The Latest Breaking News from Tamaulipas

Mexico's Navy Department issued a statement, saying the marines detained "one of the key leaders of one of the most powerful criminal organizations in Tamaulipas."

The secretary of the Interior of Mexico, Luisa María Alcalde Luján, took to social media, and wrote, "Governor Américo Villareal has just informed us that the 31 migrants kidnapped in Tamaulipas were rescued safely."

Tragedy strikes as a roof caves in, leaving casualties and injuries during a church service in Ciudad Madero.

Authorities called off the search early Monday. After initially fearing that dozens could still be trapped under the rubble, searches led them to believe no one remained unaccounted for.

A video widely shared on social media in late May shows a man, wearing a bulletproof vest marked with the logo of a Mexican cartel, carrying a weapon that looks like an AT4 anti-tank rocket launcher. The Russian ambassador to Mexico joined in the debate about the video on Twitter,…

At least 26 people have died in a fiery road accident involving a cargo van and a trailer in the state of Tamaulipas in northern Mexico. Read further on Dynamite News:

The drug cartels, such as the fearsome Los Zetas based in Tamaulipas state, Mexico, that run the drug routes into the US wage nearly constant war with the authorities, rival cartels and even between internal factions

Since their bloody split with the Gulf Cartel, this new group has been in constant war with their parent cartel for control over the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas

Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba, ex-governor of Tamaulipas, is accused of using $3.5m in bribes to buy property in the US.

Five men tied up and left for the police to seize as an 'apology' for the kidnappings are believed to be members of the 'Scorpions', a group known for its brutality and use of military-style tactics

An unnamed Tamaulipas state law enforcement official leaked a letter believed to be authored by the Gulf drug cartel