Two police officers died after a local man shot them several times as they responded to a domestic disturbance call. The gunman caught the officers by surprise and then turned the gun on himself as other officers responded to the shooting.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents carried out four separate rescue operations during an 18-hour period last week. The operations resulted in the rescue of seven illegal aliens in distress in the Jacumba Wilderness Region in Southern California.
Two police officers died after a local man shot them several times as they responded to a domestic disturbance call. The gunman caught the officers by surprise and then turned the gun on himself as other officers responded to the shooting.
Un narco-líder del estado fronterizo de Chihuahua fue arrestado como el autor intelectual de la quema de varios camiones repartidores como parte de un plan de extorsión en el estado fronterizo de Tamaulipas. El mando criminal se estaba preparando para llevar a cabo una serie de asesinatos de gente inocente en un intento de ejercer su poder mientras buscaba establecer el dominio contra otras organizaciones criminales en la región.
Mexican police arrested a crime boss from the border state of Chihuahua identified as the mastermind behind the torching of vehicles. The incidents occurred as part of an extortion scheme in the border state of Tamaulipas.
Members of Congress sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf regarding the recent spike of COVID-19 cases in states along the U.S. southern border. The congressional delegation seeks to discover the impact of legal and illegal border crossings on the number of cases and hospitalizations in counties located along the Mexico-U.S. border.
Dos policías municipales en el estado fronterizo de Nuevo León han sido vinculados a un arresto que se convirtió en secuestro por ordenes de un despiadado narcotraficante. La víctima que fue arrestada por un cargo menor murió poco después a manos de un grupo de sicarios quienes lo torturaron y lo balearon.
Two municipal police officers in the border state of Nuevo Leon were linked to an arrest-turned-kidnapping on behalf of a ruthless cartel lord. The victim was tortured and killed.
Rumors of a Black Lives Matter protest at the statue of Sam Houston in Huntsville, Texas, are going viral. People posted updates on Facebook and Twitter promising to defend the 86-foot statue from protesters with “deadly force” if necessary.
Border Patrol agents in South Texas carried out multiple rescues of migrants as summertime temperatures approached the century mark. Agents rescued at least four who became distressed or dehydrated after illegally crossing the border from Mexico and one who suffered a snake bite while attempting to sneak around an interior immigration checkpoint.
The apprehension of migrants illegally crossing the Mexican border into the United States jumped from May to June by 41 percent. This represents the second consecutive month of increases.
Federal prosecutors in Texas assert that a fugitive former Mexican border state governor committed drug trafficking, bank fraud, and money laundering offenses with the use of false identities.
The U.S. Marshal’s Service arrested a former Mexican border state governor in Florida. The former governor fled to the U.S. in an apparent attempt to avoid capture by Mexican authorities. The politician is wanted in his state on charges of embezzlement and organized crime.
Mexican authorities confirmed that 15 fragments of human remains found last year belong to one of the missing education students allegedly kidnapped by police and killed by cartel gunmen in Guerrero.
One migrant is dead and three others were rescued after trying to illegally enter the United States in South Texas. With temperatures exceeding 100 degrees, agents rescued three migrants in distress, found one dead, and apprehended a group of others.
Snake bites and dehydration from severe heat in the California desert mountains led migrants to call on Border Patrol for aid, which led to multiple air extractions and apprehensions.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced he would bring that country’s richest businessmen for a dinner with President Donald Trump. The delegation shows a stark contrast to Lopez Obrador’s (AMLO) own rhetoric and branding as far-left socialist.
Border Patrol agents in California arrested two previously deported child sex offenders and a man carrying a backpack filled with methamphetamine after they illegally crossed the border from Mexico. The arrests occurred in separate incidents in the El Centro and San Diego Border Patrol sectors.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations (AMO) interceptor boat crew shot out the engine of a human smuggler’s boat off the coast of California on Friday. A second smuggler’s boat managed to make it to shore and off-loaded its passengers. Border Patrol agents apprehended the migrants from the beached craft.
One of Mexico’s top health officials is drawing harsh criticism after saying the high rate of Coronavirus fatalities is largely thanks to poor eating habits and obesity. The country now ranks fifth in the world for deaths.
Del Rio Sector CBP officers arrested a 21-year-old Texas man wanted on charges of indecency with a child at a port of entry. The man arrived as a passenger in a truck.
Mexican military forces killed a total of 16 gunmen from a faction of Los Zetas in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. The gunmen wore cloned military uniforms and were part of a paramilitary cartel force known as Hell’s Troop or Tropa Del Infierno.
Law enforcement in Mexico killed 12 Los Zetas gunmen after an attack on Mexican soldiers in the neighborhood of Los Fresnos, near Nuevo Laredo. Military personnel from the 16th Regiment conducting routine patrols came under attack during an ambush by members
Mexico now ranks tenth globally for Coronavirus cases and sixth for fatalities. The case number could in fact be much higher since health officials admitted to limited testing compared to other nations.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents busted a multi-time deported criminal alien sex offender after he illegally re-entered the United States near Laredo, Texas. The Mexican national has a criminal history that includes a felony conviction for sexual abuse and multiple deportations.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott faces a backlash of fury after issuing an order requiring the wearing of masks in most of the state’s 254 counties. The order issued on the day before the Independence Day weekend begins, requires the wearing of masks in counties with 20 or more positive COVID-19 cases to help slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents found a group of migrants packed like cargo in a tractor-trailer at a Texas interior immigration checkpoint. The agents found 66 from five different countries.
A Mexican attorney and labor movement leader was released on bond amid charges of allegedly intimidating a mediation court to secure a favorable outcome. The June arrest drew the attention of several U.S. congressmen who sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, asking for her release.
Cartel gunmen allegedly stormed a drug rehab center. They supposedly lined up victims and shot them, killing 24 and injuring seven more. The attack came almost at the same time as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador spoke publicly about his government’s success in slowing violent crime.
San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents disrupted a maritime human smuggling event over the past weekend leading to the arrest of 15 people. An extensive investigation led to the arrest of the migrants and their smugglers who initially managed to avoid apprehension after beaching a boat on the coast north of San Diego, California.
Suspected cartel gunmen released a video issuing threats against the top law enforcement official in Mexico City, who was the recent target of a failed assassination.
