Matamoros, Mexico News

Survivors include five children, Eddie Gomez, Francisco Gomez, both of Alvord, Issac Gomez of Santa Fe, N.M. and Able Gomez of Carthage and Monica Madrid of Denton; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; sister, Elvira Antunes of Matamoros, Mexico; three brothers, Auguistine Caraza of Hatch, N.M., Federico Caraza and Esteban Caraza, ... (more)

Feb. 09--The U.S. State Department maintained a cautious tenor on traveling to Mexico's border region in a new travel warning that discourages travel to cities south of the Rio Grande.

Gulf Cartel henchman Juan de la Cruz Reyna was shackled and shipped to Houston in 2008 to face justice for threatening to kill two U.S. agents, but less than four years after this conviction he's about to be released.

Astute reader Johnnyozone22 sent us a link today that officially confirms our suspicions that the gruesome photo of an alleged Rousimar Palhares leg break victim that made the rounds this week was a fake.

All three of the former Tamaulipas governors under investigation in Mexico have previously been welcomed - even honored - in the state of Texas.

Consuelo Arreola shops with her grandson Elias Calvillo at Mercado Juarez Brownsville inside the Majestic Mall on Saturday in Brownsville.

The U.S. has given birth to the killing fields of Mexico. Does that even matter, at all, to those in this country who are in a position do something about it? American drug policy, and our gutless, unreasoned refusal to change it, has caused the epic violence south of the border.

Earlier chapters in this story: >> Sources: Zetas make violent play for Reynosa, Matamoros >> Reynosa rooster honors slain Gulf Cartel boss, Sinaloa alliance Several Mexican soldiers were killed when gunmen ambushed them Thursday afternoon in Reynosa, said sources outside law enforcement familiar with organized crime.

The clip-clop of the horses, with Charro Days riders in the saddle, heralded the unveiling Wednesday of the poster for the 75th anniversary of the annual event that celebrates the unique history of Brownsville and Matamoros.

Mexican authorities guard the U.S. Consulate in Matamoros on Tuesday after a bomb threat, which would turn out to be false.

Soldiers found 833 packages of marijuana on an island near the banks of the Rio Grande in Ciudad Mier, according to a news release from SEDENA, Mexico's ministry of defense.