2011 San Fernando massacre

Mass murder in San Fernando the 2010 San Fernando massacre, the mass murder of 72 non-Mexican nationals April 2014 2011 San Fernando massacre the Mexican drug war Tamaulipas#Mexico San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico 24 50 N 98 09 W source:kolossus-nlwiki Civilians and Gulf Cartel hitmen 24–29 March 2011 Mass murder, kidnapping 193 Los Zetas The 2011 San Fernando massacre, also known as the second massacre of San Fernando,Hallan ocho fosas con 59 cuerpos en Tamaulipas http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/184592.html 9 March 2012 El Universal 7 April 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20120110080909/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/184592.html 10 January 2012 live dmy-all was the mass murder of 193 people by Los Zetas drug cartel at La Joya ranch in the municipality of San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, in March 2011.Aumenta a 193 los muertos por matanza en San Fernando, Tamaulipas: PGR http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/a83771a907f9b3b0aaf6153c163b67ca https://web.archive.org/web/20110609071102/http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/a83771a907f9b3b0aaf6153c163b67ca dead 9 June 2011 9 March 2012 Milenio 7 June 2011 es Authorities investigating the massacre reported numerous hijackings of passenger buses on Mexican Federal Highway 101 in San Fernando, and the kidnapped victims were later killed and buried in 47 clandestine mass graves. The investigations began immediately after several suitcases and other baggage went unclaimed in Reynosa and Matamoros, Tamaulipas.http://www.terra.com.mx/noticias/articulo/1093197/Mexico+Maletas+abandonadas+pista+para+esclarecer+asesinatos+en+Tamaulipas.htm México: Maletas abandonadas, pista para esclarecer asesinatos en Tamaulipas 19 April 2011 Terra Networks 9 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160306200844/http://www.terra.com.mx/noticias/articulo/1093197/Mexico+Maletas+abandonadas+pista+para+esclarecer+asesinatos+en+Tamaulipas.htm 2016-03-06 dead es On 6 April 2011, Mexican authorities exhumed 59 corpses from eight mass graves.Chapa Sergio 59 bodies found in eight mass graves near San Fernando http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=602111#.T16VqmK3CFc 13 March 2012 KGBT-TV 6 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110412031325/http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=602111#.T16VqmK3CFc 12 April 2011 live dmy-all By 7 June 2011, after a series of multiple excavations, a total of 193 bodies were exhumed from mass graves in San Fernando.Chapa Sergio San Fernando body count climbs to 193 http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=627152#.T16WOGK3CFc 13 March 2012 KGBT-TV 7 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20131023060800/http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=627152#.T16WOGK3CFc 23 October 2013 live dmy-all Reports mentioned that female kidnapping victims were raped and able-bodied male kidnapping victims were forced to fight to the death with other hostages, where they were given knives, hammers, machetes and clubs to find recruits who were willing to kill for their lives.Zetas recrean peleas del Coliseo Romano con secuestrados: Houston Chronicle http://www.animalpolitico.com/2011/06/zetas-recrean-peleas-del-coliseo-romano-con-secuestrados-houston-chronicle/ 13 March 2012 Animal Politico 13 June 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20110820025255/http://www.animalpolitico.com/2011/06/zetas-recrean-peleas-del-coliseo-romano-con-secuestrados-houston-chronicle/ 20 August 2011 live dmy-all In the blood sport, the survivor was recruited as a hitman for Los Zetas; those who did not survive were buried in a clandestine gravesite.Los narcos mexicanos obligan a los secuestrados a pelear como gladiadores http://www.abc.es/20110614/internacional/abci-carteles-mexicanos-peleas-gladiadores-201106141814.html 13 March 2012 ABC Internacional 14 June 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20110910172540/http://www.abc.es/20110614/internacional/abci-carteles-mexicanos-peleas-gladiadores-201106141814.html 10 September 2011 live dmy-all After the massacre, thousands of citizens from San Fernando fled to other parts of Mexico and to the US.SAN FERNANDO: Huyen seis mil por narcoviolencia http://www.elnuevoheraldo.com/articles/san-53204-fernando-huyen.html 13 March 2012 El Nuevo Heraldo 10 November 2011 es The Mexican government responded by sending 650 soldiers to San Fernando and establishing a military base in the municipality.Confirma Egidio Torre Cantú que ya opera otro cuartel militar en el estado http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2012/02/28/politica/020n2pol 13 March 2012 La Jornada 28 February 2012 es https://web.archive.org/web/20120302123812/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2012/02/28/politica/020n2pol 2 March 2012 live dmy-all The troops took over the duties of the police force in the city and worked on social programs.San Fernando, seguro al 100% http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/84269.html 13 March 2012 El Universal 3 February 2012 es https://web.archive.org/web/20120308155419/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/84269.html 8 March 2012 live dmy-all In addition, a total of 82 Zeta members were arrested by 23 August 2011.Ya son 82 detenidos por fosas de San Fernando, Tamaulipas; son presuntos Zetas http://www.animalpolitico.com/2011/08/ya-son-82-detenidos-por-fosas-de-san-fernando-tamaulipas-son-presuntos-zetas/ 13 March 2012 Animal Politico 23 August 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20120508074116/http://www.animalpolitico.com/2011/08/ya-son-82-detenidos-por-fosas-de-san-fernando-tamaulipas-son-presuntos-zetas 8 May 2012 live dmy-all In 2012 tranquility slowly returned to the city, along with the inhabitants who fled because of the violence.Tamaulipas huele a miedo, dan respiro a San Fernando http://www.excelsior.com.mx/index.php?m=nota&id_nota=813853&orgn=smoreno&extra=pngXPS&titulo=Tamaulipas-huele-a-miedo%2C-dan-respiro-a-San-Fernando 13 March 2012 Excélsior 27 February 2012 es https://web.archive.org/web/20111228043059/http://www.excelsior.com.mx/index.php?m=nota 28 December 2011 live dmy-all Mexican authorities are not certain why Los Zetas decided to abduct people from buses, and then torture, murder and bury them. They speculate that the Zetas may have forcibly recruited the passengers as foot soldiers for the organization, intending to hold them for ransom or extort them before they crossed into the US. Some killers, however, confessed