America is safer this Memorial Day Weekend after San Diego Sector Border Patrol officials closed another of Joe Biden’s migrant processing centers. The closure follows the Trump administration’s success in shutting down migrant crossings in the Southern California sector.
The Texas Legislature is one step closer to requiring the sheriffs of the state’s largest counties to enter into cooperation agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The Texas Senate passed SB8 in April and forwarded the legislation to the House. On Saturday, the House passed the third reading of the bill.
Federal authorities arrested several members of a cartel-connected Houston-based drug ring that allegedly used taco trucks to store and distribute different kinds of drugs. The group reportedly moved large quantities of multiple drugs including heroin, meth, cocaine, mushrooms, pills and marijuana.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and other federal and state law enforcement agencies arrested 275 illegal aliens during a recently ended seven-day operation. At least 178 of the illegal aliens had criminal records, officials stated.
A lawsuit filed in federal court by three female professors claims that university officials are looking into establishing a bilingual university with course credit classes in Spanish and hiring only Spanish-speaking professors. The three professors claimed to have been racially discriminated against because they are not Hispanic — one is of African origin, while the other two are Asian.
Two of the most violent cartels in Mexico appear to be joining forces to create a “mega-cartel.” The cartel merger could tip the balance of power in the ongoing Sinaloa Cartel civil war. The two Narco-terrorist factions that make up
U.S. federal prosecutors successfully convicted 60 illegal aliens in Texas after they pleaded guilty to the newly applied charges. The convictions and sentences were handed down after a setback in the effort to prosecute illegal aliens for trespassing into a newly created National Defense Area in New Mexico earlier this month.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the targeting of two key leaders of the terrorist organization known as the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas. The move freezes all properties and assets of those two individuals and prohibits any U.S. company or individual from doing business with them.
Two top officials in Mexico City died at the hands of a team of gunmen in a crime that shook the highest levels of that country’s government. The targeted killing comes just days after a group of gunmen in Jalisco State shot and killed two police instructors with ties to the U.S. Department of State.
A 24-year-old Venezuelan migrant was arrested for pretending to be a minor to enroll in an Ohio high school. The Venezuelan man claimed to be a trafficked teenager and enrolled in the school in January 2024.
Authorities in Mexico announced the arrest of several Colombian soldiers who were part of a paramilitary group working for Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG). The U.S. government designated the CJNG as a terrorist organization earlier this year.
A Texas sheriff’s deputy intercepted a pickup truck hauling a trailer packed with large round bales. Stuffed inside the hollowed-out bales were about a dozen illegal aliens being smuggled into the U.S. interior.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials announced the first charter flight of migrants choosing to self-deport by utilizing the CBP Home app. Officials said 64 migrants from Honduras and Colombia departed from Houston as part of Project Homecoming.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a Guatemalan illegal alien for submitting false statements to become a sponsor for two unaccompanied alien children. Among other things, the man submitted an “obviously photoshopped” photo to help establish a familial relationship to one of the boys.
Authorities in Mexico are looking into the targeted killing of two men and the injury to a third who provided training to Mexican police agencies and worked as advisors for the U.S. Department of State and other agencies.
Las autoridades mexicanas investigan el asesinato de dos hombres donde un tercero quedo herido; ellos impartían capacitación a agencias policiales mexicanas y trabajaban ocasionalmente como asesores para el Departamento de Estado de USA y otras agencias.
White House Border Czar Tom Homan told the Republican National Lawyers Association that a 14-year-old unaccompanied alien child was discovered being sex trafficked by two adult males in Texas. During a speech on Friday, Homan says the rescue, conducted two days before, is just one example of what agents are finding in the search for unaccompanied alien children released by the Biden administration.
Federal prosecutors announced that they had filed a terrorism related charge against a woman who is accused of getting grenades and being a key operator for Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG). The case is the first ever terror charge related to CJNG.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement carried out a targeted enforcement operation last week that landed more than 400 illegal aliens in jail. During the same period, the Houston Field Office deported more than five hundred aliens who exhausted their due process and had been ordered removed from the United States.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced a total reward of $30,000 for information leading to the arrest of a fugitive capital murder suspect. The suspect was released by a judge in Kaufman County on bond. Abbott says the case highlights the need for passage of the bond reform bill currently before the Texas Legislature.
Orleans Parish officials say ten dangerous inmates escaped the parish jail Friday morning. By lunchtime, police arrested one of the escapees while the other ten remained at large. An eleventh inmate was initially reported among the escapees but was later located in another cell.
A man who entered the country as an asylum seeker will be spending five years in federal prison for his role in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy responsible for moving thousands of pills. The man had previously requested asylum, claiming “credible fear” of Mexican cartels.
