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Authorities in the Mexican state of Nuevo León find at least twelve bodies dumped on roads near Monterrey, likely related to a drug cartel operating in Tamaulipas.
2023-09-27

Two Americans are found dead, and two alive, after they had been kidnapped in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, four days earlier.
2023-03-7

At least 52 inmates are killed in a riot and fire at Topo Chico prison in Monterrey, Mexico.
2016-02-11

Mexican Drug War: Alleged members of Los Zetas, a drug cartel originally set up by former soldiers of the Mexican Army, attack several media outlets in Monterrey for publishing on a rumored split between the two principal Zetas bosses.
2012-08-6

Mexican Drug War: 49 dismembered bodies are discovered by Mexican authorities on Mexican Federal Highway 40. The decapitated and mutilated bodies were dumped on a roadside near the northern city of Monterrey, presumably by members of the powerful Los Zetas drug cartel.
2012-05-13

Two Mexican police officers assigned to guard the United States consulate in Monterrey are killed in a drive-by shooting while off duty.
2011-07-22

Two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are shot while travelling between Monterrey and Mexico City with one officer dying.
2011-02-15

Mexican drug cartel leader Ezequiel Cardenas Guillén is shot dead by Mexican security forces in Matamoros following a gun fight of several hours.
2010-11-5

At least 2 people are injured after a grenade explosion outside a Televisa television station in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
2010-08-16

A mass grave containing at least 50 tortured and burned corpses is unearthed east of Monterrey, Nuevo León, in Mexico.
2010-07-24