that they abducted and killed the passengers because they feared their rivals, the Gulf Cartel, were getting reinforcements from other states. One of the leaders confessed that Heriberto Lazcano, the supreme leader of Los Zetas, had ordered the investigation of all buses coming in through San Fernando; those "who had nothing to do with it were freed. But those that did, they were killed." In addition, the killers claimed to have investigated passengers' cellphones and text messages to determine if they were involved with the Gulf Cartel or not, and that they were particularly worried about buses coming in from the states of Durango and Michoacán, two strongholds of the rival La Familia and the Sinaloa Cartels.Dudley Steven Zeta Testimony Solves Mystery of Mexico Bus Massacres http://insightcrime.org/insight-latest-news/item/1140-zeta-testimony-solves-mystery-of-mexico-bus-massacres 15 March 2012 InSight Crime 27 June 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111011025626/http://insightcrime.org/insight-latest-news/item/1140-zeta-testimony-solves-mystery-of-mexico-bus-massacres 11 October 2011 Background Mexican Drug War In early 2010, Los Zetas broke apart from the Gulf Cartel and both organizations turned their weapons against each other.Gulf Cartel vs. Los Zetas... One year later http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2011/02/cdg-vs-zetas-one-year-later.html 28 January 2012 Borderland Beat 26 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120128020123/http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2011/02/cdg-vs-zetas-one-year-later.html 28 January 2012 live dmy-all The first clash between the groups happened in Reynosa, then expanded to Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros.Penhaul Kent La ley del silencio en Reynosa sólo la rompe... Twitter http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2010/06/21/la-ley-del-silencio-en-reynosa-solo-la-rompe-twitter 28 January 2012 CNN 21 June 2010 es https://web.archive.org/web/20120129120041/http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2010/06/21/la-ley-del-silencio-en-reynosa-solo-la-rompe-twitter 29 January 2012 dead dmy-all The war spread throughout 11 of Tamaulipas' municipalities, 9 of which border Texas,La guerra Golfo-zetas, en 11 municipios tamaulipecos; nueve son fronterizos con EU http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2010/11/12/politica/007n1pol 28 January 2012 La Jornada 12 November 2010 es https://web.archive.org/web/20121022234754/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2010/11/12/politica/007n1pol 22 October 2012 live dmy-all and soon thereafter spread to Tamaulipas' neighboring states: Nuevo León and Veracruz.Los Zetas y el cártel del Golfo se pelean por Monterrey http://noticias.univision.com/narcotrafico/reportajes/slideshow/2011-07-11/los-zetas-cartel-del-golfo-pelean-monterrey 28 January 2012 Univision es https://web.archive.org/web/20111224172614/http://noticias.univision.com/narcotrafico/reportajes/slideshow/2011-07-11/los-zetas-cartel-del-golfo-pelean-monterrey 24 December 2011 live dmy-all In the midst of violence and panic, authorities and media initially attempted to downplay the situation.La guerra del cártel del Golfo y Los Zetas, mañana 24 de febrero se cumple un año http://www.mundonarco.org/2011/02/la-guerra-de-el-cartel-del-golfo-y-los.html?zx=862b69e2d65cce53 https://web.archive.org/web/20131216183527/http://www.mundonarco.org/2011/02/la-guerra-de-el-cartel-del-golfo-y-los.html?zx=862b69e2d65cce53 dead 16 December 2013 28 January 2012 Mundo Narco 23 February 2011 es In San Fernando, Gulf Cartel forces led by Antonio Cárdenas Guillén "strung the bodies of fallen Zetas and their associates from light poles."After two-year struggle Gulf Cartel, Zetas at impasse http://www.themonitor.com/articles/cartel-59178-zetas-gulf.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120308083331/http://www.themonitor.com/articles/cartel-59178-zetas-gulf.html dead 8 March 2012 9 March 2012 The Monitor 3 March 2012 The Gulf Cartel lashed out to attack Los Zetas at their stronghold in San Fernando. According to The Monitor, the municipality of San Fernando is a "virtual spiderweb" of dirt roads that connect with Monterrey, Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa, and Matamoros—making it a prized territory for drug traffickers. In August 2010, Mexican Naval Infantry found 72 dead immigrants—58 men and 14 women—in San Fernando, killed by Los Zetas for their failure to pay their ransom and their refusal to work for the cartel.Marina encuentra 72 cuerpos en fosa en Tamaulipas http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/703946.html 6 March 2012 El Universal 25 August 2010 es https://web.archive.org/web/20120110083438/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/703946.html 10 January 2012 live dmy-all An Ecuadorian survivor faked his death and made it up to a military checkpoint, and subsequently led authorities to the 72 dead inside a warehouse on a ranch.Migrants killed for refusing to be assassins, teen says https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna38867434 6 March 2012 MSN News 26 August 2010 dmy-all The massacre was internationally condemned.EU ofrece cooperación para aclarar muerte de migrantes http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/704384.html 6 March 2012 El Universal 26 August 2010 es https://web.archive.org/web/20100829090919/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/704384.html 29 August 2010 live dmy-all Massacre Between 24 and 29 March 2011, several public transportation buses that were heading to Reynosa, Tamaulipas, were hijacked in San Fernando.Caso San Fernando: la hipótesis de los autobuses secuestrados se fortalece http://expansion.mx/nacional/2011/04/08/caso-san-fernando-se-fortalece-la-hipotesis-de-los-autobuses-secuestrados 12 March 2012 Expansion 8 April 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20160729115018/http://expansion.mx/nacional/2011/04/08/caso-san-fernando-se-fortalece-la-hipotesis-de-los-autobuses-secuestrados 29 July 2016 live dmy-allTres estados buscan a desaparecidos entre los 72 muertos de San Fernando http://expansion.mx/nacional/2011/04/08/tres-estados-buscan-a-desaparecidos-entre-los-72-muertos-de-san-fernando 12 March 2012 Expansion 8 April 2011 esApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes On 6 April 2011 Mexican authorities found 59 bodies in eight clandestine mass graves in San Fernando, Tamaulipas.Autoridades hallan fosas con al menos 59 cuerpos en Tamaulipas http://expansion.mx/nacional/2011/04/06/autoridades-hallan-una-fosa-con-cuerpos-en-san-fernando-tamaulipas 