Border / Cartel Chronicles

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Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a previously deported murderer who illegally re-entered the U.S. about one month following his deportation.

Las autoridades mexicanas han arrestado a un operador de alto rango del Cartel de Sinaloa, responsable de coordinar el flujo de cocaína y efectivo a los Estados Unidos desde Colombia y México. En el momento de su arresto, el narcotraficante tenía guardaespaldas con identificaciones de autoridades Mexicanas.

Mexican authorities arrested a top ranking Sinaloa Cartel operator responsible for coordinating the flow of cocaine and cash to the U.S. from Colombia and Mexico. The drug lord had armed bodyguards with Mexican police credentials at the time of his arrest.

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said “under no circumstances” should the so-called migrant caravan be allowed to cross into the United States. Partial transcript as follows: BRENNAN: You were very critical of the Obama administration

A team of Gulf Cartel gunmen fleeing from state police set off a manhunt inside a college campus in Reynosa, Tamaulipas. While authorities reported no injuries, the school campus went into a full lockdown as cartel gunmen moved about the hallways in order to escape from authorities.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Un grupo de sicarios del Cártel del Golfo que estaba huyendo de la policía estatal desató una situación tensa dentro de un campus universitario en esta ciudad fronteriza. Si bien no se reportaron heridos, se esparció el pánico dentro de la escuela cuando los sicarios comenzaron a correr por los pasillos en un intento de escapar de las autoridades.

Mexican Federal Police with assistance from the Mexican Navy (SEMAR) and Army (SEDENA) captured René Gerardo Santana Garza, “El 300,” one of the leaders of Los Aztecas. The gang is believed to be responsible for much of the recent cartel bloodshed in the border city of Ciudad Juarez.

Border Patrol agents witnessed a 378 percent increase in the number of migrants families in October compared to the same month in 2017.

Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended 450 migrants, mostly from Central America, who illegally crossed the border on Tuesday and Wednesday. The migrants exploited weaknesses in older technology to cross over and burrow under the existing barrier.

Members of the first migrant caravan voted on traveling to Tijuana to avoid other cartel-controlled areas such as Tamaulipas and Coahuila. The new route will be almost three times longer than aiming for the Texas border where most human smuggling activities occur.

President Donald Trump has issued his formal proclamation barring economic migrants who try to sneak across the U.S. border from being allowed to apply for full asylum.

Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents seized more than $90,000 in “crystal” meth and arrested four illegal immigrants during a traffic stop on Wednesday.

Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents intercepted a group of Central American migrants and nearly $400,000 in drugs at an immigration checkpoint about 80 miles from the Texas-Mexico border.

A top Los Zetas Cartel boss caught hiding near Houston, Texas, was sentenced to two terms of life in prison for his leadership role in the international criminal organization.

Nine individuals were arrested Thursday for their alleged roles in a 2017 voter fraud scheme involving the municipal election in a Texas border town.

A convicted Texas Democrat won his race for re-election on Tuesday to state House District 27 from behind bars.

Mexican Federal Police in Sonora sized 1,067 pounds of methamphetamine concealed inside a tractor-trailer on Wednesday in the municipality of Carbó.

A 28-year-old female house guest allegedly raped a 14-year-old autistic Texas boy while his grandparents watched, according to police.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a large group of mostly Central American migrants marching through a ranch located about 60 miles north of the Texas-Mexico border. The group included an unaccompanied minor.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – Una serie de ataques por parte de los sicarios del Cártel Del Golfo desató varias balaceras donde recientemente murieron dos victimas inocentes y al menos siete sicarios en esta ciudad fronteriza.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – A series of cartel firefights killed two innocent motorists and at least seven gunmen in this border city.

San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents rescued 40 Mexican migrants held in several stash houses.

HOUSTON, Texas — A Texas juvenile court judge defeated in the wave that swept all Republicans from Harris County local and state courts reportedly released nearly all of the defendants who appeared before him on the day after the election.

The cartel violence in Tijuana continues with at least 36 murders registered in the first week of November, bringing the unofficial total to 2,124 for 2018.

Border Patrol agents and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers teamed up to stop three sex offenders from making their way into the U.S. from Mexico.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended 31 illegal immigrants in four separate smuggling incidents.

Attorneys with the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed a federal lawsuit Monday on behalf of a professor who was disciplined for refusing to use a transgender student’s preferred pronoun.

McALLEN, Texas — A Texas judge who resigned this year after being accused of taking bribes won his bid for a higher court. The judge ran as a Democrat.

Texas Senator Ted Cruz earned a victory Tuesday night over his Democrat challenger Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke, according to an Associated Press projection with a 4% unofficial margin.

Border Patrol agents rescued a Central American migrant from possibly drowning in the Rio Grande River that separates Texas and Mexico. The migrant was part of a larger group who were illegally crossing into Texas.

Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a member of the transnational criminal gang known as Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) on Friday. The agents found the gang member traveling with two children and a group of nine other migrants. Earlier that day, agents arrested two other criminal aliens who had crossed the border illegally into the U.S.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that personnel from their Civil Rights Division will “monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws” at polling places in 35 jurisdictions across 19 states to ensure the integrity of the midterm elections against “fraud,” said U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

A Mexican police officer in Chihuahua survived an ambush from five cartel gunmen after at least 50 rounds were fired at him outside a convenience store early Saturday.

Cuatro personas resultaron heridas tras un granadazo en un bar en la popular ciudad de Cancun. El ataque se produjo pocas horas después de que un grupo de sicarios baleara otro bar en otro ataque en el cual no se reportaron heridos.