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A Honduran national has been charged in federal court on charges he knowingly attempted to smuggle 51 illegal aliens in a refrigerated semi-tractor trailer near the Mexican border near Freer, Texas. The suspect is now facing up to ten years in federal prison.

An Afghan national admitted to the United States under President Biden’s Operation Allies Welcome resettlement program was arrested this week after posting a TikTok video in which he appeared to be building a bomb and referenced Fort Worth as a target, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

U.S. consular officials are warning travelers about the high risk of carjackings by cartel gunmen on the highways leading north to the Texas border. Just hours after issuing that warning, a group of cartel gunmen shot two men from Mexico who were heading to Texas to take advantage of the Black Friday specials.

Federal and state authorities arrested nearly 250 foreign commercial truck drivers in November alone, warning that cartel operatives and foreign nationals are exploiting America’s commercial driver licensing system to infiltrate freight corridors and endanger national security.

The son of notorious drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán is set to plead guilty in U.S. federal court in a stunning turn that could shatter cartel alliances and expose ties to Mexico’s political elite. Joaquín “El Moreno” Guzmán López, arrested in 2024 during a betrayal operation against Sinaloa kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, is expected to cooperate with U.S. law enforcement — a move that threatens to unleash cartel secrets at the highest levels of power.

Michigan is about to become ground zero in America’s immigration fight as federal enforcement operations and detention capacity expand. At the same time, President Trump unveils sweeping plans to permanently halt migration from Third World countries and reverse millions of Biden‑era admissions following the murder of a National Guardsman in Washington, D.C., allegedly by a refugee from Afghanistan.

President Donald Trump has unveiled plans to permanently halt migration from Third World nations and roll back millions of Biden‑era admissions — including those he blasted as illegally authorized through ‘Sleepy Joe’s Autopen.’

The majority owner of the Miss Universe pageant, Raul Rocha, is the current target of an organized crime probe in Mexico, where the businessman is alleged to have taken part in weapons trafficking for the Gulf Cartel and illegal fuel trafficking.

Farmers and truckers throughout Mexico are expected to continue blocking many of the main highways throughout the nation as they demand to be free from cartel violence and extortion. The blockades, set up in over 20 states across Mexico and virtually freezing all commerce, will continue as protesters claim their demands have fallen on deaf ears.

Information provided by a law enforcement task force established by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reveals more than 50 confirmed members of the violent Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang were arrested during a raid executed at an illicit nightclub in San Antonio on November 16. The Trump administration designated Tren de Aragua as a foreign terrorist organization earlier this year.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Buffalo officers in New York arrested a 39‑year‑old Turkish illegal alien who reportedly violently resisted arrest, tried to seize an officer’s taser, and shouted “Allahu Akbar” during a Nov. 5 enforcement operation. The suspect, Saim Irgi, had previously been released into the United States without vetting by the Biden administration after crossing illegally from Mexico in 2023. Since his release into the U.S., he racked up a violent criminal history in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, according to ICE officials.

Thousands of farmers and transportation workers took to the streets throughout Mexico to set up blockades along the main highways in the country as a way to protest the cartel violence and the extortion that they are subjected to. The protests come at a time of mounting pressure for Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum over widespread allegations that, instead of protecting her citizens from organized crime, she and the country’s ruling party, MORENA, have been protecting the various criminal organizations terrorizing the nation.

Two Democrat lawmakers from Texas appear to be losing sleep over a recent federal law enforcement raid at an illegally run nightclub that resulted in the arrests of more than 150 illegal aliens. Those arrested included 27 suspected members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang. Two Democrat congressmen are now demanding answers about the recent raid.

Federal Judge Jerry Edwin Smith delivered a blistering dissent against fellow jurist Jeffrey Vincent Brown, condemning Brown’s 160‑page injunction blocking Texas’s 2025 redistricting map as “a Nobel Prize for Fiction” and “the most outrageous conduct” he has seen in nearly four decades on the bench. Smith’s rebuke came as the Supreme Court stepped in with an administrative stay, halting Brown’s ruling that found Texas racially gerrymandered its new congressional districts.

Governor Greg Abbott confirmed Saturday that Texas National Guard troops deployed to Illinois in October to support the federal Operation Midway Blitz immigration enforcement have been ordered to return to the Lone Star State before Thanksgiving.

A U.S. Department of Justice employee has been hit with state terrorism charges after allegedly doxxing a federal agent during a border raid.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced this week that nearly 3,600 criminal illegal aliens were arrested in Houston during the six-week Democrat-led government shutdown. Department of Homeland Security officials said the arrests targeted the “worst of the worst,” including convicted pedophiles, MS-13 gang members, kidnappers, and repeat offenders previously deported multiple times.