12 March 2012 Expansion 6 April 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20180207122157/https://expansion.mx/nacional/2011/04/06/autoridades-hallan-una-fosa-con-cuerpos-en-san-fernando-tamaulipas 7 February 2018 live dmy-all This discovery led officials to acknowledge that the Mexican drug cartels had begun to inflict fear through a new modus operandi: "stopping buses and removing passengers, some never to be seen again."Malkin Elizabeth Mexican Authorities, Investigating Hijacking, Find 59 Bodies https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/08/world/americas/08mexico.html 12 March 2012 The New York Times 7 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110514181535/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/08/world/americas/08mexico.html 14 May 2011 live dmy-all Two weeks before the bodies were found, there were reports of buses being hijacked by the cartels near San Fernando, where cartel members would "stop the bus, select passengers, take them hostage." Fourteen cartel members were arrested too.Arrestan a 14 presuntos implicados en masacre http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/184609.html 12 March 2012 El Universal 8 April 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20110411043943/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/184609.html 11 April 2011 live dmy-all By 8 April 2011, the secretary general of Tamaulipas, Morelos Jaime Canseco, confirmed the finding of 13 more bodies, increasing the body count to 72.Hallan 13 cuerpos en Tamaulipas; suman 72 http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/757778.html 12 March 2012 El Universal 8 April 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20110629192042/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/757778.html 29 June 2011 live dmy-all When the death toll reached 72, bus lines in Tamaulipas refused to take people to San Fernando until the situation was resolved.Autobuses suspenden corridas en Tamaulipas http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/primera/36606.html 12 March 2012 El Universal 9 April 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20110412133724/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/primera/36606.html 12 April 2011 live dmy-all Investigators began to mention that those killed were not migrants (like the previous massacre of the 72 migrants in 2010), but "fellow Mexican citizens". On 10 April 2011, in four other mass graves, 16 more bodies were exhumed, increasing the death toll to 88.Militares localizan cuatro fosas con 16 cadáveres más en Tamaulipas http://expansion.mx/nacional/2011/04/10/militares-localizan-cuatro-fosas-con-16-cadaveres-mas-en-tamaulipas 12 March 2012 Expansion 10 April 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20180207122159/https://expansion.mx/nacional/2011/04/10/militares-localizan-cuatro-fosas-con-16-cadaveres-mas-en-tamaulipas 7 February 2018 live dmy-all Witnesses then reported that cartel members had stopped the bus at a fake military checkpoint, and that they had ordered the passengers to "pay up to $300 US dollars" for them to continue on their route.Suman 88 cuerpos hallados en San Fernando: Sedena http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/758232.html 12 March 2012 El Universal 10 April 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20121011225336/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/758232.html 11 October 2012 live dmy-all The investigation continued, and on 12 April 2011 the Mexican military confirmed the finding of 28 more bodies, upping the death toll to 116 and the mass graves up to 15.Encuentran 28 cuerpos más; son 116 los asesinados en Tamaulipas http://www.excelsior.com.mx/index.php?m=nota&seccion=especial-global-por-tu-salud&cat=1&id_nota=729451 12 March 2012 Excélsior 13 April 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20111228043059/http://www.excelsior.com.mx/index.php?m=nota 28 December 2011 live dmy-allDrug gang blamed for mass killing of 116 in Mexico https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j8S6ioMbWB39l8yKCFIl9ajgXSBw?docId=CNG.b4703df1fdcf51f580e9189db2dc7b5c.501 12 March 2012 Agence France-Presse 12 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120223100150/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j8S6ioMbWB39l8yKCFIl9ajgXSBw?docId=CNG.b4703df1fdcf51f580e9189db2dc7b5c.501 23 February 2012 dead dmy-all It was then proven by the PGR that the massacre was carried out by Los Zetas, a drug trafficking organization formed originally by former military soldiers in Mexico.PGR acusa a 'Los Zetas' como responsables de las 116 muertes en Tamaulipas http://expansion.mx/nacional/2011/04/12/hallazgo-de-fosas-en-san-fernando-tamaulipas 12 March 2012 Expansion 12 April 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20180207062952/https://expansion.mx/nacional/2011/04/12/hallazgo-de-fosas-en-san-fernando-tamaulipas 7 February 2018 live dmy-all By 13 April the authorities found six more bodies, making the death toll 122.Suben a 122 los cadáveres hallados en narcofosas en San Fernando http://www.lapoliciaca.com/nota-roja/suben-a-122-los-cadaveres-hallados-en-narcofosas-en-san-fernando/ 12 March 2012 La Policiaca 13 April 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20140408224731/http://www.lapoliciaca.com/nota-roja/suben-a-122-los-cadaveres-hallados-en-narcofosas-en-san-fernando/ 8 April 2014 live dmy-all The next day, on 14 April, 12 more mass graves were found with 23 bodies, and the body count reached 145.La cifra de cadáveres aumenta a 145 en fosas de San Fernando, Tamaulipas http://expansion.mx/nacional/2011/04/14/la-cifra-de-cadaveres-aumenta-a-145-en-fosas-de-san-fernando-tamaulipas 12 March 2012 Expansion 14 April 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20180207122130/https://expansion.mx/nacional/2011/04/14/la-cifra-de-cadaveres-aumenta-a-145-en-fosas-de-san-fernando-tamaulipas 7 February 2018 live dmy-all Investigators mentioned that the bodies had been deceased for between "one and two months". Also, 16 police officers from San Fernando were arrested for allegedly serving as accomplices to members of Los Zetas in the slayings.Suman 145 cuerpos en San Fernando http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/617563.html 12 March 2012 El Siglo de Torreón 15 April 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20110827131550/http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/617563.html 27 August 2011 live dmy-all On 21 April 2011 authorities found 32 more bodies in eight other mass graves; the death toll went up to 177.Hallan otros 32 cuerpos en San Fernando; suman ya 177 