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Mexican Border City Official Arrested for Cocaine Smuggling in Texas

A former city official from the border city of Matamoros remains in federal custody after U.S. law enforcement agents arrested him in connection with the attempted smuggling of cocaine in Texas. Since information about the arrest went public, the City of Matamoros has tried to distance itself from the case, claiming that he had stopped working there months before his arrest.

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High Rolling Iranian Businesswoman Nabbed at Los Angeles Airport, Accused of Arms Trafficking

An Iranian-born immigrant who became a lawful permanent resident alien under the Obama administration was arrested and charged with brokering arms sales on behalf of the Iranian Government. According to Bill Essayli, the United States Attorney for the Central District of California, federal authorities arrested 44-year-old Shamim Mafi at Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday evening.

High Rolling Iranian Businesswoman Nabbed at Los Angeles Airport, Accused of Arms Traffick

ICE Director Lyons Resigns Hours After Announcing Largest Chinese Illegal Alien Gift Card Fraud in History

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons submitted a letter of resignation to the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday. The announcement followed his testimony before the House Appropriation Committee’s Subcommittee on Homeland Security regarding the ICE budget, where he announced the bust of Chinese illegal aliens allegedly involved in the largest gift card fraud scheme in history.

ICE Director Lyons Resigns Hours After Announcing Largest Chinese Illegal Alien Gift Card

Texas Mayor Opposes New ICE Detention Facility in San Antonio

In a bid to keep a massive U.S. Customs and Immigration Service (ICE) processing and detention facility from opening in the Alamo city, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is pleading with DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin to reconsider the agency’s plans. In a letter sent to Mullin last week, Ortiz Jones says, My community is not interested in hosting an ICE processing facility.”

Texas Mayor Opposes New ICE Detention Facility in San Antonio (Office of San Antonio Mayor

Latest Cancun Bar Shooting Leaves One Employee Dead

Once more, a group of gunmen pulled up to a bar in Cancun and fired several shots, killing one employee inside. The attack is the latest of its kind in a growing trend in the popular tourist destination, where criminal organizations carry out shooting attacks as part of an extortion operation, and a way to control the street-level sale of narcotics at those establishments.

Cancun Raid

DHS: California ABC News Using AI to Push Bias, Bury Facts from Immigration Coverage

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) took to social media, where they accused ABC7 Eyewitness News of ideological censorship for using artificial intelligence to edit DHS statements in their coverage of immigration enforcement actions carried out on Thursday. DHS accused the media outlet of using AI to mold their coverage to “edit DHS statements to conform to their narrative bias,” remove an illegal alien’s criminal background, and shamelessly lie.

DHS: California ABC News Using AI to Push Bias, Bury Facts from Immigration Coverage (U.S.

Co-Founder of Cartel Jalisco Terror Group Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges

A California man who was the co-founder of Cartel Jalisco New Generation pleaded guilty to federal drug conspiracy charges in a U.S. federal court and awaits sentencing. Cartel Jalisco is currently considered one of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartels, known not only for its use of thousands of gunmen but also for the widespread use of explosives in its attacks throughout Mexico.

Jalisco Fire

14 Bodies Found in Mexican Border City Cartel Killing Field

A group of activists who search for missing persons has reported finding a new cartel killing field in the Mexican border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. So far, the group has found the remains of 14 victims while they continue looking for more. The region remains under the control of the terrorist organization known as the Gulf Cartel.

Credit: Amor Por Los Desaparecidos

Taxpayers Could Spend Millions Renaming Cesar Chavez Streets Nationwide

Taxpayers may be shelling out millions to rename city streets and boulevards named in honor of United Farm Workers (UFW) labor union leader Cesar Chavez after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced in March. In San Antonio alone, city leaders project their renaming effort could cost as much as $200,000.

Taxpayers Could Spend Millions Renaming Cesar Chavez Streets Nationwide (Randy Clark/Breit

300 Pounds of Cartel Meth Seized at Texas Border Crossing

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers interdicted a cartel shipment of 1,055 packages of methamphetamines hidden in a commercial shipment manifested by importers as a simple load of carrots. The smugglers, hoping to cash in on the street value of the narcotics, are now under criminal investigation by the Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

300 Pounds of Cartel Meth Seized at Texas Border Crossing (U.S. Customs and Border Protect

Gulf Cartel Underboss Pleads Guilty in U.S. Federal Court

The second-highest-ranking leader of the Gulf Cartel pleaded guilty this week to a federal drug conspiracy charge as part of a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. The feared cartel boss is one of the top cartel figures that Mexico’s government sent to the U.S. in early 2025 after the Trump Administration began pressuring Mexico to take a hard line against drug cartels.

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