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The Latest Breaking News from Tamaulipas

Mexican Navy Raid Deals $440,000 Blow To Gulf Cartel Faction Los Escorpiones

Mexican federal authorities seized a suspected illegal fuel storage and transfer site in the border city of Matamoros, dealing an estimated 8 million peso blow to a fuel-trafficking operation allegedly linked to the Gulf Cartel faction known as Los Escorpiones.

Latin Times · Apr 26

Mexican President Sheinbaum Says Military Will Be Investigated After Soldiers Killed Six Civilians

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum guaranteed there will be a thorough investigation on the killing of six civilians by soldiers in the state of Tamaulipas

Latin Times · Oct 10, 2025

Mexico president vows thorough investigation into the killing of 6 civilians by soldiers

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum says there will be a thorough investigation into the killing of six civilians by soldiers in Tamaulipas

The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2025

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Fuel Theft Ring in Tamaulipas Leads to Charges Against 10 Mexican Officials, Including Navy Vice Admiral

According to reports, a protected witness who once worked in Tampico customs alerted investigators to a fuel smuggling network allegedly led by Vice Admiral Manuel Roberto Farías Laguna and his brother, Rear Admiral Fernando Farías Laguna.

Latin Times · Sep 10, 2025

Mexican Authorities Arrest First Suspect in Killing of Mexican Prosecutor Tied to Fuel Theft Case

Mexican authorities in the northern state of Tamaulipas have arrested a suspect related to the murder of Ernesto Cuitláhuac Vázquez Reyna, a federal prosecutor who was killed on Aug. 4.

Latin Times · Aug 8, 2025

Prosecutor's Killing in Tamaulipas Potentially Tied to His Knowledge of Fuel Smuggling Ring

The killing of a delegate from Mexico's Attorney General's Office in Tamaulipas may be linked to a fuel theft network, authorities say.

Latin Times · Aug 8, 2025

U.S. Sanctions Mexican Rapper 'El Makabelico' For Laundering Cártel del Noreste Money Through Concerts

Latin Times · Aug 6, 2025

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Nine People Arrested Over Death Of Grupo Fugitivo Members Have Ties With Gulf Cartel, Authorities Say

Authorities confirmed that five bodies found in Tamaulipas belong to the members of Grupo Fugitivo. The nine people arrested in connection with the crime have ties with the Gulf Cartel

Latin Times · May 30, 2025

Mexican Authorities Confirm Five Members Of Grupo Fugitivo Were Killed After Going Missing For Days

Mexican authorities confirmed that five bodies found in Tamaulipas belong to members of music band Grupo Fugitivo

Latin Times · May 30, 2025

Regional Mexican Band Grupo Fugitivo Missing for Days in Reynosa: Vehicle Found Without Clues

The five musicians from Reynosa in the northern state of Tamaulipas, vanished on May 25, 2025, shortly after performing at a private event

Latin Times · May 28, 2025

Volunteer Group in Northern Mexico Discovered Another Property Allegedly Used By Criminal Groups To Cremate Human Remains

Members of Colectivo Amor por los Desaparecidos found multiple human remains, including a skull, a jawbone and several scattered bones across a property in the northern state of Tamaulipas

Latin Times · Apr 15, 2025

Governors of Three Mexican Border States Oppose Delivery of Water Owed To The U.S.

Under the terms of a 1944 treaty, Mexico is required to deliver 1.75 million acre-feet of water from the Rio Grande to the U.S. every five years

Latin Times · Apr 15, 2025

Updated travel warning for Mexico spring break destinations

A security alert has been issued due to ‘gun battles’ and IEDs

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2025

US Issues Highest-Level Travel Warning For Mexico Border Town

U.S. issues Level 4 travel warning for Tamaulipas, Mexico due to violence. Americans urged to avoid area and take precautions.

U.S. and Canada Update Travel Advisory For Those Traveling to Sinaloa Due to Ongoing Cartel Violence

Texas Observer · Nov 13, 2024

She Fled Mexico as a Child. Now, She Teaches Migrant Kids in Tamaulipas.

“When I see a mom with her child trying to cross, it's like I see myself in her.”

Latin Times · Nov 8, 2024

Mexico Owes The U.S. a Great Amount Of Water; Here's How It's Planning To Repay It

Mexican officials are proposing to utilize overflow from recent heavy rains, which are currently causing reservoir levels in Tamaulipas to exceed capacity

Latin Times · Aug 30, 2024

Volunteers find human remains and bones in suspected cartel 'kitchen' in border state of Tamaulipas

Only Jalisco (14,991) has more reported cases of missing people in Mexico than Tamaulipas (13,228) so far this year

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Latin Times · Aug 1, 2024

Mexican business leader is killed in border town after complaining about cartel extorsions on TV

Oxxo, Mexico's largest chain of convenience stores, closed 191 stores in the city of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, due to cartel violence

Latin Times · Jul 14, 2024

The U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Mexico warns people traveling to Matamoros amid recent kidnappings

The state of Tamaulipas is the only Mexican border state to which the State Department has assigned a Level 4 designation, the same severity as Afghanistan.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 2, 2024

Rio Grande Valley leaders hope to rebrand region as “RioPlex” to attract investment

After years of competing with each other for new businesses, Valley cities want to present a united front to highlight the region’s assets.

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2024

Alberto, season's first named tropical storm, dumps rain on Texas and Mexico, which reports 3 deaths

Tropical Storm Alberto is rumbling toward northeast Mexico as the first named storm of the season, carrying heavy rains that left three people dead but also brought hope to a region suffering under a prolonged, severe drought

The Texas Tribune · May 7, 2024

A Houston woman applied for a green card. She was banned from the U.S. for a decade.

Claudia González was 15 when she crossed the border into Texas to reunite with her mother. Now she’s back in Mexico, separated from her 15-year-old son and her husband in Houston.

Latin Times · Apr 9, 2024

Migrants are Increasingly Being Kidnapped at the Texas-Tamaulipas Border, Report Shows

Tamaulipas now bears a "level four—do not travel" designation from the State Department, akin to Afghanistan's danger level

Latin Times · Jan 19, 2024

Mexico's Marines Detain Alleged Leader Of Gulf Drug Cartel

Mexico's Navy Department issued a statement, saying the marines detained "one of the key leaders of one of the most powerful criminal organizations in Tamaulipas."

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