But conflict has flared in Tamaulipas over the past 15 years as the incumbent Gulf Cartel – founded in Matamoros – fragmented, starting with its notoriously violent armed wing, Los Zetas.

Four Americans, one woman and three men, enter Matamoros in a white Chrysler Pacifica minivan with North Carolina license plates after crossing the border at Brownsville.

The FBI announced that four Americans who traveled from Texas across the border to Tamaulipas, Mexico, are missing after they were shot at and possibly kidnapped.

Residents in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, will soon be able to shop at a market that looks distinctly like the famed Texas gas station and country store Buc-ee’s.

The abduction took place on the streets of Matamoros, Mexico. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for the return of the Americans and the arrests of those involved.

Two other U.S. citizens were rescued in the city of Matamoros after a trip across the border for cosmetic surgery turned deadly following an ambush and kidnapping.

Four U.S. citizens were kidnapped after gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in the northern Mexico border city of Matamoros, the FBI said Sunday, March 5, 2023.

They crossed into Matamoros, Tamaulipas, in their white minivan, according to the US Embassy & Consulates in Mexico.

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.

The group of four Americans drove across the US border with Mexico on Friday, crossing into Matamoros, Tamaulipas, in their white minivan, according to the US Embassy & Consulates in Mexico.

News 2 Matamoros, Mexico kidnapping survivors return to US: 2 deaths blamed on cartels Published: Mar. 08, 2023, 7:52 a.m.

Authorities in Mexico arrested five more people Friday in connection with the kidnapping of four Americans in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, two of whom were killed. The bodies of the two victims ...