http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2011/04/22/politica/006n1pol 12 March 2012 La Jornada 22 April 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20110918142102/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2011/04/22/politica/006n1pol 18 September 2011 live dmy-allCronología de los hallazgos de 177 cadáveres en San Fernando http://www.terra.com.mx/noticias/articulo/1090165/Cronologia+de+los+hallazgos+de+177+cadaveres+en+San+Fernando.htm 12 March 2012 Terra Networks es https://web.archive.org/web/20130420184203/http://www.terra.com.mx/noticias/articulo/1090165/Cronologia+de+los+hallazgos+de+177+cadaveres+en+San+Fernando.htm 20 April 2013 live dmy-all Five days later, on 26 April, the body count reached 183, and the mass graves found now numbered over 40.Hallan 183 cadáveres en fosas de San Fernando; van 74 detenidos http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/94735cf9dc1fc6e1994f97a4421d18ca https://web.archive.org/web/20110619192104/http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/94735cf9dc1fc6e1994f97a4421d18ca dead 19 June 2011 12 March 2012 Milenio 26 April 2011 es Seventy-four suspected killers had been captured too. By this date only two of the 183 bodies found had been "fully identified" by authorities, and around 120 bodies were sent to Mexico City for identification.Sólo dos de las 183 víctimas de Tamaulipas han sido identificadas http://expansion.mx/nacional/2011/04/26/solo-dos-de-las-183-victimas-de-tamaulipas-han-sido-identificadas 12 March 2012 Expansion 26 April 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20180207062954/https://expansion.mx/nacional/2011/04/26/solo-dos-de-las-183-victimas-de-tamaulipas-han-sido-identificadas 7 February 2018 live dmy-all Finally, on 7 June 2011, the bodies found in clandestine mass graves in the municipality of San Fernando, Tamaulipas, stopped at 193 corpses.Body count in San Fernando now at 193 http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/articles/san-127455-fernando-report.html https://archive.today/20120723033855/http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/articles/san-127455-fernando-report.html dead 23 July 2012 12 March 2012 The Brownsville Herald 7 June 2011 One US citizen was killed in the massacre.Chapa Sergio One American confirmed among dead in San Fernando graves http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=629779#.T16ELmK3CFc 12 March 2012 KGBT-TV 14 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20140408215535/http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=629779#.T16ELmK3CFc 8 April 2014 live dmy-all Gladiator-like killings Houston Chronicle journalist Dane Schiller interviewed an alleged cartel member, who explained Los Zetas had been using an "ancient Roman gladiator blood sport" to groom new assassins and to find recruits for their organization. The kidnapped victims were forced to fight to the death with other victims.Schiller Dane Mexican crook: Gangsters arrange fights to death for entertainment http://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/article/Mexican-crook-Gangsters-arrange-fights-to-death-1692716.php 9 March 2012 Houston Chronicle 11 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120306225225/http://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/article/Mexican-crook-Gangsters-arrange-fights-to-death-1692716.php 6 March 2012 live dmy-all Men were given knives, hammers and machetes, and were ordered at gunpoint to fight for their lives like a "gladiator-style contest". The winners were ordered to go on suicide missions and shoot at rival drug cartel members elsewhere. The dead were buried in mass graves. Almost all the corpses found in the mass graves had evidence of "blunt force trauma". A cartel member on trial in Laredo, Texas, testified that the fighting contests between the kidnapped victims were ordered by Miguel Treviño Morales, a high-ranking Zeta lieutenant, and that they were used to make the killers "lose their fear." In addition, he mentioned that 100 Zeta recruits were being trained in Ciudad Victoria, and 300 more in San Fernando in January 2012.Sherman Christopher Alleged cartel hit man goes on trial in Texas http://www.chron.com/news/article/Alleged-cartel-hit-man-goes-on-trial-in-Texas-2601871.php 9 March 2012 Houston Chronicle 18 January 2012August 2013 Federal Highway 101 Mexican Federal Highway 101, which extends from the border city of Matamoros, to the capital of the state, Ciudad Victoria, is known by local residents as the "Highway of Death".Torres Alberto Choferes eluden la "vía de la muerte" http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/184735.html 9 March 2012 El Universal 13 April 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20120111142228/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/184735.html 11 January 2012 live dmy-all Those who traveled through this highway in 2010 and 2011 used to see "burned vehicles, bullet-shot trucks on the side of the road, and dead bodies, often decapitated, that the cartels would leave behind." Others who have traveled through this highway and have survived car hijackings and checkpoints the organized crime groups have installed from Padilla to San Fernando have reported what happens on the highway. A survivor saw "four SUVs, all grey and with tinted windows," adding that "everyone was armed."Ramsey Geoffrey Video: 'Highway of Death' Runs Past Mass Graves in Northern Mexico http://insightcrime.org/insight-latest-news/item/773-video-highway-of-death-runs-past-mass-graves-in-northern-mexico 9 March 2012 Insight Crime 13 April 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120305141108/http://insightcrime.org/insight-latest-news/item/773-video-highway-of-death-runs-past-mass-graves-in-northern-mexico 5 March 2012 The violence and constant car hijackings were so bad that bus lines avoided Highway 101 by driving out of their way. Another survivor stated that heavily armed men would stop buses at roadblocks, and then force women and young girls at gunpoint, "strip them naked, rape them," and then drive away in trucks, leaving the passengers traumatized. One bus driver, "who said he had avoided being stopped thus far," claimed that another bus driver at the station had said that 12 people were pulled off the bus just 30 minutes before him. Other witnesses claim that once the buses were stopped, gunmen would storm the bus and point at certain passengers and say "you, you're coming down," and take them at gunpoint. The buses were then ordered to leave. Highway 101 is the biggest and most important transportation system in the state of Tamaulipas, and it connects the state with Matamoros and