Behind the headlines: How safe is Mexico? Apr 3, 2009
to its citizens reports the drug violence "including the cities of Nuevo Laredo, Tijuana, Cuidad Ju;rez, Nogales, Reynosa, Matamoros, and most recently, in Mexico City" and identifies the states of Michoac;n, Sinaloa, Sonora and Guerrero as additional hot spots. Mexico ranks at the third of five caution levels. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
US targets gun flows into Mexico in bid to stem drug violence Apr 3, 2009
The talks come as Mexico, which has little control over the people and products flowing into its territory, launched a pilot program in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, to inspect vehicles, including weighing them for anomalies and reading license plate to share intelligence with other agencies. According to Mexican Customs, the program will be extended to other points of entry along the northern border, as well as the southern border, which is also a point of entry for many illegal weapons from Central... (Christian Science Monitor)
Mexico ups border inspections to stop gunrunning Apr 2, 2009
It was introduced last week at Matamoros, across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, and should be added along Mexico's border with Guatemala by year's end. Such a systematic effort would be a big improvement: Inspections are now mostly determined by lights that randomly flash red or green. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Mexico cracks down on smuggled guns Apr 2, 2009
It was introduced last week at Matamoros, across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, and should be added along Mexico's border with Guatemala by year's end. Seeing redSuch a systematic effort would be a big improvement: Inspections are now mostly determined by lights that randomly flash red or green. (MSNBC -- International)
Kids in Mexico learning English in elementary school Apr 2, 2009
MATAMOROS, Mexico -- While some continue the fight to make English the official language of the U.S., the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas is working to become fully bilingual. 11 News. (KHOU.com, TX)
2 Mexican Drug Cartel Members Plead Guilty Apr 1, 2009
Federal prosecutor Toni Trevino said de la Cruz Reyna was among a group of armed drug traffickers who in 1999 cornered Drug Enforcement Administration agent Joe Dubois and FBI agent Daniel Fuentes in their car in the border city of Matamoros, across the Rio Grande from Brownsville. Both agents, who were assigned to the U.S. consulate in Monterrey, were in Matamoros to talk with an informant when they were cornered by the traffickers, including Osiel Cardenas-Guillen, the then head of the Gulf... (Click2Houston, TX)
Mexico, U.S. swap murder suspects Mar 30, 2009
Officers from the Federal Investigations Agency delivered Sliguero to U.S. authorities at the airport of Matamoros in the state of Tamaulipas, which borders the United States. In the meantime, the United States extradited Felipe Espinosa Espinosa, accused of murder and detained in California, to Mexican authorities. (Xinhuanet, China)
American Eagle Airlines to Launch Nonstop Jet Service Between Brownsville, Texas, and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Mar 24, 2009
"The airport is located just minutes from Matamoros, Mexico, as well as beautiful South Padre Island. We are pleased to be serving this key Texas and Mexico market, allowing customers to connect through DFW to numerous other destinations throughout AA's network, including Chicago, Atlanta and Detroit.". "We welcome American Eagle service to the historic Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport and encourage everyone to 'Fly Brownsville,' " said Larry Brown, Director of Aviation for... (PR Newswire)
A new drive for cross-border business Mar 21, 2009
said it s a reverberation of the drug wars raging among the Gulf cartel of Matamoros; the Beltran-Leyva and Juarez cartels; and the Sinaloa drug kingpins, who continue to fight for smuggling rights after the Arellano-Felix cartel of Tijuana was largely deactivated by the Mexican and U.S. governments. Pages: 1. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
* Argentinas Lanus fall to shock home defeat Mar 19, 2009
Cuenca refused to ease up in the second half and Teixeira scored his second when Sanhouse made a mess of a routine long shot from Holguer Matamoros. The Tachira keeper could only push the ball out and the Brazilian accepted the gift to tap home. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Students warned about spring break in Mexico Mar 14, 2009
The warning specifically mentions the areas of Mexico that students heading to South Padre Island might visit which include Matamoros, Nuevo Progresso and Reynosa, all towns that are known for their many bars, among other things but doesn t advise spring breakers to necessarily stay away from them. Instead they advise that while it is unlikely that American visitors would get caught up in this violence, travelers should exercise common-sense precautions such as visiting only the well-traveled... (Brenham Banner, TX)
