U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials reported significant decreases in illegal border crossings and drug smuggling in sections where new barriers were built. Some sections reported nearly a 90 percent decrease in illegal entries compared to last year.
San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents and Mexican authorities teamed up to rescue a migrant who became stuck on the U.S. side of the border wall. The agents found the man hanging from a section extending into the Pacific Ocean.
Las autoridades estatales mexicanas no están investigando a un grupo de policías locales corruptos que tomaron parte en un tiroteo con autoridades estatales luego de ser accidentalmente sorprendidos extorsionando a un grupo de traficantes de personas que intentaban llegar a la frontera. Inicialmente, las autoridades de Nuevo León intentaron esconder el tiroteo, pero se vieron obligadas a proporcionar detalles básicos después de que Breitbart Texas publicara exclusivamente detalles del caso.
Mexican state authorities are not investigating or prosecuting local police officers who engaged in a shootout with state authorities while allegedly extorting human smugglers trying to reach the U.S. border. Initially, authorities in Nuevo Leon tried to cover up the incident but were forced to provide basic details after Breitbart Texas exclusively reported on the matter.
The Officer Down Memorial Page reports more than 300 law enforcement officers and agents died in the line of duty during 2020. At least 184 of those came from COVID-19 exposure.
Un grupo de sicarios intentó asesinar a un abogado defensor que estaba entrando al edificio de la Fiscalía General de la República (FGR) en la capital del estado fronterizo de Tamaulipas. Los sicarios fallaron en su objetivo pero lograron escapar sin ser identificados.
Cartel gunmen tried to kill a lawyer at the branch headquarters of Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR) in Tamaulipas Wednesday. The gunmen missed their mark but managed to escape unidentified.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Laredo, Texas, stopped a drug smuggler from entering with nearly 129 pounds of methamphetamine.
Mexican authorities destroyed tons of chemical precursors that they previously discovered in a clandestine meth lab in Jalisco. While there were no arrests, the seizures provide a glimpse into the substantial production capabilities of Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG).
Assassins dressed as nurses to enter a hospital and kill a man who survived a shooting attack in the border city of Ciudad Juarez this week. Authorities did not say if the case is connected to the turf war between the Sinaloa and Juarez Cartels.
Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol agents arrested a previously deported child sex offender on Christmas Eve as he attempted to sneak into Texas. An Illinois court previously convicted the Salvadoran criminal alien for sexual assault against a child, Border Patrol officials stated.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents teamed up with state and local law enforcement over the Christmas holidays to disrupt six human smuggling attempts. The actions led to the arrest of 64 people.
Funcionarios del gobierno están tratando de encubrir un ataque del cártel en la mañana de Navidad que envió a cinco policías federales al hospital, uno con heridas de bala. Los sicarios utilizaron al menos tres vehículos blindados en el ataque que sucedió a solo en el estado de Nuevo León, a 34 millas al sur de la frontera con Texas. La zona del ataque es controlada por el Cartel Del Golfo pero se encuentra en disputa por el Cartel del Noreste de Los Zetas.
Officials are trying to cover up a Christmas morning cartel attack that sent five federal police officers to emergency rooms–one for gunshot injuries. Gunmen used at least three armored vehicles in the incident in Nuevo Leon, 34 miles south of the border with Texas. The region is controlled by the Gulf Cartel but is threatened by a faction of Los Zetas.
A Christmas Day inspection at a Yuma Sector Border Patrol interior immigration checkpoint led to the seizure of 25 pounds of methamphetamine. The drug seizure followed an alert from a Border Patrol K-9 at the Highway 78 immigration checkpoint.
Rival factions of the Gulf Cartel continue to clash in the border city of Reynosa, leading to shootouts and street blockades. In many gunfights, state authorities are the first to respond while the specifically tasked National Guard and military demonstrate a pattern of arriving only until the shooting has ended.
Tamaulipas police officers in the border city of Reynosa spread a little holiday cheer as they escorted a convoy of vehicles filled with toys to several needy neighborhoods. During Christmas week, police officers carried out the same event in most major cities in the state.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers along with Border Patrol agents seized more than 38,000 pounds of methamphetamine during the first two months of the new fiscal year. This represents a 42 percent increase over the same period in Fiscal Year 2020.
HOUSTON, Texas — Houston firefighters delivered a healthy baby girl on Christmas Eve in her new home while waiting for an ambulance to arrive.
A charity group organized by Border Patrol agents recently collected and distributed Christmas and holiday gifts for the children of fallen agents. This marks the organization’s sixth year of giving.