Texas with the rest of Tamaulipas.La autopista de la muerte http://www.yucatan.com.mx/20110707/nota-13/110007-la-autopista-de-la-muerte.htm https://archive.today/20130221073002/http://www.yucatan.com.mx/20110707/nota-13/110007-la-autopista-de-la-muerte.htm dead 21 February 2013 9 March 2012 Diario de Yucatán 24 April 2011 es Local residents mention that there is only traffic on this highway during daylight.San Fernando, donde el miedo no se ha ido http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/san_fernando,_donde_el_miedo_no_se_ha_ido-1222627.html https://archive.today/20130221044338/http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/san_fernando,_donde_el_miedo_no_se_ha_ido-1222627.html dead 21 February 2013 9 March 2012 La Vanguardia 20 February 2012 es 2012, they mention that the cartels "still kill people in San Fernando." The US has issued travel warnings south of the border.American consul speaks about dangerous San Fernando highway http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=573382#.T1p1WHK3CFc 9 March 2012 KGBT-TV 27 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20140408223007/http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=573382#.T1p1WHK3CFc 8 April 2014 live dmy-all Unconfirmed higher death toll On 17 June 2011, federal police captured Édgar Huerta Montiel, a high-ranking boss in Los Zetas and the man responsible for the killing of 72 migrants in 2010. He confessed during interrogation that "more than 600 bodies" were buried in clandestine mass graves near San Fernando, unconfirmed by Mexican authorities.600 fosas en San Fernando, dice el autor de las matanzas http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=586301 7 March 2012 La Cronica 18 June 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20110619201422/http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=586301 19 June 2011 live dmy-allCae responsable de masacre masiva en San Fernando http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/635136.cae-responsable-de-masacre-masiva-en-san-fern.html 7 March 2012 El Siglo de Torreón 17 June 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20110903212701/http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/635136.cae-responsable-de-masacre-masiva-en-san-fern.html 3 September 2011 live dmy-all Isabel Miranda de Wallace of "Stop the Kidnappings" suspects that the mass graves in San Fernando contain more than 500 dead, but that the government of Tamaulipas has not released such information because of the political troubles it may instigate.En San Fernando hay fosas con 500 muertos más: Wallace http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/654174.en-san-fernando-hay-fosas-con-500-muertos-mas.html El Siglo de Torreón 22 August 2011 es 15 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120322101425/http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/654174.en-san-fernando-hay-fosas-con-500-muertos-mas.html 22 March 2012 live dmy-allEn San Fernando hay fosas con 500 muertos más: Miranda de Wallace http://www.excelsior.com.mx/index.php?m=nota&id_nota=762879 Excelsior 22 August 2011 es 15 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120611084150/http://www.excelsior.com.mx/index.php?m=nota&id_nota=762879 11 June 2012 live dmy-all Aftermath Arrests On 17 April 2011, in the capital city of Ciudad Victoria, Mexican authorities captured Martín Omar Estrada Luna, alias El Kilo, lieutenant boss of Los Zetas in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, and responsible for at least 217 killings in that locality.Presentan a El Kilo, presunto responsable de 217 ejecuciones en San Fernando http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/434f5cc48739b1e6f2b64e6cf2952f8b https://web.archive.org/web/20110808235458/http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/434f5cc48739b1e6f2b64e6cf2952f8b dead 8 August 2011 10 March 2012 Milenio 17 April 2011 es Along with El Kilo, 11 additional Zeta gunmen were apprehended.Borderland Beat: Mexico presents "El Kilo", alleged mastermind of the 217 executions in San Fernando, Tamaulipas http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2011/04/mexico-presents-el-kilo-alleged.html 10 March 2012 Borderland Beat 17 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120125121435/http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2011/04/mexico-presents-el-kilo-alleged.html 25 January 2012 live dmy-all They were linked to the killing of a policeman and an investigator who were covering the massacres. In addition, Estrada Luna was one of the masterminds of the massacre of the 72 migrants and of the mass graves found.Presentan a Omar Estrada, El Kilo http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/759844.html 10 March 2012 El Universal 17 April 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20111104080721/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/759844.html 4 November 2011 live dmy-all He was regarded by the DEA as "one of the most aggressive leaders in Los Zetas organization."Torres Ruben Psicópata, líder de Los Zetas en San Fernando http://eleconomista.com.mx/seguridad-publica/2011/04/19/psicopata-lider-zetas-san-fernando 10 March 2012 El Economista 18 April 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20120314030956/http://eleconomista.com.mx/seguridad-publica/2011/04/19/psicopata-lider-zetas-san-fernando 14 March 2012 live dmy-all On 17 June 2011 in Fresnillo, Zacatecas, the Federal Police captured Édgar Huerta Montiel, alias El Wache, a high-ranking lieutenant of Los Zetas and the man responsible for the killings of the 72 immigrants.Detenido responsable de matanza de 72 migrantes en México http://www.eluniversal.com/2011/06/17/detenido-responsable-de-matanza-de-72-migrantes-en-mexico.shtml 7 March 2012 El Universal 17 June 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20180204183036/http://www.eluniversal.com/2011/06/17/detenido-responsable-de-matanza-de-72-migrantes-en-mexico.shtml 4 February 2018 live dmy-all Huerta Montiel was an army deserter before joining Los Zetas.Mexico says leader in kidnapping, killing of 72 migrants arrested https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-jun-18-la-fg-mexico-arrest-20110618-story.html 7 March 2012 Los Angeles Times 18 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120305064803/http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/18/world/la-fg-mexico-arrest-20110618 5 March 2012 live dmy-all Other Zeta lieutenants, like Abraham Barrios Caporal, alias El Erasmo, were captured on 30 June 2011.Flores Xavier Ejército captura a "El Erasmo", líder de Los Zetas relacionado con muerte de migrantes