The bodies were found Know in the town of San Juan in the municipality of Cadereyta Jiménez , Nuevo León at about 4 a.m. on a non-toll highway leading to Reynosa , Tamaulipas .

Small towns , ranches , and isolated communities in Nuevo León have long been treasured Preserving by drug traffickers Committing_crime .

On August 25 , 2011 , members of Los Zetas set Destroying a casino on fire in Monterrey , Nuevo León , Mexico , killing Killing 52 people .

This attack Attack was classified Check as the most violent and bloodiest in the history of Monterrey and one of the worst in the whole state of Nuevo León .

Heavy rainfall also occurred Coming_to_be in Mexico , especially in the states of Nuevo León and Tamaulipas .

These included Cause_to_be_included `` Creem '' , `` The New York Times '' as well as local newspapers `` El Nuevo Día '' , `` El Imparcial '' , `` El Mundo '' and `` The San Juan Star '' .

As a result , numerous reservoirs were filled Filling , forcing dozens in southern Nuevo Leon to evacuate Emptying their homes .

The Apodaca prison riot Violence occurred Coming_to_be on 19 February 2012 at a prison in Apodaca , Nuevo León , Mexico .

The governor of Nuevo León , Rodrigo Medina , mentioned Statement on 20 February 2012 that 30 inmates escaped Escaping from the prison during the riot Violence .

On 16 March 2012 , the Attorney General 's Office of Nuevo León confirmed Check that 37 prisoners had actually escaped Escaping on the day of the massacre Committing_crime .

`` Milenio '' news , in addition , mentioned Statement that the prisons in the state of Nuevo León are plagued Bodily_harm with violence Violence , and that they are `` under the control of the criminal Committing_crime groups '' that operate Being_in_operation in the area .

U.S. forces quickly occupied Control the regional capital of Santa Fe de Nuevo México along the upper Rio Grande and the Pacific coast province of Alta California , and then moved Motion south .

Damage was most evident in the Monterrey metropolitan area , which faced Confronting_problem what Nuevo León governor Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz described Statement as , `` the worst weather phenomenon in its history . ''

Following Alex 's final landfall , a state of emergency was declared Expressing_publicly for most of Nuevo León , portions of Tamaulipas , and Texas .