Un nuevo informe de una organización internacional de libertad de prensa clasifica a México como uno de los más mortíferos para los periodistas. Los únicos países que son más mortíferos que México son países devastados por las guerras como Siria, Afganistán e Irak.
A new report by an international press freedom organization ranks Mexico as one of the deadliest nations for journalists, bested only by Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
EAGLE PASS, Texas — More than 800 migrants in two evenly split groups crossed the Rio Grande early Wednesday morning. One group almost entirely consisted of Cubans. At the same time and further south of the city, the second group made entry. A third group of 50 crossed within the vicinity and time period as well.
A migrant woman from Cuba died while crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico into Texas on Wednesday morning. The woman appears to have suffered cardiac arrest following an asthma attack while crossing the border river.
During the first month of the new fiscal year, Border Patrol agents apprehended approximately 204,000 migrants who illegally crossed the border between ports of entry. In October 2021, Agents apprehended a record-setting 159,113 migrants. This October shatters that record with an increase of more than 28 percent.
Detroit Sector Border Patrol agents arrested two previously deported Mexican nationals in a targeted operation late last week. One suspect is a 38-year-old criminal alien wanted in Michigan for Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Person Under Thirteen, officials stated.
A migrant smuggler hoping to escape the eye of local authorities used a cloned utility bucket truck to blend into legitimate traffic on busy Interstate 35 in South Texas. Police officers in Encinal, Texas spotted the vehicle and attempted a traffic stop and the driver failed to yield.
Leaders of two Massachusetts towns spoke out late last week about the arrival of migrants being transported in with no advance notice. State officials transported the migrants into their towns without giving any warning to local officials.
Large groups of migrants continue to cross into the nation’s busiest border sector by the hundreds. Some groups contain 300-400 mostly single adults. Recent policy changes by the Biden Administration to return migrants to Mexico have had little impact on crossing numbers.
Un grupo de narco-polleros secuestró a 15 migrantes y los retuvo para exigir un cobro por su rescate a sus familiares en un rancho cerca de la ciudad fronteriza de Piedras Negras en Coahuila.
Cartel-connected smugglers kidnapped 15 migrants and held them for ransom at a ranch near the border city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, over the past weekend.
Venezuelan migrants protesting changes in Biden Administration immigration policies attacked El Paso Border Patrol agents with a pole bearing a large flag from their home nation. Another migrant threw a rock at an agent, causing an injury. The agents responded by firing pepper balls to drive the migrants back to the river.
A Mexican cartel boss was sentenced to 36 years in prison in that country for his role in a drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy. The drug lord is the same individual who shot a rising professional soccer star in Mexico City.
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers arrested 60 migrants for trespassing on a ranch near the border. The arrested migrants came from a group of 400 who illegally crossed near Normandy, Texas, over the weekend.
La inseguridad sigue trastocando la tranquilidad de los habitantes de la ciudad fronteriza de Matamoros, ya que un creciente número de casos de personas desaparecidas o secuestradas siguen inundando las redes sociales sin que las autoridades gubernamentales hagan nada al respecto.
Public insecurity continues upsetting the border city residents of Matamoros as cases of missing or kidnapped persons continue to flood social media without official responses.
A CBS report of record-setting migrant deaths along the U.S.-Mexico Border may be grossly understated, a source with U.S. Customs and Border Protection told Breitbart Texas. The report is based on the remains of 853 migrants recovered by Border Patrol agents.
A state judge in Mexico ordered the release of a former border state governor who remains wanted by the U.S. Department of Justice on various money laundering charges.
An unidentified driver in San Antonio shot an off-duty police officer during an apparent road rage incident on a local highway. The officer had his son in the vehicle when the shooting took place.
A dog in Mexico became a viral sensation after having been recorded walking away from a crime scene with a severed human head. Cartel gunmen left their victim’s head next to a poster board containing threats — a scene that has become all too common in several parts of Mexico.
A Mexican migrant who illegally entered the U.S. in Arizona on January 6 pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to attempting to kill a Border Patrol agent. The migrant pointed the agent’s gun at him, slashed at the agent with a knife, and attempted to gouge out his eyes.
