Tamaulipas, Mexico News

Mexicos unbelievable record breaking level of violent war deaths are piling up as casualties of Mexicos on going civil war continues.

MISSION The city is lobbying the State Department to retain a permit to build another international bridge, mere weeks after the completion of the Rio Grande Valley's newest crossing.

Age 60, passed away December 21, 2009. He proudly served his county in the USAF during the Vietnam Conflict.

Rain drenched the Rio Grande Valley on Wednesday, setting a record amount of rainfall in Brownsville, but was expected to stop by tonight.

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 Anzalduas International Bridge opened Tuesday, becoming the state 's 24th border crossing with Mexico and the fifth in Hidalgo County.

A new international bridge linking south Texas and Mexico has opened, becoming the first new land port of entry on the southern U.S. border in 10 years.

Everything is ready for the opening of the first new U.S.-Mexico bridge in the past 10 years.

Crews have recovered the body of a man they believe to have been the pilot of a plane that crashed into the Laguna Madre.

"They came to my house and spent an hour going around from neighbour to neighbour, drilling them for information, knowing full well there was nothing there.

Authorities arrested an 18-year-old Reynosa man suspected of smuggling nearly $2 million worth of cocaine across the U.S.-Mexico border Friday afternoon.

Authorities identified three men suspected of participating in a deadly weekend shooting along this community's bustling main strip.

The mountain of oranges, tangerines, lemons and more exotic fruits piled in the customs office at the Hidalgo international bridge in Texas on Thanksgiving Day would have made any grocer proud.

Mexican authorities refused to release details Monday of the deadly weekend shooting that sent hundreds of American tourists scurrying for cover as at least two people were gunned down.

Such a laid back town - Is this really Mexico? Colima , Pacific Coast , Mexico Monday, November 10, 2008 Just accommodation for now, more to follow............... Accommodation Colima didn't offer a wide range of places to stay especially at the budget end and none of the places that I checked out would lower the asking price.

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.

An anonymous tip led the Mexican army to a staggering 11-ton stash of marijuana last weekend.

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.