He says this happens in the northern area of Bagdad Beach and on a parcel of communal farming land in nearby Matamoros. Following persistent public complaints, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum ...

The fish, abundant in US waters due to strict conservation rules, is illegally harvested and brought to Mexico's Playa Bagdad, a coastal area near Matamoros, for sale and export, the agency said ...

The lancha boats are launched into U.S. waters from Playa Bagdad, which is just miles away from the Texas border, it said. "They then bring their catch back to lancha camps into Mexico, where the ...

The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions Tuesday against members of the Gulf drug cartel, based in the border cities of Reynosa and Matamoros.

The boats often launch from Playa Bagdad, east of Matamoros, on the Gulf coast. “The Gulf Cartel engages in the illicit trade of red snapper and shark species through ‘lancha’ operations based out of ...

“Since Starbase is so close to the Matamoros beach, which is Playa Bagdad, we also receive thousands of visitors from all over,” she said.

The following Tuesday (7 March), Ms McGee and Mr Williams were found in a stash house in a rural area east of Matamoros called Ejido Longoreno on the way to a beach known as Playa Baghdad, alongside ...

The shack was near Playa Bagdad — or “Bagdad Beach,” a remote strip of sand where the Rio Grande meets the Gulf of Mexico that has been known as a drop-off point for U.S.-bound smuggled ...

The shack was near Playa Bagdad — or ‘Bagdad Beach,’ a remote strip of sand where the Rio Grande meets the Gulf of Mexico that has been known as a drop-off point for U.S.-bound smuggled ...

It was supposed to be a fun road trip, a post-pandemic adventure for a group of childhood friends. But once they got to Mexico, the trip took a terrible turn.

On Tuesday, the victims were finally tracked down to a “stash house” along a rural area east of Matamoros called Ejido Longoreño on the way to the local beach known as Playa Baghdad.

The frantic effort to rescue four Americans taken captive by a cartel in Mexico came after another friend who had traveled with them called police.