Border / Cartel Chronicles - Page 70

Kinney County, Texas, Sheriff Brad Coe issued a plea for other law enforcement agencies to help with the continued flow of migrants through his county. The sheriff sent a letter to fellow sheriffs in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas asking for available resources to be sent immediately to Kinney County.

A video showing cartel gunmen beating a taco vendor sparked outrage in Mexico where government officials claim crime is decreasing and extortion is not an issue.

Un grupo de sicarios mató a toda una familia durante un intento de asesinato contra un narco-político que operaba para una organización rival. Durante el ataque, los hombres armados mataron a 6 personas, incluidos los dos hijos y la esposa de la víctima.

A group of cartel gunmen killed an entire family during an assassination attempt targeting a narco-politician who worked for a rival organization. During the attack, the gunmen killed 6 people including the intended victim’s two children and wife.

A Mexican judge drew criticism for a controversial ruling this week where he granted house arrest to a politician who had been in jail since 2020 for an acid attack on a woman.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested two alleged human smugglers in possession of handguns near the Arizona border with Mexico.

El asesinato de dos sicarios dentro de una prisión estatal de Tamaulipas a solo 24 horas de su llegada muestra el control que las organizaciones criminales mexicanas tienen no solo fuera sino también dentro del sistema penitenciario de Tamaulipas. Funcionarios estatales han estado trabajando para ocultar los detalles del caso para minimizar las noticias negativas sobre la narco-violencia en la región.

Border Patrol agents assigned to the five Texas-based border sectors apprehended nearly 407,000 migrants during the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2023. This represents an increase of nearly 32 percent over the same period in FY22 and accounts for 64 percent of all migrant apprehensions so far this fiscal year.

A former Mexican police officer wanted in connection with the mass killing of 43 education students in the town of Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, in 2014, tried to sneak into New Mexico last month. U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested him this week and

A federal judge sentenced a Texas border county commissioner to 20 years in prison for his role in a multi-million-dollar bribery scheme. A former border city commissioner turned witness also received a lighter sentence.

Border Patrol agents apprehended a record-setting 4.2 million migrants during his first 23 months in office. The apprehension of 221,181 migrants by Border Patrol agents along the southwest border during the month of December brought the FY23 total to 633,451.

The Biden Administration announced another record-setting month for migrant encounters along the U.S.-Mexico border. The report of nearly 252,000 migrant encounters came in a Friday-night after-hours news dump. This represents the largest single-month report in U.S. history.

Un juez de la Ciudad de México ordenó la detención sin fianza de 12 miembros de una célula de distribución de drogas por varios cargos criminales. Se cree que la célula, que se cree tiene nexos al Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación de México, está detrás del intento de asesinato de uno de los periodistas más famosos del país, Ciro Gómez Leyva.

A judge in Mexico City ordered 12 members of a drug distribution cell be held without bond on various charges Thursday. The cell, tied to Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG), is believed to be behind the attempted murder of one of the country’s most famous journalists, Ciro Gomez Leyva.

A Florida man accused of sexually abusing a corpse is dead after an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. A coworker allegedly walked in on the man during the abuse.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested three human smugglers after finding a group of migrants in a towed boat. This incident took place at an interior immigration checkpoint near the border in Arizona.

Mientras el gobierno de México continúa ignorando retenes improvisados por el Cartel Del Golfo, extorsiones y el cobro de piso a lo largo de algunas de las principales carreteras en el estado fronterizo de Tamaulipas, grupos de viajeros han comenzado a protestar.

As Mexico’s government continues to ignore impromptu cartel checkpoints and extortion operations along some of the main highways in the border state of Tamaulipas, travelers are now protesting.

Las autoridades mexicanas arrestaron a siete miembros de una célula del Cartel de Sinaloa que se ha relacionado con numerosos asesinatos y otros delitos violentos en el estado fronterizo de Baja California.

Mexican authorities arrested seven members of a Sinaloa Cartel cell linked to murders and other violent crimes in the border state of Baja California over the past weekend.

A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper arrested two teenagers on charges related to human smuggling. The arrests took place in Val Verde County, Texas, following a dangerous high-speed pursuit.

Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 7,000 migrants along the Texas border with Mexico last week. In addition, another 3,400 migrants got away without being apprehended.

Las autoridades de la popular ciudad turística de Cancún arrestaron a 13 sicarios del Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación por numerosos asesinatos, además de atacar e intentar secuestrar a un oficial de policía local.

Authorities in Cancun arrested 13 gunmen from Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) for murders and a kidnapping attempt targeting a local police officer.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than 1.5 tons of marijuana at a South Texas port of entry on January 14. Officials reported the value of the drugs to be in excess of $7.5 million.

Altos funcionarios de migración mexicanos han estado llevando a cabo una serie de investigaciones sobre sus propios agentes no para investigar múltiples actos de corrupción, sino tratando de identificar a la persona o personas que ayudaron a Breitbart Texas a exhibir varios actos de corrupción dentro de la agencia.

Mexican immigration officials are investigating their own to find sources speaking to Breitbart Texas about acts of corruption within the federal agency. Dozens of personnel face termination.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents continue to apprehend large numbers of migrants crossing the border from Mexico to southern Arizona. The large groups totaled nearly 200 migrants from at least seven different nations during a two-day period last week.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested another armed human smuggler near the Arizona-Mexico border. Incidents involving armed smugglers are on the rise, Border Patrol officials report.

U.S. Coast Guard crews rescued a group of 45 migrants packed onto an overloaded sailboat. Photos and video show smugglers loaded the migrants onto the boat without life jackets.

Un gánster en la Ciudad de México está acusado de usar detectives de la fiscalía presuntamente corruptos que fungían como mulas para mover cargamentos de drogas en vehículos oficiales como una forma de evitar ser detectados.

A gang leader in Mexico City is accused of using corrupt detectives as drug mules to hide product in police vehicles, according to recently surfaced details from an ongoing investigation.

Mexican authorities are investigating the discovery of 42 bags filled with human remains inside a warehouse in the state of Mexico.

Autoridades mexicanas investigan el hallazgo de 42 bolsas con restos humanos dentro de una bodega en el Estado de México.

“We are doing that which needs to be done” to counter cartel-delivered fentanyl and other drugs that killed more than 100,000 Americans in 2021, President Joe Biden’s homeland security chief told the Washington Post.

A drop in migrant apprehensions along the U.S. southwest border, an uptick in migrant deportation flights, and recent Customs and Border Protection social media messaging may indicate the White House is ready to secure the border. This after a source within CBP says migrant apprehensions dropped significantly during the first weeks of the new year in one of the nation’s busiest border sectors.