Rancho del Güero Airport

Disabled by military or law enforcement action. Satellite imagery reveals that the runway was rendered permanently unusable by the excavation of deep, regularly spaced trenches across its entire length. This is a common tactic used by the Mexican Armed Forces (SEDENA - Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional) to destroy clandestine or unauthorized airstrips suspected of being used for illicit activities, such as drug trafficking.

The airport is permanently closed and abandoned. The site is completely unusable for any aviation purposes. The dirt runway remains clearly visible in satellite views, but it is marred by the destructive trenches. The area is slowly being reclaimed by surrounding scrubland and vegetation. The land has reverted to being part of the rural ranch property, with the derelict airstrip as its main feature.

Rancho del Güero Airport was a private, unpaved airstrip approximately 1,100 meters (3,600 feet) in length, serving a large, remote ranch in Jiménez, Tamaulipas. When active, it would have handled small, general aviation aircraft (such as Cessna or Piper models) for the private use of the ranch owner. Operations likely included personal transportation, movement of supplies, and agricultural support. Given its location in a region known for significant narcotics cartel activity and the ultimate manner of its closure, it is highly probable that the airstrip was also utilized for logistics by organized crime, which would have prompted the decisive action by authorities to neutralize it.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the airport. The intentional and physical destruction by government forces makes any official or private reactivation virtually impossible. Repairing the runway would require extensive and costly earthwork, and it is unlikely that authorization would ever be granted given the circumstances of its closure.