Border / Cartel Chronicles - Page 20

Border Patrol agents arrested more than 5,000 criminal aliens since the start of Fiscal Year 25, according to a report from Chief Michael Banks. The aliens had criminal records, including violence and sexual offenses.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers teamed up with other federal agencies to arrest an alleged hitman wanted in Venezuela for at least four contract killings. Officers and agents took the Biden-era Venezuelan illegal alien into custody in Grapevine, Texas, on May 2, according to a statement by the agency.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested a suspected Saudi terrorist after he was released by the Arapahoe County Jail in Colorado last week. The criminal alien was questioned after the 9/11 terrorist attack and illegally re-entered the United States on multiple occasions.

President Donald Trump Announced on Friday that he will establish the National Center for Warrior Independence at the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Campus. The center will provide much-needed assistance and services to homeless veterans, including housing. The president orders that funds previously allocated for housing and other services for illegal aliens be redirected to supporting our veterans.

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Department Organized Crime Unit executed two search warrants on residences in San Antonio, leading to the arrest of five suspects due to a long-running investigation into human smuggling. Sheriff Javier Salazar told reporters one suspect is believed to be a member of the notorious Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang.

Beginning on May 7, illegal aliens can no longer fly without a “REAL ID,” according to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Noem. The exception to the new flight identification standard is for those who are self-deporting.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, jointly with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and other law enforcement partners, executed search warrants in Southern Mississippi that resulted in multiple arrests involving illegal immigration, cockfighting, and other criminal activity. The search warrants were part of an ongoing undercover investigation into the unlawful cockfighting in Harrison County, Mississippi.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem requested that the Department of Justice seek the death penalty against two Mexican nationals charged with human smuggling resulting in three deaths. The deaths took place in a failed human smuggling attempt off the coast of San Diego, where at least three migrants drowned.

Universities in western Mexico were forced to close their doors due to the raging cartel violence in Sinaloa, which led to hundreds of murders, hundreds of forced disappearances, arson attacks, and other acts of violence. The schools are forced to offer remote classes despite the many claims made by Mexican government officials that security is improving in the region.

One of the sons of Sinaloa kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has reached a plea agreement with U.S. federal prosecutors and is expected to plead guilty to several drug conspiracy charges in the coming weeks.

Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum, refused to answer questions about her fear of cartels in order not to go against previous comments made by U.S. President Donald J. Trump.

A U.S. news organization used a series of fixers to be able to travel into Mexico and publish a news story where they try to paint a Mexican cartel behind thousands of brutal killings, forced disappearances, and arson attacks targeting innocent civilians in a positive light.

Border Patrol agents at a New Mexico interior immigration checkpoint arrested a Cuban illegal alien with what officials called a “disturbing criminal history.” The Cuban national’s criminal history includes murder and other violent crimes, Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks reported on social media.

The Louisiana Office of Special Counsel (OSC) recommended to the State Judiciary Commission that a district court judge be removed from office for lying about her military service and engaging in “egregious unethical conduct.” The judge allegedly claimed to have earned the rank of captain in the Army Reserves, but her records show she was passed over twice for the promotion and never earned the rank.

Illegal border crossers in New Mexico are now facing criminal charges under a section of U.S. law that protects military installations from unauthorized entry. On Thursday, New United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico Ryan Ellison announced the filing of 82 new Title 50 charges for unauthorized entry into the newly designated National Defense Area along New Mexico’s southern border. The announcement followed a high-level visit by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks.

A highly decorated Mexican federal police officer and his wife died during a targeted attack by gunmen in Mexico. The murder came just weeks after it became known that his testimony in a U.S trial had helped seal the fate of the son of the leader of Cartel Jalisco New Generation. The drug lord’s son received a life term in prison.

Six inmates at the Wallens Ridge State Prison in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, allegedly stabbed three correctional officers in a violent attack on Friday morning. According to the Virginia Department of Corrections, five of the six inmates involved in the attack are confirmed members of the violent MS-13 gang from El Salvador. The MS-13 gang member inmates are in the United States illegally.

A U.S. Army soldier is facing drug-related charges in connection with a recent raid by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on a Colorado Springs, Colorado, raid. The raid led to the arrest of  114 illegal aliens and the seizure of handguns, drug paraphernalia, and narcotics.

Las autoridades mexicanas filtraron la dirección, el número de teléfono y otros datos personales de una periodista que fue víctima de una agresión física tras exponer varias cámaras en el baño de un centro comercial en la Ciudad de México. Los agresores utilizaron esa información para intentar intimidarla.