In Mexico's drug wars, fears of a U.S. front Mar 10, 2009
One is loyal to the Gulf cartel, which is based in Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, Texas, near the Gulf of Mexico. Another answers to the Sinaloa cartel, which originated in the state of the same name on Mexicos Pacific coast. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Drug violence in Mexico reminds some of murdered U.T. student from 20 years ago Mar 8, 2009
When the news broke that Mark Kilroy's remains had been found and that he been a victim of a horrible murder and human sacrifice, it just sent a shudder through my body as a father, he said, remembering how he was called to the crime scene: a remote ranch in Matamoros ... Spring Breakers still come across the bridge to Matamoros to enjoy the bars in Mexico. (KHOU.com, TX)
Rethinking spring break in Mexico Mar 5, 2009
They have wisely advised to avoid Tijuana, Juarez, Matamoros, & other border towns. even including Rosarita Beach, tho we have friends who just returned from there, but they were a middle-aged couple, not college kids on break. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
College students warned not to go to Mexico for spring break Mar 4, 2009
MATAMOROS, Mexico Every year, Mexico is a top destination for college students on spring break. Video Students warned not to go to Mexico for spring break March 2, 2009. (KHOU.com, TX)
The undeclared war Mar 2, 2009
"The protesters have temporarily blocked border crossings in Reynosa, Nuevo Laredo, Matamoros and Ciudad Jurez and shut down parts of Monterrey, a major industrial hub in the northeast," reported the New York Times. Some Americans' penchant for using illegal drugs -- called a victimless crime by supporters -- is directly responsible for chaos and mass deaths on the border. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Turnpike slayings evidence called weak Feb 27, 2009
Cohen and Troya s attorney, Ruben Garcia, continued offering jurors the alternative Matamoros theory of the crimes just as Varela s attorney, Robert Gershman, did in closing statements Wednesday, saying that a debt Escobedo owed to the Mexican cartel might have led them to kill him, his wife Yessica and their 4- and 3-year-old sons, Luis Julian and Luis Damian. Cohen conceded that Sanchez was on the highway at the time of the deaths but did not participate in the killings. (The Palm Beach Post)
State Dept. Issues Alert On Mexico Travel Feb 27, 2009
"Ciudad Juarez, Tijuana and Nogales are among the cities which have recently experienced public shootouts during daylight hours in shopping centers and other public venues. Criminals have followed and harassed U.S. citizens traveling in their vehicles in border areas including Nuevo Laredo, Matamoros, and Tijuana. The situation in Ciudad Juarez is of special concern." (). Mexico has deployed about 40,000 troops in its war on the drug cartels since December 2006, and insists that the tactic has... (Click2Houston, TX)
Drug Cartels Exporting Bloody Mayhem to U.S. Feb 27, 2009
The department warns of the increased violence along the border and advises revelers in Matamoros and Nuevo Progresso, popular destinations for spring breakers on South Padre Island, Texas, to "exercise common-sense precautions such as visiting only the well-traveled business and tourism areas of border towns during daylight and early-evening hours.". . (Newsmax)
Cartel operation leads to indictments in Arizona Feb 26, 2009
He was being held at a federal prison in Matamoros, just over the border from Brownsville, Texas. Mexican agents handed him to U.S. authorities to face charges in Arizona and Colorado, the attorney general's office said in a written statement. (AZCentral -- News)
Mexican drug gangs wage war Feb 23, 2009
The report identified crime hot spots including Ciudad Jurez; Tijuana, across the border from San Diego; Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas; and Nogales, across the border from Nogales, Ariz. The Associated Press. (USA Today -- News)
U.S. Says Mexico Drug-Related Violence Poses a Growing Threat to Tourists Feb 22, 2009
Criminals have followed and harassed U.S. citizens traveling in their vehicles in border areas including Nuevo Laredo, Matamoros, and Tijuana. . (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Bitter Battle Closes Brownsville Border Bridge Feb 20, 2009
BROWNSVILLE (February 19, 2009)--A gun battle across the border Thursday forced the temporary closure of the bridge connecting Brownsville with Matamoros, Mexico ... Lucio said a gunfight ensued while Mexican police were investigating warehouses in Matamoros. (KWTX.com, TX)
Drug Violence Spills Over The Border Feb 10, 2009
AP reports the Gulf Cartel, based in Matamoros, just south of the Texas border, is one of the most ruthless of the Mexican drug organizations. In the past year, more than 5,000 people have been killed across Mexico in a power struggle among Mexico's drug cartels and ferocious fighting with the Mexican government. (KWTX.com, TX)
Local Weather Feb 8, 2009