http://mx.ibtimes.com/articles/14984/20110630/captura-erasmo-lider-zetas-muerte-migrantes-tamaulipas.htm 10 March 2012 International Business Times 11 June 2011 es https://archive.today/20120717045822/http://mx.ibtimes.com/articles/14984/20110630/captura-erasmo-lider-zetas-muerte-migrantes-tamaulipas.htm 17 July 2012 dead dmy-all The PGR offered up to 15 million pesos for information leading to the capture of those responsible.Hasta 15 mdp por datos de masacre en Tamaulipas http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/759509.html 10 March 2012 El Universal 15 April 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20120111161827/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/759509.html 11 January 2012 live dmy-all In addition, the PGR led the investigation and as of August 2011, 82 people had been arrested.PGR: van 82 detenidos por la matanza; aún hay 2 prófugos http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/188315.html https://archive.today/20130219031053/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/188315.html dead 19 February 2013 10 March 2012 El Universal 24 August 2011 es Some of those arrested were minors under the age of 18.Hay menores de edad involucrados en caso de las fosas de San Fernando https://www.informador.mx/Mexico/Hay-menores-de-edad-involucrados-en-caso-de-las-fosas-de-San-Fernando-20110426-0062.html 1 April 2012 El Informador 26 April 2012 es https://web.archive.org/web/20110630051939/http://www.informador.com.mx/mexico/2011/288096/6/hay-menores-de-edad-involucrados-en-caso-de-las-fosas-de-san-fernando.htm 30 June 2011 live dmy-all Top-Zeta leaders responsible for the attacks have also been arrested: Salvador Alfonso Martínez Escobedo, alias La Ardilla, was captured in late 2012 and Miguel Treviño Morales, Commander 40, was arrested on 15 July 2013. One Zeta leader accused of involvement was still on the run as of July 2013: Román Ricardo Palomo Rincones, alias El Coyote.¿Quién es Román Ricardo Palomo Rincones alias "El Coyote"? http://noticias.terra.com.mx/mexico/seguridad/quien-es-roman-ricardo-palomo-rincones-alias-el-coyote,1a07b4d44d8ef310VgnVCM5000009ccceb0aRCRD.html 18 July 2013 Terra Networks 16 July 2013 es https://web.archive.org/web/20130719051940/http://noticias.terra.com.mx/mexico/seguridad/quien-es-roman-ricardo-palomo-rincones-alias-el-coyote,1a07b4d44d8ef310VgnVCM5000009ccceb0aRCRD.html 19 July 2013 live dmy-all On 21 August 2024, 11 gunmen working for Los Zetas were convicted and sentenced to up to 50 years' imprisonment for their role in the massacre.2024-08-22 Mexico convicts 11 cartel gunmen in killings of 122 bus passengers near US border over 2 years https://apnews.com/article/mexico-2010-massacre-bus-passengers-drug-cartel-06b887ec07d5c0041ca93bc852163ff3 2024-08-22 AP News en Police implications Marisela Morales, the Attorney General of Mexico, mentioned in a communiqué on 13 April 2011 that 16 of those arrested were municipal police officers in San Fernando. According to the investigations, the policemen offered Los Zetas "protection and help[ed] them cover up the killings."Caen 16 policías por masacre de San Fernando http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/759096.html 9 March 2012 El Universal 13 April 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20120824011107/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/759096.html 24 August 2012 live dmy-all The president of Mexico, Felipe Calderón, criticized the governors of the Mexican states for failing to certify and regulate their police forces, who often aid criminal groups in their activities.Ligan a policías con matanza de migrantes en Tamaulipas http://www.excelsior.com.mx/index.php?m=nota&id_nota=738291 9 March 2012 Excélsior 20 May 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20110822153737/http://www.excelsior.com.mx/index.php?m=nota&id_nota=738291 22 August 2011 live dmy-all Calderón condemned the fact that policemen kidnap civilians and then take them in their own police vehicles to the place where they are to be killed. The President then mentioned that although the government at a federal level is working to "clean up" the police forces, at state and municipal levels the improvements "have not been parallel." A judge ordered the imprisonment of all police officers implicated in the massacre on 18 April 2011.Arraigan a 16 policías ligados a matanza en San Fernando http://noticierostelevisa.esmas.com/nacional/279970/arraigan-16-policias-ligados-matanza-san-fernando 9 March 2012 Televisa 18 April 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20151117031940/http://noticierostelevisa.esmas.com/nacional/279970/arraigan-16-policias-ligados-matanza-san-fernando 17 November 2015 live dmy-all Exodus in San Fernando After the massacre of the 72 migrants, the discovery of the mass graves and the continuing violence between the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas, fear so overwhelmed the citizens of San Fernando that more than 10,000 of them left the city.Vive éxodo San Fernando, Tamaulipas, por violencia del narco http://www.terra.com.mx/noticias/articulo/1093619/Vive+exodo+San+Fernando+Tamaulipas+por+violencia+del+narco.htm 9 March 2012 Terra Networks 20 April 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20110917003627/http://www.terra.com.mx/noticias/articulo/1093619/Vive+exodo+San+Fernando+Tamaulipas+por+violencia+del+narco.htm 17 September 2011 live dmy-all The city's mayor, Tomás Gloria Requena, estimates that "around 10% of the population" left to "other towns and cities in Tamaulipas, and possibly to other parts of Mexico and the United States." A priest of San Fernando, however, noted that those who left the city were directly "threaten[ed] by the organized crime groups," and that the arrival of the military has brought some of the tranquility the inhabitants of San Fernando wanted. The priest related that when he drove around the city to go to other parishes, "heavily armed men with ski-masks ordered [him] to stop and identify [himself]." They would let him go after he said he was a priest at a local church, but mentioned that "these risks happened to the whole population." Newspapers mention that San Fernando, Tamaulipas, "stayed without policemen," and the ones who were from that municipality were either arrested or assigned different functions.Vive éxodo San Fernando http://www.elmanana.com/diario/noticia/tamaulipas/noticias/vive_exodo_san_fernando/1119145 9 March 2012 El Mañana 20 April 2011 es The government of Tamaulipas believes that the "exodus of the citizens of San Fernando is transitory, and once order is re-established, the families will be back again."Aceptan