Tamaulipas

The former deputy commander of the EZLN reappeared on the 30th anniversary of the Indigenous uprising but away from the spotlight, without saying a word, as part of his new role within the Mexican guerrilla movement

The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is celebrating the anniversary of the armed uprising that shook the Mexican status quo. From 12 days of war in 1994 to the failed negotiations with the government, from broken promises to building autonomy, the most iconic anti-globalization guerrilla movement has survived three decades

Democratic administration waives 26 federal laws that could result in up to 20 miles of barriers in South Texas in bid to contain surge in illegal arrivals from Mexico

The governor of Tamaulipas state later lowered the number of people estimated to have been in the church at the time to about 70

By forcing their way into more and more sectors, organized crime has become ‘a dominant economic cartel,’ according to analysts

The Prosecutor’s Office has asked for a total of 969 years in prison for 11 police officers involved in the migrant massacre. For the repentant officer – who has been key to building the case – prosecutors are asking that he receive a reduced sentence of 19 years

A state official who was not authorized to comment and requested anonymity, said the shooting happened on a Matamoros street when gunmen engaged a marine patrol

The story of Mexican drug trafficker Eleazar Medina Rojas is one of murder, fake identities, legal scandals and a nearly two-decade struggle to bring him to justice

The Mexican government has done little to stem the violence around the state, while local business owners demand greater collaboration with the US

EL PAÍS has seen statements from security forces about the chaotic scene that left five people dead and implicated a colonel

For two years, a war between criminal groups has terrorized Frontera Comalapa and its farming communities. Residents and NGOs have denounced an upsurge in violence

At least one person has died after an outbreak similar to that seen in Durango. Mexico’s authorities have reported 23 cases, nine in U.S. patients and 14 in Mexicans

One of the 12 police officers accused of murdering 17 migrants and two smugglers in 2021 in northern Mexico changed his story a few months after the incident. In his testimony, to which EL PAÍS has had access, he acknowledges the massacre and says that more agents were involved

According to authorities, the infections — which were diagnosed in residents who had undergone surgery in Matamoros — led to serious illness and death

The 18-year-old disappeared in Monterrey and was found 13 days later in a motel cistern. There are still no arrests or any answers about who killed her, or why

According to leaked documents accessed by ‘The Washington Post,’ authorities in the United States wiretapped conversations between members of the criminal organization, who were suspected of kidnapping the tourists

Viangly Infante, a 31-year-old Venezuelan, was outside the immigration facility waiting for her husband when the fire broke out. ‘They had the chance to open the cells and they didn’t do it. Why didn’t they do it?’

The blaze at a Mexican government immigration facility left 38 people dead and 28 more seriously injured, the worst such tragedy in living memory

Documents seen by EL PAÍS, a military report and the testimony of a survivor shed light on the shooting deaths of five unarmed young men in the Mexican border city in late February

The border state, where four U.S. citizens were kidnapped in early March, has the highest number of military shootings of civilians and disappeared persons in relation to the overall population

The noted saxophonist died in the morning at home in Houston, according to his wife, Griselda Olivares

A letter attributed to the Scorpions faction of the Gulf cartel condemned the violence and said the gang turned over to authorities its own members who were responsible

The Scorpions faction of the Gulf cartel condemned the violence and said the gang turned over to authorities its own members who were responsible

The motive for the attack on a group of four friends in Matamoros remains shrouded in mystery, as does the identity of the perpetrators and how investigators located them

More than 112,000 Mexicans remain missing nationwide, in many cases years or decades after they disappeared

Mexican authorities are working on the assumption that the kidnap of four US citizens in Matamoros, two of whom were found dead, was a case of mistaken identity by drug cartels