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Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists and among the ones with the highest levels of unsolved crimes against the press. [1] Though the exact figures of those killed are often conflicting, [2] [3] press freedom organizations around the world agree through general consensus that Mexico is among the most dangerous countries on the planet to exercise journalism ...
September 10 – In the border city of Reynosa, across the border from McAllen, Texas, 85 inmates – 66 of whom were convicted or on trial for federal charges like weapons possession or drugs – scale the Reynosa prison's 20-foot (6-meter) walls using ladders. Forty-four prison guards and employees were under investigation.
The Sinaloa Cartel stood to its firm intention to become the "hegemonic drug trafficking organization in Mexico." [12] And to do so, it had to control the cities along the U.S.-Mexico border. Back in the early 2000s, if a different drug trafficking organization wanted to traffic narcotics through a different corridor, they had to pay a fee to ...
Raúl Castillo Jr. was born to Raúl H. Castillo Sr. and Adela "Adelita" Rodríguez de Castillo. [3] [4] He has an older brother, Tony, and a younger sister.[2] [5] His parents are Mexican emigrants from Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, [2] [6] [7] who later moved to McAllen, Texas, where he and his siblings were raised. [4]
The Gulf Cartel, a drug cartel based in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, was founded in the 1930s by Juan Nepomuceno Guerra. [1] [2] It initially smuggled alcohol and other illegal goods into the U.S. but grew significantly in the 1970s under the leadership of kingpin Juan García Ábrego. [3]
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Reynosa (Spanish pronunciation:) is a border city in the northern part of the state of Tamaulipas, in Mexico which also holds the municipal seat of Reynosa Municipality.. The city is located on the southern bank of the Rio Grande in the international Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan area, directly across the Mexico–United States border from Hidalgo, Texas.
Reynosa–McAllen, [1] also known as McAllen–Reynosa, [2] or simply as Borderplex, [3] is one of the six international conurbations along the Mexico–U.S border. The city of Reynosa is situated in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, on the southern bank of the Rio Grande, while the city of McAllen is located in the American state of Texas, directly north across the bank of the Rio Grande.