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Find out what's going on in your town. en-us Former Starr County Sheriff Reymundo Guerra was sentenced Thursday to five years and four months in federal prison for helping Gulf Cartel operatives move marijuana and cocaine through his remote border county. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6629184/ex-texas-sheriff-gets-5-years-for-helping-drug-cartel Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:24:08 -0700 Former Starr County Sheriff Reymundo Guerra was sentenced Thursday to five years and four months in federal prison for helping Gulf Cartel operatives move marijuana and cocaine through his remote border county. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6628981/ex-texas-sheriff-gets-5-years-for-helping-drug-cartel Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:24:08 -0700 HOUSTON — After hooded federal agents whisked the reputed head of the Gulf Cartel drug trafficking syndicate from a Mexican prison to Houston to face justice nearly three years ago, he was branded by authorities as among the most notorious and http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6491068/is-gulf-cartel-s-alleged-top-boss-ready-to-talk-closed-hearing-suggests- Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:20:05 -0700 Weeks before his trial is set to begin, it seems prosecutors could be brokering a deal with Gulf Cartel leader Osiel Cardenas Guillen. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6490968/alleged-drug-lord-may-be-ready-to-talk Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:01:08 -0700 The U.S. State Department announced today rewards of up to $50 million combined for information leading to the capture of Los Zetas principals and four Gulf Cartel leaders now designated as narcotics kingpins. The four cartel leaders are Antonio http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6381937/dea-50m-reward-for-designated-drug-kingpins Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:22:33 -0700 Authorities contend Raul Madrigal, 29, is a key member of the fast-growing Tango Blast — the largest gang in Houston — and that from 2007 to 2009, he helped the Gulf Cartel pump millions of dollars worth of marijuana and cocaine into Houston and the surrounding... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6333325/u-s-,-mexico-gangs-connected Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:57:08 -0700 BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Nearly two years ago Mexican soldiers acting on what they said was an anonymous tip seized more than 11 tons of cocaine being unloaded by Gulf Cartel members at a warehouse near the eastern coastal city of Tampico. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6261399/indictment-reveals-cartel-s-inner-workings Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:14:08 -0700 REYNOSA - Authorities discovered a stash of items bearing Gulf Cartel logos during a pursuit Monday, the Mexican military announced. Soldiers were patrolling a neighborhood when they spotted two trucks circling an area along Lago de Texcoco street, according http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6167529/mexican-army-finds-gulf-cartel-branded-items Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:35:08 -0700 The Mexican Army reported Tuesday afternoon the capture in Matamoros of a high-ranking Gulf Cartel member and also the nephew of the famed drug-lord Osiel Cardenas Guillen. Mario Alberto "Betillo" Cardenas Medina, the cartel's lieutenant in charge of http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6091658/mexican-army-arrests-cartel-lieutenant Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:12:08 -0700 Houston Chronicle: The FBI is advising law enforcement officers across the country that a Texas cell of Los Zetas — an increasingly powerful arm of the Mexican Gulf Cartel drug trafficking syndicate — has acquired a secluded ranch where it trains its members to... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5935583/prairiepundit-zetas-training-for-action-in-us-to-aid-drug-cartel Wed, 20 May 2009 03:48:08 -0700 The FBI is advising law enforcement officers across the country that a Texas cell of Los Zetas — an increasingly powerful arm of the Mexican Gulf Cartel drug trafficking syndicate — has acquired a secluded ranch where it trains its members to “neutralize”... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5929950/fbi-warns-of-zetas-u-s-ranch Tue, 19 May 2009 19:27:08 -0700 Updating a story covered here on Grits last fall, StoptheDrugWar.org has this news from a high-profile South Texas corruption case : In San Antonio, a former Starr County sheriff pleaded guilty last Friday to one drug trafficking charge for assisting the Mexican Gulf... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5856801/grits-for-breakfast-guilty-plea-from-corrupt-border-sheriff Fri, 08 May 2009 09:23:08 -0700 In the last three days, a long-sought member of the notorious Gulf Cartel was captured near Matamoros. He had a $2.1 million price tag on his head. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5792328/police-capture-member-of-notorious-drug-cartel Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:21:08 -0700 MATAMOROS - U.S. law enforcement officials hailed the arrest of a former top Gulf Cartel lieutenant Thursday as a significant blow to the organization's founding power structure. Mexican federal police detained Gregorio "El Goyo" Sauceda Gamboa at his http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5792928/arrest-of-former-gulf-lieutenant-hailed-as-a-significant-blow Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:44:08 -0700 Federal agents today shut down a high-volume cocaine operation that supplied Minnesota drug users, and arrested high-level traffickers allegedly connected to Mexico's Gulf Cartel, one of that country's most violent crime syndicates. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5779955/raids-disrupt-cocaine-pipeline-into-minnesota Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:23:01 -0700 Law enforcement agencies say they have struck another blow against the powerful Mexican drug trafficking organization known as the Gulf Cartel. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5779043/n-ga-raid-nets-17-arrests,-millions-in-cash,-drugs Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:06:08 -0700 Shelby County Sheriff Chris Curry, at the scene where five were found slain in Aug. 2008, learned firsthand what federal drug enforcement agents have long understood. The drug war, with the savagery it brings, knows no bounds. Download and view the graphic in PDF... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5700656/grisly-slayings,-including-five-killed-in-shelby-county,-bring-mexican-drug Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:06:08 -0700