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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed three senior commanders of the Hamas military wing Thursday, delivering a likely blow to the organization’s morale and highlighting the long reach of Israel’s intelligence services. The pre-dawn

Higher taxes aren’t generally a path to economic growth and job creation. Higher cigarette taxes, however, are increasingly boosting at least one sector of the economy, organized crime.  ‘Smuggled cigarettes have become the new currency of organized crime, and a

TUCSON, Arizona — On July 14, Breitbart Texas revealed that an Arizona military testing facility was a hotbed of drug and human smuggling, partly due to its remote location and ineffective security protocols. The report also explained how security had

The summer war that has raged between Hamas in Gaza and Israel has left the Islamist terrorist organization battered and bruised. Its offensive tunnel capabilities lie in ruins, while its rocket arsenal near depletion. The war began when Hamas launched

A court in Riyadh has sentenced an Al-Qaeda member to death for the 2004 kidnap and murder of US citizen Paul Marshall, local media reported on Tuesday.  The court specialising in terror cases also imposed jail terms of four to

FALFURRIAS, Texas — A pursuit by U.S. Border Patrol and deputies from the Brooks County Sheriff’s Office resulted in the capture of a human smuggler and his cargo of illegal immigrants — approximately 90 miles into Texas. The vehicle had

CAIRO (AP) — A Palestinian negotiator said Sunday his side is “less optimistic” about indirect talks with Israel over the Gaza war as a deadline on a temporary cease-fire looms. The Palestinian team reassembled in Cairo on Sunday after members

The European anti-fraud agency OLAF has recently announced that between 2009 and 2013 the European Union (EU) lost €700 million in taxes as smugglers cross into Spain to sell cigarettes at half the prices.  Two hundred Marlboro in Spain are

A Texas rancher who spends $20,000 a year repairing damage that illegal immigrants do to his land says his biggest fear is getting sued by illegal immigrants who may get hurt or killed trespassing on his private ranch. Presnall Cage,

CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas agreed to extend a temporary cease-fire for five days, Egyptian and Palestinian officials announced Wednesday, permitting the sides to continue to negotiate a substantive deal to end the war in Gaza. Yet even as

In a reminder of the dangers involved with human smuggling, Customs and Border Protection discovered two Mexican nationals “unconscious and not breathing” attempting to enter the U.S. illegally from Mexico in the trunk of a car, according to reports. CBP

A British student has been found guilty of attempting to supply ISIS terrorists with £15,600 ($26,400) after her husband moved to Syria last year. Amal El-Wahabi was convicted in Britain’s Old Bailey court today following a four week trial. Her

Five Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee do not think that the influx of illegal immigrant juveniles from Central America shows that America needs better border security. Reps. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY),

British authorities are planning to burn 8.5 million illegal cigarettes to produce power for the National Grid, according to the Daily Mail. The cigarettes were seized after an inspection of a container from Malaysia that was supposed to contain fabric.

TUCSON, Arizona – Mexican authorities rescued a group of 39 Central American illegal immigrants who were on their way to Texas. 16 of the individuals were minors. The rescue took place earlier this week in the port city of Altamira, in

MCALLEN, Texas–Starr County investigators continue to work the scene of a shooting where a grenade was found in an area just west of Rio Grande City along the Texas-Mexico border. Shortly after 6 a.m. authorities responded to an area near

On a recent trip to the southern border, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) witnessed coyotes brazenly smuggling illegal aliens across the Rio Grande in broad daylight as border patrol and local police watched on. Bachmann shot video of the entire episode

One of the nation’s top experts on illegal immigration believes the Obama administration is aiding and abetting smugglers and gangsters by declaring its intention to grant more executive amnesty and work permits to up to eight million illegal immigrants. Rosemary

LAREDO, Texas – An illegal alien who had previously been released with a notice to appear found herself back in federal custody when authorities arrested her on the charge of human smuggling. Earlier this week, a Texas State trooper pulled

MCALLEN, Texas–A Mexican human smuggler was caught on tape by Breitbart Texas as he used a jet ski to bring a Central American woman and her infant into the U.S. illegally. The exclusive video shows the the smuggler, also known

General Hugo Carvajal, a high-ranking retired military general and former chief of Venezuela’s military intelligence, was arrested in Aruba this week on charges of helping Colombian Marxist rebels smuggle cocaine into the United States. Carvaja is expected to be extradited to

Thousands of Hamas-linked terrorists planned to invade Israel on the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah), which begins on September 24, according to an Israel security source.  First reported by Ma’ariv, then in English by i24news, “thousands of terrorists were meant to cross over

MCALLEN, Texas–Arriving in the Rio Grande Valley, the current epicenter of illegal alien crossings, brings perspective to the crisis that the entire country is talking about. Rolling in from Houston with Brandon Darby, Breitbart Texas editor, this journalist listens and soaks

MCALLEN, Texas – A human smuggler assaulted a Texas Game Warden Tuesday night while trying to get away in the latest of a series of assault on U.S. authorities by border criminals. The assault took place shortly after 7:35 p.m.

The Los Angeles Times leads Thursday with a story entitled: “Gaza’s dilemma: Deadly war or suffocating Israeli embargo.” According to the story, Palestinians in Gaza are left with no choice but to wage war, because if they do not fire rockets

MCALLEN, Texas–The ongoing dispute between factions of the Gulf Cartel over control of the area just south of the Texas Border resulted in the death of six cartel hitmen in various firefights. The first firefight began in the Mexican City

Italian police arrested five men on Tuesday on suspicion murdering and throwing overboard up to 60 migrants crossing from Libya after a fight broke out on board a fishing boat being used to smuggle men, women and children into Italy.

MCALLEN, Texas-The drug trafficking trial of a pee wee football coach, who is accused of helping lead a drug empire that even had police protection, provided great insight into how drugs are smuggled into the U.S. and about the world

MCALLEN, Texas–Texas media outlets are reporting Texas Governor Rick Perry is preparing to deploy the Texas National Guard to portions of the Texas/Mexico border. State Senator Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa (D-McAllen) confirmed the pending announcement of Perry’s decision to deploy 1,000

MCALLEN, Texas–A former drug dealer who had entered the country illegally asked for leniency claiming he had come to the U.S. to escape drug violence.  “Things back home in Michoacán are really bad, the violence is really really bad,” Armando

FALFURRIAS, Texas–A previously deported felon from El Salvador was captured near a Wal-Mart store south of the city of Falfurrias. His travel partner managed to escape the search team which included a U.S. Border Patrol helicopter. Breitbart Texas witnessed a

MCALLEN, Texas–A federal judge denied bond for a husband and wife accused of kidnapping an illegal immigrant from Honduras and threatening her family with decapitating her or selling her off to a brothel if they didn’t pay a ransom.  On

McALLEN, Texas–Federal agents arrested a convicted human smuggler accused of leading them on a 45 minute foot chase in the brush. The smuggler was apparently trying to avoid getting caught with 10 illegal immigrants hidden in a tractor trailer. Court

On Wednesday’s broadcast of FNC’s “Hannity,” Parker Co., TX Sheriff Larry Fowler reported that his officers recently arrested an illegal immigrant who had been previously deported four times for sexual assault.  “I’m not buying any of this border secure business…we

Thousands of rockets launched from Gaza raining down throughout Israel. Israeli homes being destroyed by missiles. Air raid sirens going off, giving Israeli civilians less than a minute to find shelter. Millions of Israeli civilians traumatized running for bomb shelters.