Un oficial de la policía del estado de Nuevo León ha sido identificado como el líder de una célula de sicarios del cártel, mientras las guerras territoriales en el norte de México continúan aumentando. El arresto reveló un aumento reciente en el reclutamiento de policías por parte del Cartel del Golfo en el estado fronterizo de Nuevo León.
A border state police officer was identified as the leader of a cartel cell as turf wars in northern Mexico continue to escalate. The arrest revealed a recent spike in the recruitment of police officers by the Gulf Cartel in Nuevo Leon.
President Donald Trump granted a full pardon to former U.S. Border Patrol agent and Coast Guard veteran Gary Brugman. The pardon follows by one day the President’s action to pardon two other former agents.
A Tucson Air Branch Air and Marine Operations (AMO) helicopter aircrew teamed up with U.S. Border Patrol agents to rescue two migrants in the Boboquivari Wilderness Peak area. One became injured after falling in a steep canyon.
CBP Air and Marine Operations teamed up with other federal departments and a foreign government to seize more than 3,700 pounds of cocaine during a 10-day period. The joint air and sea operation in the eastern Caribbean Sea resulted in the arrest of 19 suspected drug smugglers.
One of the most prestigious press freedom groups labeled Mexico as the most dangerous country for journalists in the Western Hemisphere. The country continues to see widespread impunity in attacks and murders against journalists in direct retaliation for their work.
President Donald Trump issued full pardons to two former Border Patrol agents on Tuesday. A federal prosecutor filed charges in 2007 against the two agents who were involved in the shooting of a drug smuggler.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents raided four human smuggling stash houses near the Texas border with Mexico during the past week. The raids led to the apprehension of nearly 100 migrants who were recently smuggled across the border. Additionally, agents found 24 migrants stashed in three vehicles being driven by suspected human smugglers.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents teamed up with local law enforcement and other federal agents to disrupt three human smuggling stash houses near the Texas border with Mexico. Agents apprehended 42 migrants over two days in three stash houses — none were wearing masks or other protective gear to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seized 69 pounds of methamphetamine and fentanyl after stopping three illegal immigrants who had just crossed from Mexico. Officials estimate the drugs to be worth more than $3 million.
El jefe de una unidad de inteligencia estatal que ha estado plagada de numerosas denuncias de corrupción y una larga historia de vínculos con cárteles, ha sido ascendido discretamente a uno de los principales puestos policiales en el estado de Nuevo Leon. Los miembros de ese grupo policial han sido vinculados con extorsiones, cateos ilegales, vínculos con el crimen organizado y el aun impune asesinato de un hombre de Texas.
The head of a border state police intelligence unit that is plagued with allegations of corruption and a long history of cartel links was quietly promoted to one of the top law enforcement positions in the state. The members of that task force are linked to cartel extortion, illegal searches, and the covered-up murder of a Texas man.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized a “colossal” methamphetamine shipment at a Texas-Mexico port of entry Saturday. The near-ton is reportedly worth $37 million, officials stated.
Un despiadado líder del narcotráfico está vistiendo a niños como autodefensas y activistas les paga para que se coloquen como escudos humanos en las entradas de los pueblos que controla en un intento de evitar que un cártel rival ataque. El despiadado mando criminal es el mismo capo de la droga que previamente mando matar a un escritor de Breitbart Texas y después de pasar varios meses en la cárcel fue liberado por el gobierno mexicano.
A ruthless drug cartel boss is dressing up children as self-defense members and activists. He is reportedly paying them to stand at the town entrances as human shields in an attempt to keep a rival cartel from attacking. This ruthless cartel boss is the same drug lord who previously ordered a hit on a Breitbart Texas writer and was released by the Mexican government after spending several weeks in jail.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol officials report an increase of 182 percent of migrants apprehended after illegally crossing the border from Mexico into Texas. The report compares November 2019 to the same month this year.
Mexican authorities raided a large Christmas party allegedly hosted by the sons of infamous jailed narco-kingpin, El Chapo.
At least one gunman shot and killed a former governor inside an upscale bar in Puerto Vallarta. The murder comes at a time when the state of Jalisco deals with an uptick in violence due to the dominant criminal organization in the region, Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion.
Dos sicarios murieron en una fallida emboscada de un cártel contra agentes de la policía estatal mexicana a solo 40 millas al sur de la frontera con Texas. El tiroteo es el último episodio de violencia en una región en disputa donde dos cárteles luchan por el control mientras las autoridades mexicanas intentan mantener la paz.
Two cartel gunmen died in a failed ambush against Mexican state police 40 miles south of the Texas border. The shootout is the latest bout of violence in a contested region between two cartels.