A Border Patrol intelligence alert warns the situation along the southwest border is expected to worsen as tens of thousands of migrants prepare to move to the United States border from southern Mexico. According to a source within CBP, the report, sent via official email, advises Border Patrol agents that more than 40,000 migrants in southern Mexico may soon head north.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested an armed human smuggler near the Arizona border with Mexico. Agents found five Mexican migrants and a loaded handgun inside the smuggler’s vehicle.
Grupos rivales del Cartel de Sinaloa han estado amenazándose mutuamente mientras continúan una especie de guerra territorial en el estado fronterizo mexicano de Baja California. Además de las amenazas, ha habido al menos un enfrentamiento entre los dos grupos que dejó entre 8 a 10 muertos.
Rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel are issuing threats as they continue a turf war in the Mexican border state of Baja California. There has also been at least one clash that left eight dead.
One of Mexico’s most famous journalists survived an assassination attempt after gunmen tried to ambush him in Mexico City Thursday. The journalist, known for being hypercritical of that country’s government, survived thanks to his armored vehicle.
An extortion crew based in a Mexico City prison passed themselves off as members of a cartel and targeted individuals in the border state of Tamaulipas.
A flotilla of homemade and other makeshift small boats continue to make landings along the Florida coast. The boats carry migrants from multiple countries to the U.S.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents seized more than 3,000 pounds of liquid methamphetamine at an interior immigration checkpoint located 80 miles from the border. The seizure of the nearly $100 million in narcotics represents the third largest such in U.S. Border Patrol history, officials stated.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott called on the attorney general to open an investigation into non-government organizations or NGOs who may have assisted in migrant border crossings into the state. The move comes after record-setting large group crossings around El Paso over the weekend.
The abduction of a high-ranking Mexican Army officer led to a large-scale search operation in western portion of the country. After a day of being missing, authorities found the tortured body of the colonel.
Un temido lugarteniente del cártel que escapó de prisión a principios de este mes con la ayuda de al menos ochenta hombres armados fue asesinado y su cuerpo arrojado a las calles de México en el último capítulo de una lucha de ojo por ojo que tiene lugar en el estado de Guerrero.
A feared cartel lieutenant who broke out of prison earlier this month with the help of at least 80 gunmen has been killed and his body dumped on the streets in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The incident marks the latest chapter in a struggle for turf.
A medida que se acerca la temporada navideña, se espera que algunas de las organizaciones criminales más violentas de México comiencen a repartir obsequios y alimentos a familias necesitadas. La larga tradición es una herramienta utilizada por el crimen organizado en México para ganarse el favor de las comunidades pobres y mejorar su imagen a pesar de ser responsable de la mayoría de los delitos violentos en esa nación.
As the holiday season gets closer, some of Mexico’s most violent cartels are expected to begin handing out gifts and food to needy families. The longstanding tradition is followed with the hope it will improve public perception for organized crime.
EAGLE PASS, Texas — Groups of migrants crossed the Rio Grande as the Border Patrol braces for the end of Title 42 enforcement. The parties forded the river and surrendered to authorities near the heart of the city on Tuesday.
Las autoridades ignoraron los pedidos de ayuda de una comunidad rural en el estado de Guerrero y llegaron un día despues, dando tiempo a un grupo de sicarios para ejecutar a una familia, incluyendo un niño de 11 años. Los cuerpos de la víctima permanecieron en la calle por más de 24 horas.
Mexican authorities ignored calls for help from a rural community in the coastal state of Guerrero and did not arrive one day later. The delayed response gave cartel gunmen time to kidnap and execute a family — including an 11-year-old boy. The victim’s bodies remained in the street for more than 24 hours until authorities arrived.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 11,000 migrants during the past week. In addition, another 3,200 got away without being arrested.
A Mexican family out gathering wood found a severed human head that unknown individuals left in a field in the border state of Tamaulipas. The gory discovery took place over the weekend in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, as a father and
Una familia que salía a recolectar leña encontró una cabeza humana cercenada que presuntos sicarios habían dejado en un campo en el estado fronterizo de Tamaulipas.
As freezing weather approaches El Paso, a homeless shelter reports it is beyond capacity due to the surge in migrants being released on the city’s streets. Elsewhere in the city, two migrants were attacked and robbed outside a bus station by another migrant illegally present from Mexico.