A Texas Department of Public Safety K-9 team responded to a call for assistance from local law enforcement to help capture a fleeing suspected fentanyl smuggler. The team searched a ranch approximately 150 miles north of the Texas-Mexico border and found the fugitive in a dirt and brush pile.
U.S. Border Patrol agents and Mexican state police teamed up to destroy a cartel smuggling observation post near Nogales, Arizona.
U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge Gregory Wormuth of Las Cruces dismissed misdemeanor trespassing charges against nearly 100 illegal aliens arrested for crossing into a newly designated National Defense Area in New Mexico. On Wednesday, the federal judge ruled in favor of the illegal aliens, citing probable cause issues as the reason for the dismissals.
Mexican cartels are increasing their use of drones to replace human scouts to monitor the activity of U.S. Border Patrol agents along the border. The drones are reportedly replacing the human scouts who were frequently minors.
Los cárteles mexicanos están aumentando el uso de drones para reemplazar a los “halcones” o espias que monitorean la actividad de los agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza estadounidense en la frontera. Según informes, los drones están reemplazando a los exploradores humanos, que frecuentemente eran menores de edad.
On Tuesday, an internal agency-wide email was sent to Border Patrol stations, soliciting volunteers from rank-and-file Border Patrol agents and managers to assist DHS with deportation operations away from the immediate border area. A source within CBP, not authorized to speak to the media, told Breitbart Texas the request did not specify times or locations of the assignment.
Federal agents arrested a South Los Angeles couple this week on charges relating to a February incident where the couple allegedly tried to ram an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicle. The couple reportedly drove into oncoming traffic to stop the ICE agents from executing an immigration arrest warrant.
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents rounded up 239 criminal illegal aliens in Los Angeles during targeted enforcement operations last week. Some of the illegal aliens arrested had been convicted or accused of manslaughter, theft offenses, and aggravated rape of a minor.
Federal prosecutors filed narco-terrorism charges against leading members of the Sinaloa Cartel. The move is the first of its kind following the February designation by the U.S. State Department of six Mexican cartels, including the Sinaloa Cartel, as foreign terrorist organizations.
Reports indicate that family members of the imprisoned Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán fled from Mexico to the United States for protection from warring cartel factions. Although U.S. officials have not confirmed reports of Griselda López, El Chapo’s ex-wife, arriving
The Gulf Cartel continues to send teams of gunmen into Texas to steal four-door vehicles and smuggle them into Mexico to resupply their paramilitary wing. The ongoing crime wave leads to regular high-speed chases and, at times, vehicle carjackings at gunpoint. The Gulf Cartel is one of six cartels labelled as foreign terrorist organizations by the Trump Administration.
El Cártel del Golfo ha estado enviando grupos de pistoleros a Texas para robar vehículos de cuatro puertas e introducirlos de contrabando en México para reabastecer a su rama paramilitar. La actual ola delictiva provoca persecuciones frecuentes a alta velocidad y, en ocasiones, robos de vehículos a punta de pistola. El Cártel del Golfo es uno de los seis cárteles que la administración Trump ha catalogado como organizaciones terroristas extranjeras.
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) launched a federal civil rights investigation into a planned Muslim community north of Dallas, Texas. The area, home to one of the Lone Star State’s largest mosques, has been the subject of several investigations at the state level initiated by Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
A Utah oil magnate and his family are free on bond as they await trial on federal money laundering charges tied to a complex cartel oil smuggling scheme. The family members are charged with smuggling more than $300 million in cartel oil into Texas and then selling it.
A group of gunmen fired into a crowded bar, hitting five Venezuelan migrants suspected of being members of the Tren De Aragua gang. Two of the TDA members died during the attack, while three others sustained injuries.
A woman who works in the Tamaulipas Attorney General’s Office in Mexico is facing money laundering charges after U.S. authorities arrested her allegedly trying to smuggle over 180,000 in cash for the Gulf Cartel, court documents show. The Gulf cartel is one of six groups recently labelled as Foreign Terrorist Organizations by the U.S. government.
A Mexican governor and her husband announced on social media that U.S. officials revoked their tourist visas. The couple tried to downplay the incident in their post, claiming it was a common occurrence. However, the case sparked controversy in Mexico, where political opponents accuse the couple of having ties to organized crime.
Gunmen from the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas carried out a large-scale attack on a rival group of gunmen near a small rural community in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon. The fighting went on for over an hour, involving several armored vehicles, high-powered weapons, and explosives. By the time authorities responded, the gunmen had fled, taking at least five bodies of fallen gunmen but leaving several burned-out armored trucks.
