cartel, who identified themselves as The Scorpions, ... Mexican Cartel Apologizes For Fatal Matamoros Kidnapping And Turn In Gunmen. Posted on March 10, 2023 - By Shannon Dawson.

In the letter, the Scorpions faction of the Gulf cartel apologized to the residents of Matamoros, a Mexican woman who was killed by a stray bullet and the four Americans and their families.

2 South Carolinians survived a Mexican cartel kidnapping in Matamoros that left 2 other Americans dead. By Michael Ruiz Fox News. Published March 22, 2023 1:33pm EDT. Facebook ...

New details emerge in Mexico kidnapping deaths of 2 U.S. citizens 01:32. Someone claiming to be from the Mexican drug cartel allegedly responsible for the abduction of four Americans and the ...

“They live off of extortion, kidnapping and protection money,” a source said of Mexico's Gulf Cartel, which is reportedly linked to the kidnapping of four Americans in Matamoros, Mexico.

Mexico Mexico charges 2 more cartel members in kidnappings, killings of Americans Axel Alfredo Cárdenas and Alan Alexis Cárdenas connected to kidnappings of 4 Americans, killings of 2 ...

Gulf Cartel, a powerful Mexican cartel, has allegedly taken responsibility for the kidnapping of four U.S. citizens and killing of two of them in Matamoros.