Gunmen in Mexico left a mutilated body on the hood of a torched armored truck near the border with Texas. The clash is the latest in a series between the Gulf Cartel and the Cartel Del Noreste (CDN) faction of Los Zetas for control of drug and human trafficking routes.
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers assigned to border security duty arrested 33 migrants on state charges of criminal trespass. The troopers, assigned to Operation Lone Star, arrested the migrants on private ranches near the Texas-Mexico border.
Border Patrol agents at a highway immigration checkpoint near Nogales, Arizona, arrested a man suspected of smuggling fentanyl by taping the deadly drugs to his body. The agents discovered the contraband hidden under the clothing of a U.S citizen Monday evening.
In a matter of days, two journalists were killed in Mexico as their federal government considers changes to protective laws.
Mexican authorities rescued 359 Central American migrants stuffed in a tractor-trailer bound for the U.S. border.
Un grupo de sicarios en México dejó un cuerpo mutilado encima de una camioneta blindada que había sido incendiada durante un feroz tiroteo cerca de la frontera con Texas. El enfrentamiento es el último de una larga serie de batallas entre el Cartel del Golfo y la facción del Cartel Del Noreste de Los Zetas por el control de las lucrativas rutas de tráfico de drogas y personas hacia Texas.
Gunmen in Mexico left a mutilated body on the hood of a torched armored truck near the border with Texas. The clash is the latest in a series between the Gulf Cartel and the Cartel Del Noreste (CDN) faction of Los Zetas for control of drug and human trafficking routes.
Law enforcement in Mexico discovered 120 migrants bound and blindfolded in a cartel stash house in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas. On Sunday, authorities searched the house after receiving a tip from the Embassy of Guatemala.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents found a group of nearly 30 migrants hiding in the sleeping compartment of a commercial tractor. Agents and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers also teamed up to apprehend more than 20 migrants being warehoused in motel rooms.
Police in Manchester, England, announced the arrest on Sunday of two teenagers in connection to the hostage-taking incident in Colleyville, Texas. The arrest took place just hours after the confirmation of Malik Faisal Akram, a Lancashire resident, as the man
Authorities in Guatemala claim to have stopped the first migrant caravan of 2022. The efforts to contain the group led to a violent clash with dozens of detentions and 15 law enforcement officials sustaining a variety of injuries.
The FBI identified the many who took four people hostage in the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue as Malik Faisal Akram — a British national. All of the hostages were unharmed in the standoff that lasted nearly 12 hours on Saturday.
Mexican federal authorities arrested a group of smugglers who fled from U.S. authorities and drove through a port of entry into Mexico in an attempt to escape. Citizen journalists documented the chase and the conclusion.
A video shot by a Dallas ABC news crew shows the final moments of the near 12-hour standoff at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue late Saturday night. The video shows what appears to be the three remaining hostages fleeing out a door followed shortly by a man holding a pistol.
A man took four hostages at a Jewish synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, on Saturday morning. After a ten-hour standoff, an FBI Hostage Rescue Team made entry and rescued the three remaining hostages. The FBI confirmed the suspect is dead.
A multi-agency effort led to the arrest of a large group of migrants attempting to avoid detection by wearing camouflage. The arrest took place in a remote area of the Big Bend Sector in Texas.
A multi-agency effort led to the arrest of two United States citizens accused of smuggling five migrants in remote South Texas. After fleeing a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint, the two smugglers led law enforcement officers on a vehicle pursuit that ended when the truck crashed onto railroad tracks in La Salle County, Texas. After searching the vehicle, officers discovered a loaded handgun.
Un cartel mexicano criticó a una estrella del fútbol convertida en gobernador por sus presuntos vínculos con capos de la droga. El político, recientemente apareció en los titulares de noticias después de que se hiciera pública una fotografía de él con tres mandos criminales.
A Mexican cartel singled out a soccer star-turned-governor for his alleged ties to rival crime bosses. The politician recently made headlines after a photograph of him posing with three cartel leaders went public.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a human smuggler with two outstanding warrants. One of the charges included his alleged control of displaying a minor in sexual conduct.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents teamed up with a CBP Air and Marine Operations helicopter aircrew to rescue a severely dehydrated woman near the border in Arizona. The woman called 911 after being abandoned by human smugglers in the Baboquivari Mountains.
