Tamaulipas
State of Mexico
Follow Tamaulipas on Notably News to receive short updates to your email — rarely!
| 2014 | Violence-related losses for companies in Tamaulipas were estimated at an average of 95,000 pesos per year, significantly above the national average of 12,800 pesos per company. |
| 2013 | Tamaulipas recorded 880 homicides, with a rate of 25 per 100,000 inhabitants, ranking 9th in homicides nationally. The state also reached first place nationally in kidnappings with 275 known cases. |
| November 2010 | Mexican army, Federal Police, and Navy launched a joint operation in northern Tamaulipas, enabling hundreds of families to return to their homes after months of exile, particularly in Mier, where around 4,000 people returned. |
| February 2010 | An armed conflict erupted between the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas, causing border cities in 'La Frontera Chica' (including Miguel Alemán, Mier, Camargo, and Nueva Ciudad Guerrero) to become 'ghost towns'. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia article Tamaulipas, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.