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 02/08/09 07:15:32 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 89% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
Spring breakers fear Mexico border town Mar 15, 2008
Tightened I.D. requirements at the Texas-Mexico border and the presence of the Mexican army in border towns like Matamoros may dissuade some of the spring break crowd from day trips and nightly booze runs across the border ... Once, most South Padre spring breakers visited nearby Matamoros, Mexico, for the touted "Two Nation Vacation." ... The young, tan masses have not been surveyed lately, but Dan Quandt, executive director of the island's convention and visitors' bureau, said "we have noticed... (MSNBC -- Travel)
Spring breakers abandon 'Two Nation Vacation' because of fears of crossing into Mexico Mar 10, 2008
Once, most South Padre spring breakers visited nearby Matamoros, Mexico, for the touted "Two Nation Vacation." ... The young, tan masses have not been surveyed lately, but Dan Quandt, executive director of the island's convention and visitors' bureau, said "we have noticed over the past few years a decline in the number of students going to Matamoros." ... It was traditional to go over to Matamoros for a haircut and to shop for jewelry, but not this year, said the 21-year-old Michigan State... (International Herald Tribune)
Littelfuse to move plant to China from Mexico Mar 6, 2008
The transition, which is spread over two years, will affect about 950 employees in Matamoros, Mexico, the company said in a statement. The Matamoros facility was acquired by Littelfuse in 2003 through its takeover of Teccor Electronics Corp.. (Crain's Chicago Business)
When Your Local Pharmacist Is In Mexico Mar 4, 2008
From Perez's House in Brownsville, Texas, it's a 20-minute drive across the border into Matamoros, Mexico, to pharmacies, medical facilities and savings. Her doctors visit in the United States cost her $125. (CBS News)
xpedx and Ryobi Spotlight Expanded Offering for Printers at Graphics of the Americas, Miami, Feb 27 - Mar 1, Booth 780 Feb 21, 2008
(Logo: ) Continuous demonstrations of the RYOBI 784E, a 23x31" six-up, four-color offset press, will be performed throughout the show. The economy-priced, three-quarter size press runs at up to 15,000 sheets per hour and has a footprint that is 40 percent less than most other comparably sized presses. Also at the show, xpedx will discuss its comprehensive offering to U.S. printers across creative, pre-press, on-press and post-press functions, including its network of retail paper and graphic... (PR Newswire)
Mexico Tries to Help Deportees Feb 9, 2008
Carlos Martinez was in a state of total panic after being deported from the United States to the Mexican border city of Matamoros he had no money, nowhere to go, and, worst of all, he didn't speak Spanish. The 30-year-old New Yorker had left Mexico as a baby; when the Department of Homeland Security sent him south last May after he had served a prison term, he landed in a foreign land. (Time.com)
Mexico police caught between drug crackdown, cartels Feb 5, 2008
Jan. 22: Army troops disarm all police officers in the border cities of Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa and Matamoros pending a federal investigation of drug corruption. Jan. 23: Mexico's Justice Secretary, Eduardo Medina Mora, says a network of Mexico City police have been protecting members of the Sinaloa and Juarez cartels. (AZCentral -- News)
Keep Your Mittens Feb 1, 2008
Ted Poe that the Texas Department of Public Safety this week issued its own travel warning: "Due to the increased rising level of violence in Mexico which is attributed to drug cartels, violent criminal organizations, and increased presence of military personnel in some Mexican border communities it is recommended that persons be discouraged from traveling to Mexican border towns ... Nuevo Laredo, Matamoros, Reynosa, Rio Bravo, Miguel Aleman, and Ciudad Juarez." ... Nuevo Laredo,... (Townhall.com)
Mexico Soldiers Disarm Border Police to Nab Drug Contacts, Universal Says Jan 23, 2008
The troops surrounded the police stations in Reynosa, Rio Bravo, Nuevo Laredo, Matamoros, Valle Hermoso and Miguel Aleman to prevent any violence, the newspaper said. The cities are all in Tamaulipas state. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Mexico arrests alleged drug cartel members Jan 23, 2008
In the border state of Tamaulipas, across from Texas, dozens of soldiers in armored cars surrounded the police stations in Nuevo Laredo, Matamoros and Reynosa on Tuesday to check whether the police officers' weapons, radios and phones were connected to crimes. No arrests were reported and officers were allowed back on the streets. (MSNBC -- International)
Texans worry Mexican violence will cross border Jan 14, 2008
The U.S. State Department included Tamaulipas state, which stretches along the border from Nuevo Laredo to Matamoros, in a travel advisory issued in October ... But I ve lived in the Valley 26 years and you won t catch me in Reynosa or Matamoros, Combs said. (KHOU.com, TX)
City officer injured during meth bust Jan 6, 2008
