Texas Highway Patrol troopers interdicted a large group of migrants shortly after they waded across the shallow Rio Grande north of Eagle Pass on Monday. The large group was one of two that the agency interdicted that day. According to a spokesperson for the Texas Highway Patrol, 27 migrants within the group were “Special Interest Aliens,” citizens of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Egypt, and India.
The president of a Texas border-area school board pleaded guilty to his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy. The conspiracy involved key members of the political leadership of that city. The guilty plea comes just one week after the mayor of that city also pleaded guilty to the same charge.
Governor Greg Abbott told Breitbart Texas that the apprehension of migrants in the five Texas-based border sectors has dropped by 85 percent since he launched the Operation Lone Star border security mission in March 2021.
Mexico’s incoming president, Claudia Sheinbaum, was at one time a member of the terrorist guerrilla group M-19 (Movimiento 19 de Mayo), Colombia’s president and leading group member Gustavo Petro said on Monday.
The impotence of Mexico’s military forces has become evident as gunmen with the Sinaloa Cartel continue a fierce turf war that led to almost 100 murders and 170 abductions. In the most recent show of force, gunmen left a van full of bodies with the message Welcome to Culiacan painted on the side.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott told Breitbart News he is making all available tools available to law enforcement to take action against the violent Venezuelan Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang. The governor said the gang members will find their operations in Texas will become unprofitable, forcing them to leave the Lone Star State.
The official union of the U.S. Border Patrol accused Vice President Kamala Harris of using her first border visit in over three years as a “photo op,” claiming that she just repeated the things that agents had already been saying.
The official union of the U.S. Border Patrol fact-checked Vice President Kamala Harris after her visit to the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday, saying “She was nowhere to be found when we needed her.”
Mexican border state police forces killed 11 cartel gunmen during a series of shootouts where gunmen sought to terrorize locals. The shootouts took place in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott told Breitbart Texas that American voters will not be fooled by Vice President Kamala Harris’ sudden interest in the U.S.-Mexico border. Harris is scheduled to visit the border near Douglas, Arizona, later on Friday.
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers arrested more than 20 suspected Tren de Aragua gang members. The members of the violent Venezuelan gang are charged with a variety of state crimes, including human smuggling, prostitution, and drug possession in connection with operations at the Gateway Hotel in El Paso, Texas.
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers arrested a Pakistani migrant who illegally crossed the border near Eagle Pass, Texas, this week. The single adult male is one of several Special Interest Aliens detained this week in Texas under Governor Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star. Other Special Interest Aliens were also arrested in the past two weeks, including one with possible terrorist ties.
A former Texas border city mayor pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking conspiracy charges in a plot that allegedly involved his successor, a local school board president, and several others in moving cocaine shipments from South Texas to Houston.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang members. The reward offer follows the governor’s designation last week of the TdA as a “Foreign Terrorist Organization.”
A Venezuelan migrant in Chicago is facing a murder charge after allegedly gunning down a man as he begged for his life. The alleged shooting took place on a public street in front of witnesses.
A convicted drug and human smuggler pleaded guilty to additional charges regarding numerous video calls with an underage teen female while awaiting trial behind bars.
A gunman slapped and tried to beat up a top Gulf Cartel lieutenant, blaming him for his imminent capture after state authorities found them. Police found them, along with several other men, as they were drinking and smoking marijuana in a safehouse not far from the border with Texas.
Un sicario abofeteó y después trató de golpear a uno de los principales comandantes del Cártel del Golfo culpándolo de su inminente captura después de que las autoridades estatales los encontraron cuando, junto con varios otros hombres, estaban tomando y fumando marihuana en una casa de seguridad, no lejos de la frontera con Texas. El temido lugarteniente del cártel ha sido relacionado a docenas de secuestros por rescate no solamente en la ciudad fronteriza de Reynosa, sino también en Matamoros, Río Bravo y otras ciudades.
A Border Patrol agent became the victim of a frightening assault near Sunland Park, New Mexico, as he attempted to apprehend a migrant for crossing the border alongside several others. The migrant punched and bit the Border Patrol agent as he was being led to a transport vehicle on Thursday.