DEL RIO, Texas — Border Patrol reported the apprehension of a migrant family who crossed the Rio Grande in frigid temperatures Wednesday. The family managed to ford the river with a special needs child and a disabled woman in a wheelchair.
A recent viral video captured the moment when one of Mexico’s most violent cartels dropped IEDs on rivals as part of a turf war.
Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley arrested five criminal migrants in a span of 30 hours Tuesday and Wednesday. Post-arrest investigations revealed two to be convicted murderers. One of the five was a sex offender and two were Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) members.
Internal U.S. Customs and Border protection documents reviewed by Breitbart Texas report that human smugglers received up to $1 billion in December 2021 alone. On average, migrants claimed to have paid smugglers more than $5,000 per person – with more than 170,000 apprehended in the month.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents continue to find migrants being transported by human smugglers in dangerous situations. In one incident, agents found six inside a tanker truck.
A cartel-connected Mexican border state governor is threatening to fire state employees caught at private social gatherings, claiming they contribute to the spread of COVID-19. The measure has been called “illegal” and “hypocritical” by rival politicians.
A Texas district court judge in El Paso faces possible removal from the bench following allegations of bias and an improper in-chambers hearing during a 2019 murder trial. The judge is reportedly refusing to respond to a written inquiry from the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct.
Data released by the Department of Homeland Security show more than 50,000 migrants released by the agency with instructions to report to ICE once at their desired U.S. location have failed to do so. The Notice to Report (NTR) process was instituted to help the Border Patrol ease detention facility overcrowding in 2021.
A Customs and Border Protection flight crew detected a grossly overloaded vessel 25 miles northeast of Anguilla Cay, Bahamas. The aircrew notified the Coast Guard on Monday night and coordinated a joint interdiction. Personnel onboard the Coast Guard Cutter Paul Clark intercepted the vessel near Key Largo, Florida, and discovered 176 Haitians aboard.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a large number of migrants from “special interest” nations so far this month. The group included migrants from nations known to have terrorist activities.
Border Patrol agents in the southwest continue to arrest large numbers of previously deported criminal aliens. Many committed sex offenses against minors.
Mexico’s government announced that federal authorities issued seven arrest warrants linked to the Fast and Furious gun-running scandal. Three individuals, including famed drug lord “El Chapo” Guzman, are named — but four others remain unidentified to the public.
A Texas border sheriff reports human smugglers are forcing vehicle pursuits on an alarming basis. The sheriff fears innocent people and migrants could be injured due to recklessness.
EAGLE PASS, Texas — A migrant drowned in an abandoned industrial waste pit after attempting to flee Texas Army National Guardsmen. The pit is located near the Rio Grande just south of the city. According to a source within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the migrant submerged and did not resurface on Friday night.
A trusted source within Customs and Border Protection tells Breitbart Texas the migrant surge in Eagle Pass is continuing into the new year with 4,000 arrests in the Del Rio Sector. During the first eight days of the new year, agents along the entire southwest border apprehended more than 19,000 migrants.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents in Niland, California, discovered a group of migrants aboard a northbound freight train attempting to bypass the established highway checkpoint. In one event, agents found 26 migrants hiding in the rail cars. Information provided by the group led to the eventual arrest of an additional 16.
El caos se extendió en una ciudad fronteriza mexicana cuando un grupo de sicarios del Cártel del Golfo se enfrentó a las fuerzas policiales estatales. La mayoría de los pistoleros lograron escapar, sin embargo las autoridades lograron detener a dos de ellos e incautaron dos vehículos y armas.
Chaos spread in a Mexican border city as a group of gunmen from the Gulf Cartel clashed with state police forces. Most of the gunmen escaped as authorities managed two arrests. Police also seized two vehicles and weapons.
Del Rio and Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents rescued two migrants in separate human smuggling incidents in South Texas. In one, agents rescued a woman being swept away in the Rio Grande.
A group of gunmen left nine bodies on the side of the road with a banner threatening top government officials from the coastal state of Veracruz for supporting the Sinaloa Cartel. An interrogation video hinted that one of the victims was the nephew of the Veracruz Secretary of State.