éxodo de familias de San Fernando, Tamaulipas http://www.hoytamaulipas.net/notas/32582/Aceptan-exodo-de-familias-de-San-Fernando-Tamaulipas.html 9 March 2012 Hoy Tamaulipas 1 May 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20111230074237/http://hoytamaulipas.net/notas/32582/Aceptan-exodo-de-familias-de-San-Fernando-Tamaulipas.html 30 December 2011 live dmy-all On 1 January 2012 the SEDENA thanked the soldiers in San Fernando for bringing order and for "reverting the exodus of San Fernando, an unfortunate phenomenon that occurred due to the violence and the criminal groups that operated in the region."La Sedena instalará otro cuartel en San Fernando http://impreso.milenio.com/node/9093040 https://archive.today/20120709192534/http://impreso.milenio.com/node/9093040 dead 9 July 2012 9 March 2012 Milenio 1 January 2012 es Military-led responses and new base In May 2011 the federal government sent more than 500 troops to Tamaulipas to combat the drug cartels in the area and work together with the state forces.Al rescate: llegan hoy 500 elementos del Ejército a Tamaulipas http://www.excelsior.com.mx/index.php?m=nota&seccion=&cat=&id_nota=736547 9 March 2012 Excélsior 13 May 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20111228043059/http://www.excelsior.com.mx/index.php?m=nota 28 December 2011 live dmy-all In addition, retired soldiers were also called to voluntarily join in the fight against the organized crime groups.SAN FERNANDO: Contratarán a militares retirados http://www.elnuevoheraldo.com/articles/retirados-55146-san-asesor.html 9 March 2012 El Nuevo Heraldo 2 February 2012 es A military base was established in the municipality of San Fernando on 18 January 2012.Llegan 650 militares a nuevo cuartel en San Fernando, Tamaulipas http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/llegan650militaresanuevocuartelensanfernandotamaulipas-1197859.html 9 March 2012 La Vanguardia 17 June 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20151117021133/http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/llegan650militaresanuevocuartelensanfernandotamaulipas-1197859.html 17 November 2015 live dmy-all The headquarters were inaugurated by Egidio Torre Cantú, then governor of Tamaulipas. The base hosts more than 650 military personnel. Below is the welcoming speech Torre Cantú gave to the soldiers on their arrival at Tamaulipas: You all come here today to collaborate with the people of Tamaulipas, to show your love for this country and your call for service, and to participate in the establishment of law to bring tranquility to the citizens of this state. Egidio Torre Cantú, governor of the state of Tamaulipas On another note, the troops also worked on "social projects" throughout San Fernando; they provided medical care to the citizens, helped in the infrastructure of the city, provided free haircuts, helped repaint buildings and picked up trash.Militares realizaron trabajo social en San Fernando http://noticias.univision.com/narcotrafico/reportajes/slideshow/2011-12-21/militares-realizaron-trabajo-social-en 9 March 2012 Univision es https://web.archive.org/web/20120119070142/http://noticias.univision.com/narcotrafico/reportajes/slideshow/2011-12-21/militares-realizaron-trabajo-social-en 19 January 2012 live dmy-all In November 2011 the military took over the responsibilities of the police in San Fernando, and now patrols the city, answers emergency calls of civilians, mans military checkpoints on highways, guards the municipal palace, investigates passenger buses and cars for drugs and other illegal goods and directs traffic.Estrada Javier 100 militares, convertidos en policías, cuidan San Fernando, Tamaulipas http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2011/11/10/100-militares-convertidos-en-policias-cuidan-san-fernando-tamaulipas 9 March 2012 Expansion 10 November 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20120303075914/http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2011/11/10/100-militares-convertidos-en-policias-cuidan-san-fernando-tamaulipas 3 March 2012 live dmy-all In addition, another military base was opened in the city of Ciudad Mier, Tamaulipas.Llegarán 600 militares a nuevo cuartel de San Fernando, Tamaulipas http://mx.noticias.yahoo.com/llegar%C3%A1n-600-militares-cuartel-san-fernando-tamaulipas-231900752.html https://archive.today/20120714205048/http://mx.noticias.yahoo.com/llegar%C3%A1n-600-militares-cuartel-san-fernando-tamaulipas-231900752.html dead 14 July 2012 9 March 2012 Yahoo News 17 January 2012 es San Fernando after the massacres Little by little the people who left San Fernando, Tamaulipas are slowly coming back to the city.San Fernando, Tamaulipas, recobra lentamente su vida http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/807744.html 11 March 2012 El Universal 10 November 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20111213232721/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/807744.html 13 December 2011 live dmy-all However, the citizens still find themselves "scared", and they reportedly "mistrust foreigners." With the arrival of Mexican federal troops and the creation of the military base, San Fernando's social fabric and normality have been recovering. In the city square, one can now see "a pair of lovers, bootblacks at work, people walking in the streets, and kids having fun." Candy stores, restaurants, shoe stores, and other establishments have reopened. As of 2012 life in San Fernando appears to be calm, but once nightfall comes around, people are no longer in the streets.El silencio, un manto que cubre a San Fernando http://mx.noticias.yahoo.com/silencio-manto-cubre-san-fernando-060352666.html https://archive.today/20130105163914/http://mx.noticias.yahoo.com/silencio-manto-cubre-san-fernando-060352666.html dead 5 January 2013 11 March 2012 Yahoo News 22 February 2012 es After 10:00 p.m. "San Fernando is a ghost town." The last bus departure from Ciudad Victoria or Matamoros to San Fernando is at 6:10 p.m.; before the violence, buses drove to San Fernando throughout the night. Taxi drivers used to wait for people arriving at San Fernando throughout all hours of the night, and now the last bus arrives at around 9:30 p.m., and everyone then closes their doors and goes home. In 2012 it had been more than three years since the city of San Fernando had a carnival dance; the Ramón Ayala pub used to be the get-together place every weekend, and now it is closed. Other bars have also closed too, as well as the cinemas.Torres Alberto El silencio, un manto que envuelve a San Fernando http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/194129.html 11 March 2012 El Universal 21 