Mexican authorities arrested five more people in connection to the kidnappings of four Americans in Matamoros, Mexico, Tamaulipas Attorney General Irving Barrios Mojica said on Twitter on Friday.

Even though Matamoros is in Tamaulipas, which the U.S. State Department says travelers should avoid because of the danger of kidnapping and other crimes, he said it was possible the Americans were ...

Unidentified gunmen opened fire on one woman and three men in a white minivan 2 1/2 hours after they drove into the Mexican border town of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, from Brownsville, Texas, on Friday ...

Matamoros, Mexico, is a stronghold for various criminal organizations, particularly the Gulf Cartel. U.S. and Mexican officials say four U.S. citizens were abducted at gunpoint in the city on Friday.

U.S. Border Patrol monitor on the bank of the Rio Grande near the Gateway International Bridge, between the cities of Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, on March 16, 2021, in ...

Four U.S. citizens have been kidnapped after gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in the northern Mexico border city of Matamoros, the FBI said. Skip to Main Content Skip ... [to Tamaulipas state]. ...

The Americans crossed into Matamoros, Tamaulipas, when they were shot at and kidnapped. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for the return of the victims and arrests of their kidnappers .

And outbreaks of violence, such as the Reynosa rampage in 2021 or the recent Matamoros killings, show these gains remain fragile. As Ochoa pointed out, a change in ordinarily stable political or ...

If that’s the case, Matamoros might descend into the same level of instability that plagues the rest of Tamaulipas in cities such as Reynosa, where gangs operate with near-total impunity.

The State Department’s advisory for the Mexican state of Tamaulipas is categorized as Level 4. Travel advisories range from Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions), to Level 4, (Do Not Travel). As ...

The two were arrested during raids in the northern border state of Tamaulipas, and flown to Mexico City on a military plane. Latest U.S.

A 35-year-old man from Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been sentenced to 97 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J.