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La organización criminal que controla esta ciudad ahora ha ampliado su operación a la extorsión al exigir el pago de cada automóvil importado de Texas.

The drug cartel that controls this city has branched out their extortion operations by demanding payment for every used car that is imported from Texas. 

Una vez más, la guerra actual entre dos facciones rivales del Cártel del Golfo por el control de esta ciudad ha extendido el caos a medida que hombres armados realizan bloqueos y toman vehículos a punta de pistola como parte de sus tácticas. La frecuencia de los enfrentamientos armados ha provocado un fuerte aumento en el despojo de vehículos y vehículos robados.

The ongoing war between two rival factions of the Gulf Cartel for control of this city has spread chaos as gunmen set off blockades and take vehicles at gunpoint as part of their tactics. The frequency of the gun battles has set off a sharp spike in carjackings and stolen vehicles.

“Abolish ICE PDX,” an anarchist group based in Oregon, publicly executed an effigy of President Donald Trump in Portland on Tuesday using a mock guillotine and replicating one of those most familiar scenes from the French Revolution.

A woman rescued by Border Patrol agents died in the hospital from dehydration and heat-related illness after agents incidentally found her during a search for another missing migrant family.

Border Patrol agents in the Laredo Sector likely saved the life of a migrant they found near a ranch located close to the Rio Grande River border with Mexico.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday appointed a Member of Parliament as Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction as the country struggles to handle increased numbers of border-crossing asylum seekers.

The United States Consulate General in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico has issued a security alert prohibiting U.S. Government employees from traveling into downtown Ciudad Juárez without advance permission for the next 30 days.

The House passed a resolution on Wednesday to support the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency and rebuke calls to abolish it.

GOP legislators wrapped the unpopular “Abolish ICE!” campaign around House Democrats on Wednesday, by forcing a floor vote where 167 Democrats abstained or voted against a resolution praising the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. 

The House Appropriations Committee has approved a 2019 budget that would fund another 200 miles of border barrier. 

Border Patrol agents in South Texas arrested three unaccompanied minors being used by Mexican cartels to smuggle marijuana across the Rio Grande River. The actions are indicative of the types of abuses put upon Central American juveniles who are being put through the human smuggling process.

Human smugglers packed 20 illegal immigrants into the back of a tractor-trailer rig in South Texas.

Border Patrol agents in South Texas attempted to rescue four illegal immigrants after they were abandoned on a ranch near the border town of Laredo. One of the migrants died before he could be transported to a hospital.

Border Patrol agents in South Texas arrested 96 illegal immigrants after receiving a call about a car crash near the town of Freer. Responding agents found tracks leading into the brush and initiated a search.

Border Patrol agents in the Yuma Sector arrested 26 illegal immigrants and a human smuggler as they disrupted two separate operations.

A Mexican citizen living in Tijuana with 40 aliases was sent to U.S. prison after admitting he assumed an American identity to collect almost $361,000 in government benefits fraudulently.

Victorville Federal Prison, which was designed to hold 1,400 inmates, is struggling to house an extra 1,000 border detainees due to stepped-up immigration enforcement efforts.

Una vez más, miembros del cártel del Golfo han matado a un oficial de la policía del estado de Tamaulipas en uno de sus ataques de emboscada más recientes en esta ciudad fronteriza. El ataque ocurrió cerca de Nuevo Progreso, una ciudad conocida por su turismo médico por visitantes de los EE. UU.

Two men are accused of beheading an Alabama teenage girl suffering from autism and murdering her grandmother over the woman’s ties to the Sinaloa Cartel formerly headed by “Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán.

Members of the Gulf Cartel killed, once again, a Tamaulipas state police officer during one of their most recent ambush attacks in this border city. The attack took place near Nuevo Progreso, a city known for its medical tourism by U.S. visitors.

A foreign national accused of attacking his wife with a chainsaw is reported to be an 11-time deported illegal alien with a criminal history. The man reportedly attacked his wife in their California home in front of their three children.

The Federal Police in Baja California Sur announced the arrest of a regional cartel boss who has been attributed to the wave of narco-violence in the popular tourist spot of La Paz.

Federal agents teamed up in the El Paso-Juárez Metropolitan Border Area to disrupt cartel-connected human smuggling operations throughout the month of June. The operation led to the arrests of human smugglers, 117 illegal aliens, and the seizure of cash, vehicles, and drugs.

Actress Kristen Bell slammed President Donald Trump over his administration’s immigration policies that have resulted in the separation of children from adults attempting to cross the border illegally.

A team of cartel gunmen kidnapped the mayor of the small rural border-town of Ciudad Mier, Tamaulipas, setting off a large-scale search and rescue operation. As of press time, the efforts to rescue the local politician has proven unsuccessful. Ciudad Mier sits immediately south of the Rio Grande Valley Sector of Texas.

The United States Customs and Border Protection arrested three Mexican nationals involved in failed smuggling attempts of methamphetamine, fentanyl, oxycodone, and heroin in Arizona over the past weekend.

Border Patrol officials in South Texas said illegal aliens attacked a group of agents with rocks as they attempted to provide medical assistance to a pregnant woman who illegally crossed the border from Mexico.

One-quarter of liberals and feminists say they would be much more likely to back political candidates who promise to “Abolish ICE!” according to a Morning Consult Poll.  

Human smugglers abandoned a pair of illegal immigrants in the sweltering heat of the southern California desert and left them to die. Border Patrol agents were unable to save the life of one man after he collapsed.

President Donald Trump rejected press attempts Tuesday to paint him as “punishing children” after missing a deadline on reuniting illegal alien adults and minors. Trump instead provided the press with his solution to the problem, “Tell people not to come to our country illegally.”

Three people were shot near an El Paso-Juárez Metropolitan Border pedestrian bridge on Saturday afternoon, causing the crossing between the U.S. and Mexico to temporarily close.

Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents stopped members of violent gangs including MS-13 and the 18th Street from illegally entering the U.S.

Border Patrol agents from Texas to Arizona stopped numerous criminal aliens from re-entering the U.S. illegally after they were deported for sex offenses and other crimes. The agents prevented these illegal aliens, some with sex offenses against children from making their way successfully back into the U.S.