Matamoros, Mexico News

Originally published December 17, 2009 at 5:36 p.m., updated December 17, 2009 at 9:30 p.m. Japaleno's Cafe 4202 N. Navarro St., Victoria 361-576-6484 Japaleno's Cafe in Victoria will close on Dec.

A Miami federal judge has set an October date to impose new sentences on three of the so-called Cuban Five convicted of spying in the United States.

ARTICLE by Jorge Chabat drug war Though drug trafficking flourished in Mexico throughout much of the 20th century, the ever-increasing brutal violence associated with the production and trafficking of illicit drugs had by 2009 sparked the dispersal of 45,000 Mexican soldiers and 5,000 policemen across the country and attracted worldwide attention ...

The death of reputed drug lord Arturo Beltran Leyva in a shootout with Mexican marines is the latest in a long list of Mexican cartel leaders captured or killed by authorities.

The Peace Light of Bethlehem is being spread throughout Europe and the rest of the world to signify the birth of Jesus Christ.

Mario Estrada Martinez will be sought by federal authorities after U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack issues a warrant for his arrest.

The Mexican Federal Police in Matamoros have arrested a Zeta leader after a three-month investigation, officials said.

The U.S Consul General at Matamoros visited McAllen today. U.S. Consul Michael Barkin says Mexico is a safe place visit, but security is also the number one concern for Americans traveling there.

He was born on September 16, 1926, in Matamoros, Mexico to Francisco and Evangelina Garza Palomino.

Alberto Iracheta enjoys working. He is an all around handyman, a builder, a plumber, a gardener, a carpenter and an electrician.

The Zetas, Mexico's notoriously brutal group of paramilitary thugs, are expanding their role as bully businessmen along the Texas-Mexico border, branching out from traditional criminal enterprises such as extortion and drug trafficking and buying legitimate businesses, U.S. and Mexican law enforcement officials say.

In those two years the town was nearly deserted; it almost ceased to exist when most of the men left to follow the army or, really, to follow the excitement.

The former alleged leader of the Matamoros cell of the Gulf Cartel remains in federal custody in Mexico following his arraignment on charges of engaging in organized criminal activity and possession of restricted weapons.

ROCHESTER -- Maria Del Rosario Carranza, 45, of Rochester, died Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009, at Saint Marys Hospital.

Had a very solid meal at Tacos Matamoros in Sunset Park yesterday. My wife and I sampled the tacos, mole poblano, and sopes and all were very good- definitely worthy of a return visit.

Brown pots stand together shortly after the 2009 Student Bonfire was lit in a field off OSR in Robertson County on Tuesday.

Los Caminos del Rio elected Mexican historian Carlos Rugerio Cazares as its new president to replace Eddie Trevio Jr.

The United States consulate in Mexico is reaching out to the family of a Brownsville woman killed in Matamoros.

Mexican authorities continue to investigate the first shooting death in Matamoros of an American woman from an alleged misfire by Mexican army troops over the weekend.

A U.S. consular official said Monday that an American woman has died of a gunshot wound she reportedly suffered in the Mexican border city of Matamoros.