One of Mexico’s most famous investigative journalists announced his indefinite retirement after being the target of numerous threats and attacks from gunmen. The journalist had also been the target of government hostilities after Mexican prosecutors leaked his personal information to drug traffickers.
A former Drug Enforcement Administration special agent says the activities of the violent Venezuelan prison gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA), in Texas, could be “just the beginning.”
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has blamed the U.S. government for the current cartel turf war that is terrorizing residents of the state of Sinaloa. The politician claimed that if U.S. authorities had not worked to arrest one of the Sinaloa Cartel’s top leaders, the country would be at peace.
Two Honduran illegal migrants living in New Mexico have been charged for allegedly conspiring to kidnap other migrants to extort their families for ransom, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said Monday.
A Houston man is charged with human smuggling after a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper found 16 migrants locked behind a fake wall in a cargo trailer.
Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol troopers interdicted a large group of migrants shortly after they waded across the shallow Rio Grande north of Eagle Pass on Wednesday. In all, 124 migrants from a host of different countries were arrested by the troopers in a surprising twist to the election-year slowdown along the Texas border.
United States senators from both sides of the aisle are warning that China may use Mexico to bypass tariffs through an international trade agreement and are asking the government to impose tariffs on those imports to protect local industries.
A top Mexican Army general claimed that security in the state of Sinaloa is not up to the country’s military but rather to the rival faction of the Sinaloa Cartel that is waging a fierce turf war that left dozens dead in a matter of days.
According to a source within the Department of Homeland Security, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has all but abandoned its offices in Eagle Pass and Del Rio, Texas. Only one special agent is working in one border office, and a local police task force officer is working in the other. The situation, according to the source, leaves just one DEA agent working a few days per week along the Texas border between El Paso and Laredo.
An explosion and massive fire broke out after an as-yet unidentified driver of an SUV plowed through a fence, striking a LNG pipe valve in Deer Park, Texas, on Monday. Authorities have not disclosed the intent of the driver who allegedly caused the crash and explosion.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott designated the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang as a foreign terrorist organization on Monday. The move gives Texas law enforcement officials additional tools and resources to attack the gang and “disrupt their criminal operations and deny their foothold in the state,” the governor stated.
The escalating turf war between rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel led to the deaths of dozens of gunmen and innocent bystanders. The turf war also led to dozens of abductions, spreading terror among locals.
San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents are reporting an increase in migrant apprehensions over the past couple of weeks. The near 25 percent increase from two weeks ago comes as the 2024 presidential election nears.
Several cities throughout Mexico have been forced to cancel their traditional Independence Day celebration due to widespread cartel violence.
A new wave of intense cartel fighting forced government officials to order the shutdown of school activities as locals locked themselves indoors in the state of Sinaloa. The measures follow several days of fighting as two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel clashed with minimal interference from federal police and military forces.
The Biden-Harris administration released a Venezuelan migrant and his family onto the streets of Eagle Pass after they entered the U.S. via the CBP One cell phone app. The migrants said they were asked no questions regarding asylum or credible fear before being released into the U.S.
Top Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada pleaded not guilty during his first hearing in a New York federal court. The cartel leader faces 17 charges, including various drug trafficking conspiracies. The drug trafficker previously had hearings in a Texas federal court but was transferred out this week.
Federal agents arrested two top border city officials who are accused of demanding cash bribes from a business owner.
Mexico’s National Institute of Migration (INM) announced the arrival of the first bus of migrants under its new “Secure Emerging Mobility Corridor” program. The program offers migrants free transportation, including meals and security from the Mexico/Guatemala border to ports of entry in the United States, where they will be admitted under the Biden-Harris CBP One app.
Police in Aurora, Colorado, continue releasing information about members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdN) and their alleged activities in apartments in the city. Most recently, police identified ten TdN gang members and provided details of their alleged crimes.
Mexican immigration officials have been allegedly pulling out all the stops to illegally make as much money from migrants before the government places their teams in leadership positions. The actions come as a new administration is expected to take office in Mexico next month.
