In several parts of the armed civilian city they placed punchallantas and set fire to preventing the progress of authorities.
The Tamaulipas Security spokesperson reported that the blockages were recorded on the Reynosa-Matamoros highway at the height of Las Rubias ejido, the Industrial City Colony, and Las Palmas colonies, Civic Action, Los Esteros and Chapultepec.
During the first aggression, the vehicle of the armed civilians overturned and inside firearms, cartridges and a vest were located.
Preliminary, it is reported that two security elements were injured and were transferred to receive medical care, the spokesperson reported.
Mayor Alberto Granados Favila asked the inhabitants to take precautions before the violent day.
“Friends and friends, given the situation that happens in the city I ask you for extreme precautions. I am in communication with the corresponding security authorities. I will keep them informed,” he said on social networks.
State and federal authorities have already mobilized to stop the spotlights of violence in Matamoros.
Due to its geographical location Tamaulipas has been a land of constant dispute by members of the crime.
According to the report of the College of Mexico entitled “The War for Tamaulipas”, part of the “attractions” of the State are that “it has a long border with the American Union, it has an extensive ocean coast and, in front of other border and coastal states such as Baja California and Sonora, its border cities (Nuevo Laredo, Miguel Alemán, Reynosa, Rio Bravo and Matamoros) –Wor and by land – for cocaine and marijuana drug traffickers, ”that operate in the south of the country.
In the State, the operation of criminal groups such as the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel, the Northeast Cartel and the Gulf Cartel is identified.
In its 2025 report, the alert that also has the Sinaloa cartel, however, has a lower presence, unlike the CJNG and Northeast Cartel.
These criminal groups incur crimes such as drug and weapons trafficking, extortion, smuggling of goods, and migrants traffic.