At about 1 a.m., officer John Dever stopped a white Jeep Cherokee driven by Paul Andrew Matamoros, 32, of Farmington ... During the traffic stop, Matamoros reached for an unknown object in the vehicle and Dever also reached in ... Matamoros put the vehicle in gear and punched Dever several times trying to escape. (Durango Herald)
Southern Speak Jan 5, 2008
He cites "Matamoros Banks" on Mr. Springsteen's 2005 "Devils album, in which the singer adopts the voice of a Mexican man who dies in the Rio Grande while trying to reach his love on the northern side. The professor says such a song "by a figure so associated with U.S. national imagery as Springsteen challenges conventional definitions of both Latin America and the United States and the walls that supposedly separate them. " Clinton's chimps One of the last pieces of legislation President... (Townhall.com)
Hour-by-hour forecast Jan 3, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 01/03/08 07:15:48 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 55% Visability: 10 miles (16 km). (Florida Today)
Bank Robbers Caught In Mexico Dec 20, 2007
Investigators say the three were captured Tuesday night without incident in Matamoros, Mexico, and did not appear to have any suspected stolen money with them. Further specifics on the robberies weren't immediately available. (KWTX.com, TX)
Songs of love and murder, silenced by killings Dec 18, 2007
On Dec. 1, Zayda Pea, the raven-haired lead singer of Zayda y los Culpables, was shot in a motel room in Matamoros in Tamaulipas State. She survived the attack, but the killers followed her to the hospital and finished her off with two more bullets as she lay in bed. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
'Grupero' stars targeted in Mexico Dec 18, 2007
On Dec. 1, Zayda Pea, the raven-haired lead singer of Zayda y Los Cupables, was shot in a motel room in Matamoros in the state of Tamaulipas. She survived the attack, but the killers followed her to the hospital and finished her off with two more bullets as she lay in bed later that day. (International Herald Tribune)
Newsweek: Who is killing Mexico's musicians? Dec 8, 2007
Though Zayda Pea's mother works for the district attorney's office in Matamoros, police are probing the possibility that her killing was a crime of passion. Whatever the real motives behind the murders of Gmez, Pea and Aquino turn out to be, a siege mentality has crept into Mexico's music industry. (MSNBC -- International)
Complete weather forecast Dec 7, 2007
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Assassinations shock Mexican musicians Dec 6, 2007
Kayda Pe;a survived a bullet in the back during an assault on her hotel in the border city of Matamoros on Saturday only to be killed by gunmen later with two shots to the face while being treated in hospital. A female friend and a hotel employee had already died in the initial attack. (Guardian Unlimited)
Musicians murdered Dec 5, 2007
Gunman fired an execution-style gunshot into her at the hospital where she was recovering from surgery for a bullet wound in her neck suffered Friday at a motel in the border city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas. Some fear that singers, whether they have any links to drug cartels or not, are routinely adopted by drug gangs, which post Internet videos showing their members torturing and executing rivals to soundtracks of popular tunes. (Boulder Colorado Daily, CO)
Mexican singer Zayda Pena slain in hospital Dec 5, 2007
Zayda Pena, 28, was shot in the heart Saturday in the city of Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, Texas, while recovering from a gunshot wound to the neck received on Friday, police detective Abel Infante said. No suspects had been identified. (FOX 11, AZ)
Seized Mexican singer strangled Dec 5, 2007
Gomez was killed hours after another singer, Zayda Pena, was killed in the border city of Matamoros in Tamaulipas state. Pena, 28, was shot by an unknown assailant in hospital where she was recovering from a previous gunshot wound. (BBC News -- Americas)
Two more Mexican musicians slain Dec 4, 2007
A lesser-known singer Zayda Pena, 28, was shot in the heart Saturday in the city of Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, Texas, while recovering from a gunshot wound received on Friday, police detective Abel Infante said Monday. Two people with Pena were killed in the Friday shooting. (Globe and Mail)
K-Paz De La Sierra Singer Gomez Murdered Dec 4, 2007
Gomez was abducted and killed hours after another lesser-known singer, Zayda Pena, was murdered in the border city of Matamoros. Pena was shot at her motel and rushed to a hospital for surgery. (Billboard.com)
Obituaries for Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007 Dec 4, 2007
Kermit expanded the Weathermaster Seeds operations into Mexico, and by 1967 he had established a plant near Matamoros, Mexico, and trained workers to operate the plant. Years earlier, while studying Agronomy at the University of Minnesota, Kermit had become acquainted with another Agronomy student, Norman Borlaug, a later recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Tijuana hookers at high risk – study Nov 28, 2007