February 2012 es https://web.archive.org/web/20120224011127/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/194129.html 24 February 2012 live dmy-all According to Alberto Torres from El Universal, the people of San Fernando are resentful toward the government, from the federal level to the state and local ones. For more than two years "they were abandoned and forgotten, left at their own luck, in the middle of a raging drug war." A resident recalls what he feels when people from other parts of Mexico hear he's from San Fernando: You have no idea what it feels to go to a different place and say 'I am from San Fernando' and be discriminated. In addition, although the highways and dirt roads in Tamaulipas are sometimes the scenes of armed confrontations, as of February 2012 there have been "advancements" in the security situation of highways in the state.Destacan avances de seguridad en carreteras de Tamaulipas, México http://noticias.univision.com/mexico/noticias/article/2012-02-29/destacan-avances-de-seguridad-carreteras-tamaulipas-mexico#axzz1oyIwx7m1 13 March 2012 Univision 29 February 2012 es https://web.archive.org/web/20120426195002/http://noticias.univision.com/mexico/noticias/article/2012-02-29/destacan-avances-de-seguridad-carreteras-tamaulipas-mexico#axzz1oyIwx7m1 26 April 2012 live dmy-all The PGR has not identified 159 of the 193 corpses exhumed as of April 2012.Taniguchi Hanako La mayoría de los cadáveres de San Fernando siguen sin ser identificados http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2012/04/03/la-mayoria-de-los-cadaveres-de-san-fernando-siguen-sin-ser-identificados 3 April 2012 Expansion es https://web.archive.org/web/20120403215648/http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2012/04/03/la-mayoria-de-los-cadaveres-de-san-fernando-siguen-sin-ser-identificados 3 April 2012 live dmy-all Controversy Tamaulipas as a failed state The massacre of the 72 migrants,Los 72 cadáveres encontrados en México pueden ser de indocumentados http://noticias.univision.com/mexico/noticias/article/2010-08-25/hallan-72-cadaveres-en-tamaulipas#axzz1ofr6m4DV 10 March 2012 Univision 25 August 2010 es https://web.archive.org/web/20121112023150/http://noticias.univision.com/mexico/noticias/article/2010-08-25/hallan-72-cadaveres-en-tamaulipas#axzz1ofr6m4DV 12 November 2012 live dmy-all the mass graves with nearly 200 bodies, the assassination of the PRI candidate for state governor, Rodolfo Torre Cantú,Tuckerman Jo Leading politician Rodolfo Torre Cantú murdered in Mexico https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/29/leading-politician-rodolfo-torre-cantu-murdered-mexico 10 March 2012 The Guardian 29 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20120801085509/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/29/leading-politician-rodolfo-torre-cantu-murdered-mexico 1 August 2012 live dmy-all the murder of two city mayors,Ocho presidentes municipales de México han muerto asesinados en 2010 http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2010/08/30/ocho-presidentes-municipales-de-mexico-han-muerto-asesinados-en-2010 10 March 2012 Expansion 30 August 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20120306014658/http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2010/08/30/ocho-presidentes-municipales-de-mexico-han-muerto-asesinados-en-2010 6 March 2012 live dmy-all the numerous prison breaks and killings,Más de 400 reos se fugaron de cárceles de Tamaulipas en 14 meses http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2011/07/15/mas-de-400-reos-se-fugaron-de-carceles-de-tamaulipas-en-14-meses 2 January 2012 Expansion 15 July 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20120101233449/http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2011/07/15/mas-de-400-reos-se-fugaron-de-carceles-de-tamaulipas-en-14-meses 1 January 2012 dead dmy-all the escalating violence in Tamaulipas and the lack of media coverage,Tamaulipas drug violence likely to continue escalation http://www.themonitor.com/articles/escalation-44520-likely-tamaulipas.html https://archive.today/20120912050354/http://www.themonitor.com/articles/escalation-44520-likely-tamaulipas.html dead 12 September 2012 10 March 2012 The Monitor 10 November 2010 along with the political and police corruption,Narcopolítica en Tamaulipas http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/178728.html 28 December 2011 El Universal 29 June 2010 es https://web.archive.org/web/20120205093132/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/178728.html 5 February 2012 live dmy-all have brought analysts to conclude that Tamaulipas may in fact be or become a failed state.Tamaulipas, ¿en camino de convertirse en un estado fallido? https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2011/04/110413_mexico_tamaulipas_estado_fallido_an 10 March 2012 BBC News 13 April 2011 es https://web.archive.org/web/20110416111147/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/2011/04/110413_mexico_tamaulipas_estado_fallido_an.shtml 16 April 2011 live dmy-all Manuel Suárez-Mier, economist and drug war expert, believes that Mexico and Tamaulipas are "not failed states," since their economies are projected to grow starting in 2010, and the security measures stand in "a phase of reconstruction."México no es un Estado fallido, dice experto http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/674199.html 10 March 2012 El Universal 20 April 2010 es https://web.archive.org/web/20100423160517/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/674199.html 23 April 2010 live dmy-all See also List of massacres in Mexico 2011 Durango massacres 2011–2012 in the Mexican Drug War Coahuila mass graves Nuevo León mass graves References 30em External links es Testimonios sobre San Fernando – El Universal Mexico's drug war: Shallow graves, deepening alarm – The Economist Mass graves in Mexico reveal new levels of savagery – The Washington Post es Tamaulipas huele a miedo, dan respiro a San Fernando – La Vanguardia es Tamaulipas: entregan sólo 12 de los 193 cadáveres a familiares – Expansion 24 50 51 N 98 09 30 W region:MX_type:landmark_source:kolossus-dewiki title Category:2011 murders in Mexico Category:Massacres in the Mexican drug war Category:Hijackings in North America Category:History of Tamaulipas Category:Kidnappings in Mexico Category:March 2011 crimes in North America Category:March 2011 in Mexico Category:Kidnapping in the 2010s Category:Massacres in 2011 Category:Violent non-state actor incidents in Mexico Category:Los Zetas Category:Hijackings in 2011 Category:Bus incidents in Mexico Category:2011 road incidents Category:2010s road incidents in North America