The recent murder of a groom leaving his wedding illustrates the brutality that has taken over the Mexican border state of Sonora, just south of Arizona. The state ranks fifth in Mexico for murders due primarily to a fierce cartel turf war where rival factions fight for control of fentanyl smuggling routes into Arizona.
El reciente asesinato de un novio cuando salía de su boda pinta un cuadro de la brutalidad que se ha apoderado del estado fronterizo mexicano de Sonora, justo al sur de Arizona. El estado ocupa el quinto lugar en la nación por asesinatos debido principalmente a una feroz guerra territorial de cárteles por el control de las rutas de contrabando de fentanilo hacia Arizona.
Los alcaldes de las ciudades fronterizas de Miguel Alemán y Camargo le han pedido ayuda al nuevo gobernador del estado de Tamaulipas para lidiar con la creciente violencia de los cárteles en la región. Los funcionarios públicos afirman que la violencia ha estado ahuyentando la inversión extranjera.
Mayors from the border cities of Miguel Aleman and Camargo are asking the new Tamaulipas governor for help in dealing with raging cartel violence. Officials claim that the bloodshed is preventing foreign investments.
Authorities in South Texas say they are investigating a federal customs officer who inadvertently showed pornographic content during a school presentation this week.
Police in Buckeye, Arizona, seized nearly 400,000 fentanyl pills during a traffic stop on a local highway on October 23. The seizure follows the capture of another 577,000 fentanyl pills at an Arizona/Mexico border crossing over the weekend and another 400,000 fentanyl pills the weekend before.
The Texas Legislative Budget Board announced the authorization of nearly $875 million for public safety initiatives including school security and additional funding for Operation Lone Star. Also included is $100 million for COVID-19 response expenses.
A human smuggler allegedly drove his SUV directly into a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle while attempting to avoid apprehension. The head-on collision left no one with serious injuries.
Un grupo de sicarios tendió una emboscada a un grupo de policías estatales mexicanos afuera de un edificio policial en una pequeña ciudad cerca de la frontera con Texas. El ataque desencadenó un feroz tiroteo cuando los agentes de policía repelieron el ataque y persiguieron a los hombres armados mientras intentaban escapar; un pistolero murió en el enfrentamiento.
Cartel gunmen ambushed Mexican border state police officers outside their station Tuesday. The attack triggered a shootout, killing one gunman and wounding one officer.
The driver of a U-Haul box truck in Arizona led Border Patrol agents on a high-speed pursuit with a group of migrants locked in the rear cargo area. The migrants had no means of escape in the event of a crash or abandonment.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to the Nogales Port of Entry over the weekend seized more than 577,000 fentanyl pills in five incidents. The officers also seized cocaine and methamphetamine in two of the incidents.
Un grupo de sicarios mató a tiros a un jefe de tránsito municipal en el estado fronterizo de Nuevo León. El asesinato se produce en un momento en que el estado ha visto un aumento en los ataques contra las fuerzas del orden debido a que los cárteles rivales de la droga luchan por el control de la región.
Gunmen shot and killed a municipal transit police chief in the border state of Nuevo Leon Tuesday morning as rival cartels fight for control of the region.
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers arrested an alleged human smuggler after finding 84 migrants hiding in the cargo area of a dump truck as part of Operation Lone Star activities Tuesday.
Sheriff’s office detectives in Florida arrested two people for allegedly smuggling migrants into the U.S. and forcing them to work in sex clubs to pay off their debt. The investigation led to the arrests of the two and the rescue of eight women.
Mexico’s Army is trying to track Islamic extremists with links to ISIS and other groups engaged in recruiting new members in at least six cases. While the information was largely kept hidden, recent leaks by hacktivist group Guacamaya exposed the efforts.
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey (R) defied an order from the Biden Administration to remove temporary border barriers situated in the Yuma Sector over the summer. Ducey responded by filing a lawsuit on Friday.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents in Vermont arrested two migrants for human smuggling who illegally crossed the border into Texas as children and were subsequently released. The agents arrested the pair as they attempted to smuggle five migrants who crossed the Canadian border into Vermont and allegedly got in their vehicle.