The mayor of the Mexican border city of Tijuana, Baja California, is threatening to take legal action against any news outlet that publishes information about an ongoing money-laundering investigation into him. The politician is allegedly linked to two businessmen who have been singled out for their alleged ties to both Cartel Jalisco New Generation and the Sinaloa Cartel.

The Council on American‑Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil‑liberties group, filed a federal lawsuit against Texas Governor Greg Abbott after he designated CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organizations. CAIR called the designation “unconstitutional and defamatory.”

In a landmark case, five members of a North Texas Antifa cell have become the first defendants in America to be convicted on terrorism charges, pleading guilty to “providing material support to terrorists” after a violent July 4 ambush on the ICE Prairieland Detention Facility in Alvarado, Texas.

Governor Greg Abbott announced Thursday that 31 illegal immigrant truck drivers—many holding commercial driver’s licenses issued in California—were apprehended along I‑40 during a one‑day enforcement sweep by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and federal partners. The joint operation targeted suspicious CDLs and unsafe vehicles, underscoring Abbott’s warning that California’s practice of licensing illegal immigrants poses risks to motorists nationwide.

The Canadian government has issued a travel advisory warning travelers to avoid parts of Mexico and exercise “high levels of caution” when traveling throughout the country due to “high levels of criminal activity and kidnapping.”

Border Patrol agents in Arizona arrested an illegal alien from Uzbekistan who was allegedly operating a tractor-trailer on Interstate 10 with five fraudulent driver’s licenses. The Uzbek national illegally entered the United States during the Biden administration and ignored an order of removal this year from an immigration judge.

A 17-year-old illegal alien arrested and released by federal immigration authorities during the Biden administration has been charged with a brutal hammer attack on a woman jogging in a Texas park, reigniting concerns over public safety and immigration enforcement failures.

Authorities in Spain raided the base of operations of the terrorist organization Cartel Jalisco New Generation in that country and uncovered ties that the cartel had with the Italian Camorra.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott designated the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations as foreign terrorist organizations and transnational criminal organizations on Tuesday. The designation will allow for heightened enforcement actions against the organization and its affiliates by authorities within the Lone Star State.

Federal agents in Tulsa charged a Mexican national illegally residing in the U.S. and his Houston-based son with trafficking more than 75 firearms and bulk ammunition purchased at local gun shows, following a multi-agency investigation by ICE, ATF, and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

A small group of San Antonio residents attended a protest organized by the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) on behalf of approximately 150 illegal aliens arrested during a Sunday morning law enforcement raid. Law enforcement agencies conducted the raid as part of an investigation into the violent Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang. The PSL flyer advertising Monday’s protest against the raid accused law enforcement of “Kidnapping and detaining over 150 workers.”

Federal agents raided a makeshift nightclub in San Antonio early Sunday morning, detaining more than 150 patrons suspected of being in the U.S. illegally, amid suspicions the venue was linked to the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, according to sources familiar with the operation.

A U.S. citizen weaponized a van against law enforcement officers this afternoon near University City in Charlotte, triggering a high-speed pursuit through densely populated streets. The suspect attempted to ram multiple police vehicles before being boxed in and arrested. One officer was injured, and a firearm was recovered from the van. Authorities say the suspect has a history of resisting arrest and disruptive conduct.

Four suspected illegal migrants drowned late Friday night when a smuggling vessel capsized in rough waters near Imperial Beach, California. The U.S. Coast Guard recovered the bodies and rescued several others after a “panga-style” boat overturned near Seacoast Drive, triggering a multi-agency search and rescue operation. Four survivors were hospitalized, and one individual was transferred to Border Patrol custody.

A highly publicized protest in Mexico City has sparked much international controversy, leading some news outlets and pundits on the right to suggest that Mexico could be seeing the start of a revolution similar to those seen in other countries during protests dubbed Gen Z. The reality in Mexico is much different, with the results of the protest expected to fizzle out. At the same time, political undercurrents shift between the country’s ruling party and its rivals as they prepare for future elections.

A federal judge in Texas sentenced an Indian national who was in the United States on a student visa to more than eight years in prison for his role in a financial scam that targeted senior citizens.

The Department of War ordered Texas and California National Guard to return to their home states, ending deployments to Chicago and Portland. The orders following intervention from activist judges who claimed there was no justification for the military’s assistance in these cities.

After a temporary halt to fuel smuggling operations in the state of Coahuila, criminal organizations resumed their operations. The cartel changed its tactics in an attempt to avoid suspicion from law enforcement on both sides of the border.

A pesar de las afirmaciones sobre diversos operativos de seguridad en todo el país, las autoridades mexicanas siguen sin poder detener las extorsiones telefónicas, la mayoría realizadas por organizaciones criminales desde el interior de las cárceles.