The goal is to find effective ways to persuade prostitutes in five U.S.-Mexico border cities Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez, Mexicali, Matamoros and Nuevo Laredo to reduce their high-risk activities. We really need to intensify the intervention, Strathdee said. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Missing Teen Back Home With Family Nov 9, 2007
Officials said 17-year-old Adelene Ruiz was in good condition after she and her ex-boyfriend, 19-year-old Charlie Zelaya, were found in Matamoros. Zelaya, being held in the Cameron County Jail, faces kidnapping, family violence and contempt of court charges. (Click2Houston, TX)
Teen found working at bar Nov 9, 2007
The Brownsville Herald said that Adelene Ruiz, 17, showed no sign of injuries and was not being held against her will in Matamoros, according to information given to the Cameron County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Omar Lucio told the Fort Bend Herald Thursday morning that Ruiz was released to her parents Wednesday night. (Rosenberg Herald-Coaster, TX)
Missing Texas Teen Now Reunited With Family Nov 9, 2007
Officials say 17-year-old Adelene Ruiz was in good condition on Thursday after she and her ex-boyfriend, 19-year-old Charlie Zelaya, were found earlier this week in Matamoros, Mexico. Zelaya is being held in the Cameron County Jail. (KWTX.com, TX)
Missing Teen Found In Mexico Nov 8, 2007
Fort Bend County sheriff's deputies said Adelene Ruiz, 17, was found in Matamoros, Mexico ... Zelaya was arrested and is in the custody of Matamoros State Police on unknown charges, officials said. (Click2Houston, TX)
More of this story Nov 8, 2007
A Needville area girl missing since last week has been found alive in Matamoros, Mexico, according to Fort Bend County sheriff's spokeswoman Terriann Carlson Wednesday morning ... Zelaya has been jailed by Matamoros State Police on unknown charges. (Rosenberg Herald-Coaster, TX)
Simclar, Inc. Announces Consolidation of Metal Fabrication Operations Nov 3, 2007
Nov. 2, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Simclar, Inc. (NasdaqCM: - ), a multi-plant electronics contract manufacturer announced today that it will be consolidating its metal fabrication operations into its Matamoros, Mexico facility and that this decision will result in the discontinuance of operations at its Winterville, North Carolina facility. The North Carolina facility has been incurring increasing losses for a number of months and, as a result, has been under continual operational and financial... (Primezone Releases)
Are Mexican Soldiers Aiding Drug Smugglers on Border? Oct 29, 2007
Moving from west to east, these garrisons are located at Tecate, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonoyta, Agua Prieta, Ciudad Juarez, Ojinaga, Palomas, Ciudad Acuna, Piedras Negras, Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros. By the canons of international law, theres nothing wrong with it either. (Newsmax)
Univision Debuts Jennifer Lopez Produced Dramatic Mini-Series "Como Ama Una Mujer" October 30th Oct 23, 2007
Univision Networks, New York Denise Matamoros, 212-455-4712. Source: Univision Networks. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Accused child rape fugitive caught in Mexico Oct 15, 2007
Speaking to reporters before being sent back, Lynch said he had been living in the Mexican city of Matamoros and denied the charges. He also said he's being targeted because he's black, calling Tennessee "the most prejudiced state in the country.". (FOX23 News, NY)
Man accused of child rape back in U.S. after capture in Mexico Oct 14, 2007
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A fugitive who has been profiled on "America's Most Wanted" was captured today near Matamoros, Mexico, and confined in a South Texas jail. Donald Edward Lynch, 66, who faces 11 counts of rape of a child, 38 counts of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and five counts of aggravated sexual battery - all in Kingsport, Tenn. (KSLA.com, LA)
Border cities stall fence construction Oct 3, 2007
Brownsville, a city of 170,000 people across the Rio Grande from Matamoros, Mexico, is considering a lawsuit against the federal government to prevent the fences construction on city property. City leaders met with attorneys Tuesday night about that possibility but decided to wait two weeks before deciding. (MSNBC -- Race)
Drug trade takes root, and toll, in Mexico Oct 3, 2007
Typical of the two dozen private rehabilitation centers in Zamora is La Esperanza, a shelter on Matamoros Street. It is a single-family home that houses more than 30 addicts, who sleep on bunks and share a single malodorous bathroom. (International Herald Tribune)
More Cubans entering U.S. through Mexico Oct 2, 2007
After her family finally wired a partial payment to the smugglers, she said she was driven to the city of Merida, then put on a plane to Matamoros ... In Matamoros she had to pay a driver to take her to the border town of Reynosa. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