Authorities in Mexico leaked the address, phone number, and other personal details of a journalist who had been the victim of a physical assault after exposing a series of cameras at a shopping center bathroom in Mexico City. The victim’s attackers used that information in a series of attempts to intimidate her.

Despite the best efforts of Maryland law enforcement authorities to protect a known criminal alien gang member, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested Brayan Eleazar Angulo-Barrios, 26, in Hyattsville, Maryland. Angulo-Barrios was shielded from arrest by ICE when he was released by the Prince George’s County Department of Corrections. Officials released the criminal alien despite the filing of an immigration detainer by ICE.

A 42-year-old Corpus Christi resident pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $280,000 from a local steelworkers labor union. Robert Cirilo, former president of the United Steelworkers Local 13-1647 in the Texas Gulf Coast city, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of embezzlement from a labor organization. According to an announcement on Monday by U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei, Cirilo will face sentencing in August.

Mexican Senator Lilly Tellez (PAN-Sonora) blasted President Claudia Sheinbaum, demanding she “stop telling lies.” The senator accused her country’s president of having a close association with several lawyers who represent drug cartels during a fiery speech to the Mexican Senate.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced financial sanctions on three Mexican nationals and two Mexico-based entities allegedly involved in a drug trafficking and fuel theft network linked to the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG). The sanctions have been coordinated through the Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in conjunction with multiple federal law enforcement agencies. The intent is to disrupt the CJNG cartel’s ability to continue reaping profits from fentanyl trafficking and large-scale fuel smuggling activities.

Authorities in Mexico City are trying to keep the public calm as they deal with a wave of attacks where victims are being targeted while using public transportation and being injected with unknown chemicals. The victims have been reporting feeling a needle prick, followed by loss of consciousness or feeling disoriented.

Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard reported that nearly 600 individuals with ties to terrorism were allowed to enter the United States under the Biden administration. The individuals were “paroled” into the U.S. by the Biden administration after they illegally entered the U.S.

On the first day of President Donald Trump’s second administration, he made border security and immigration enforcement top priorities. Now, 100 days later, illegal border crossings fell to historic lows and the Trump administration is executing a whole-of-government approach to rounding up and deporting thousands of criminal aliens. The president declared the border to be a national emergency and designated Mexican cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.

Rodney Scott testifies before the Senate Finance Committee in a confirmation hearing to become Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol on Wednesday, April 30.

Influential groups in Mexico were working with U.S. oil companies to smuggle thousands of barrels of stolen oil north, only to then move them back south of the border as part of an intricate laundering operation. The case is tied to multiple raids and seizures on both sides of the border that have the potential to shake up Mexico’s political elite due to the cartel connections in these operations.

Poderosos grupos en México colaboraban con compañías petroleras estadounidenses para contrabandear miles de barriles de petróleo robado hacia el norte, para luego devolvérselo al sur de la frontera como parte de una compleja operación de lavado de activos. El caso está vinculado a múltiples redadas e incautaciones en ambos lados de la frontera que podrían sacudir a la élite política mexicana debido a las conexiones de los cárteles en estas operaciones.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has unleashed a massive “pressure campaign” on violent cartels in the first 100 days of the Trump administration, with Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent sharing his progress on President Donald Trump’s vision for a “stronger, safer, and more prosperous America” exclusively to Breitbart News.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations agents interdicted an attempted human smuggling incident off the coast of California, according to Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks. A video posted on X shows the agents ramming the alleged smuggler’s boat in an attempt to stop them.

More than 250 police officers from one city in the Mexican border state of Coahuila went on strike. The cops claim their bosses force them to pay daily extortion fees. This has left the town of Saltillo, Coahuila, without a police force, forcing federal and state police to take over security for the region.

U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Texas Governor Greg Abbott met near Houston to dedicate the Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge. President Donald Trump ordered the park to be renamed in honor of the the life of the 12-year-old girl who was brutally kidnapped, raped, and murdered, reportedly by two alleged Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang members.

The U.S. Department of State is warning tourists to be on the lookout, as cartel violence continues to spike in the busy beach resort area of Los Cabos. The violence not only includes shootings and targeted killings, but also style attacks on city buses where gunmen have been setting them on fire despite their being full of passengers.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and agents teamed up with Florida state police to round up nearly 800 illegal aliens during a four-day operation this week. The round-up came as part of a multi-agency immigration enforcement crackdown, ICE officials stated.