Jaeson Jones: Los Zetas Cartel’s Turf War near Texas Kills Innocents from Both Sides of Border

Cartel violence at the Texas-Mexico border is at the point where people are dying on both sides. Despite a longstanding tradition of violence between cartels, events in the past few months are transforming the battlefield at the expense of all area residents—Mexican and American. In July 2019, the Cartel del Noreste (CDN) faction of Los Zetas used armored convoys with mounted machine guns to invade the small community across the Rio Grande from Fronton, Texas. This was considered Gulf Cartel turf for decades. This one event should have been recognized by both Mexico and the U.S. as a significant indicator that Tamaulipas would be embroiled in yet another hot cartel war.-- More...