El Paso Sector Border Patrol agents encountered nearly 7,400 migrants who crossed the border from Mexico, mostly to the city of El Paso, over the weekend. Border Patrol officials called it a “major surge” in an already overwhelmed sector of the border.
A Border Patrol Agent was critically injured after a motorcyclist suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol slammed into a protective vehicle barricade at a highway inspection station. The motorcycle and driver were sent flying into the air during the crash. The agent was injured after being struck in the chest and head by the motorcycle. The accident occurred late Saturday evening just north of Tombstone, Arizona.
Video reports from El Paso, Texas, indicate that a record-setting large group of more than 1,000 migrants crossed the border overnight from Mexico. Border Patrol agents reportedly have more than 5,000 in custody with nowhere to place new migrant arrivals.
News outlets in Mexico and some in the U.S. are pushing conspiracy theories about a Mexican drug lord jailed in Florida had been mysteriously released. “La Barbie,” who remains in U.S. custody, is not scheduled for release until 2056.
Local officials celebrated the arrival of a contingent of more than 100 Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol troopers at a luncheon held for law enforcement officers and first responders on Friday. Constable Rene Maldonado requested Texas Governor Greg Abbot deploy the contingent of troopers to the area. According to the Constable, the arrival of the troopers significantly reduced the migrant smuggling activity on Interstate 35 and local highways.
Boat landings of migrants along the Florida coast continue at a rapid rate. Late last week, Miami Sector Border Patrol agents teamed up with other law enforcement partners to interdict multiple boat landings leading to the arrests of 13 migrants from multiple nations.
Un funcionario mexicano ligado al Cartel Del Golfo quien fue objeto de una operación policial logró evadir su captura en un helicóptero sin números y sin registro. Durante su escape, miembros del CDG hicieron una serie de amenazas de bomba contra varios edificios gubernamentales, incluida una escuela y un hospital; la evacuación provocó la muerte de dos pacientes.
A cartel-connected Mexican official who was the target of a police operation evaded arrest by flying away in an unregistered helicopter with no tail numbers. During the escape, cartel members called a series of bomb threats to various government buildings including a school and a hospital leading to the death of two patients.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 320 migrants along the border wall near Lukeville, Arizona in three separate groups. The apprehensions of these migrants from 17 different nations came as President Joe Biden prepared to visit Arizona but skip the border region.
A single group consisting of more than 700 migrants crossed the Rio Grande into Eagle Pass, Texas, and quickly surrendered to authorities. The group of mostly Cuban migrants entered the United States shortly before dawn on Thursday and were arrested by Border Patrol agents just north of the city. According to a source within CBP, the group is the largest single group of migrants to surrender at Eagle Pass.
Seven cartel gunmen and a Mexican Army soldier died during a fierce firefight with military forces in the border city of Nuevo Laredo. The deadly clash is the second large-scale gun battle in a span of 15 days to spread terror in the Mexican border city.
A naturalized U.S. citizen born in Iran planned to blow up a school in Amarillo, Texas, federal authorities revealed this week. At the time of his arrest, the man had several explosive devices and a suicide vest in his possession.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents rescued migrants in New York and Vermont from dangerous weather conditions after they entered the U.S. from Canada. One of the incidents involved a migrant family including small children.
Una turba en México persiguió a dos sicarios que acababan de matar a un político local. La turba logró capturar a uno de los pistoleros a quien golpearon y desnudaron antes de colgarlo de un árbol, mientras la policía local observaba.
A lynch mob in Mexico targeted two gunmen who had just killed a local politician in recent days. The mob managed to capture one of the gunmen who they beat and stripped before hanging him from a tree as local police watched.
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers assigned to Operation Lone Star are making headway in reducing the number of migrant got-aways making their way into the U.S. interior. Troopers track down migrants making their way through ranches located as far as 80-100 miles away from the Mexican border in addition to those being smuggled in vehicles, rail cars, and tractor-trailers.
Mientras miles de migrantes continúan llegando a la frontera sur de México en su camino hacia la frontera con Estados Unidos, los funcionarios de inmigración mexicanos han estado fabricando y vendiendo tarjetas de asilo con fines de lucro.
As thousands of migrants continue to arrive at Mexico’s southern border bound for the U.S., immigration officials have been making and selling asylum cards for profit.
A West Texas school district superintendent apparently committed suicide after his arrest for allegedly placing an electronic recording device in the locker room of visiting girls’ basketball team. The now-suspended superintendent of the Seagraves Independent School District was released on bond after his arrest.
