Border / Cartel Chronicles

A transit police officer in Ciudad Juárez was arrested in connection with a double homicide shooting involving potential cartel motives.

At the close of FY2018, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced it investigated 429 cases of inappropriate relationships between teachers and students during the 2017-18 academic year, a 42 percent increase from the 302 the agency launched in 2016-17. It also represented nearly a 250 percent uptick in cases since 2008-09, the first year TEA began tracking these incidents and reported 123 cases.

A Katy, Texas, man used his gun to stop two armed robbers from stealing his wife’s purse when they came out of a grocery store. The man shot both of the alleged robbers, causing them to flee.

The mayor of the Mexican border city of Tijuana claims that a federal judge ordered him to stop turning detained migrants over to immigration authorities. The judge also told him to stop speaking “freely” about the migrant caravan.

A Texas mother gave birth to a hospital-record-setting baby boy who weighed in at nearly 15 pounds.

Brian Kolfage, the triple-amputee military veteran who has raised more than $17 million to pay for a wall on the U.S. southern border with Mexico through a GoFundMe campaign is telling supporters on social media that he will make a “huge announcement” next week.

Authorities arrested seven Mexican customs agents as part of an investigation into the smuggling of thousands of ammunition magazines from Texas into Mexico.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – Siete agentes de aduanas mexicanos han sido arrestados como parte de una investigación sobre el contrabando de armas y partes de armas desde Texas a México.

A team of cartel gunmen stormed a funeral home in the state of Veracruz, gunning down the father and brother-in-law of a male homicide victim who was being mourned by his friends and family. The attack occurred on Wednesday night at approximately 11 pm in Pánuco.

A Texas man, lured by the promise of fast money and a free car, faces federal prison on drug smuggling charges after answering a Facebook ad that sought drivers to travel between the United States and Mexico.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila – Oficiales de la policía estatal mataron a dos sicarios en una balacera en esta ciudad fronteriza. El enfrentamiento se produce poco después de que un equipo de sicarios lograra matar a un oficial de policía en una emboscada donde también mataron a una víctima inocente.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila – State police officers killed two cartel gunmen following a rolling gun battle in this border city. The clash follows an ambush which killed an officer and an innocent bystander.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila – Un oficial de policía elite murió en ataque tipo emboscada por parte de un grupo de sicarios. En el tiroteo un abogado local murió en el fuego cruzado.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila – A law enforcement officer who was part of a cartel hunting task force died in a local ambush. The fierce shootout also killed a city official who was caught in the initial crossfire.

Ronil Singh, the Newman, California, police officer who was killed on Dec. 26 by an alleged illegal alien, was himself an immigrant — a legal immigrant.

As long as he holds firm on the policy priorities most important to his base — especially border security — Trump will have flexibility to negotiate on other issues.

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Representative Ryan Costello (R-PA) stated that he doesn’t envision a situation “where Democrats are willing to give any more additional border security money beyond 1.3 billion.” Costello said, “I think it will be weeks,

The family of the young boy who died in a New Mexico hospital days after they illegally crossed the border says they brought him based on rumors of easy entry with a child in tow. His son died after being treated twice at a hospital for flu-like symptoms.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – Las autoridades mexicanas mataron a cuatro presuntos sicarios del Cartel del Golfo en una reciente balacera en esta ciudad fronteriza. Tras el enfrentamiento, las autoridades rescataron a tres víctimas de secuestro que supuestamente tenían vínculos con una organización criminal rival.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – Mexican authorities killed four Gulf Cartel gunmen during a recent shootout in this border city. In the aftermath, officials freed three kidnapping victims with alleged ties to a rival criminal organization.

Following the death of a second migrant child in federal immigration custody in the past month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says systems for dealing with border security and migrants are being pushed to the “breaking point.”

A Mexican national received more than 16 years in federal prison for his role in masterminding the smuggling of more than 26 kilograms of methamphetamine from northern Mexico into the United States through a Texas port of entry, according to unsealed court documents.

A young couple in the border state of Sonora were gunned down in their parked truck at a Walmart on Christmas Eve.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas – Un equipo de sicarios irrumpió en una celebración navideña en esta ciudad abriendo fuego en contra de quienes disfrutaban de una posada matando a tres personas e hiriendo a dos víctimas más. El tiroteo masivo sigue una serie de ataques y amenazas donde dos cárteles rivales reavivan su lucha por el control de la región.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas – A team of cartel gunmen crashed a local Christmas party with gunfire on unsuspecting revelers, killing three and injuring two more. The mass shooting follows a series of attacks and threats as rival cartel factions reignite their fight for regional control of the border abutting Texas.

After the death of a second minor in CBP custody in one month, U.S. officials released a timeline leading up to the tragic death of an 8-year-old Guatemalan migrant in New Mexico.

ASSOCIATED PRESS — An 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died in government custody early Tuesday, said U.S. immigration authorities, marking the second death of an immigrant child in detention this month.

A Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agent risked his life to rescue a drowning migrant.

The Mexican government responded to the release of a video capturing the deadly ambush of four police officers in October 2018, which was recently leaked via social media.

The image of Santa Claus emblazoned in a child’s mind is usually one of a jovial, portly man with a white beard clad in a red and white suit; however, this year, Santa came early to one Texas elementary school in the form of a bus driver.

Border Patrol agents in Arizona and Texas stopped multiple previously deported sex offenders and members of violent gangs from making their way into the U.S. interior in the past week.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – Cientos de oficiales de policía y tropas militares han inundado las carreteras de este estado fronterizo para ayudar a garantizar la seguridad de miles de viajeros que toman las carreteras para Navidad y Año Nuevo. La presencia adicional de las fuerzas del orden público viene tras meses de actividad de cárteles, incluidos tiroteos, robos de automóviles y robos con violencia en las carreteras de este estado.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – Hundreds of police officers and military personnel are flooding state highways to help ensure the safety of thousands during Christmas and New Year celebrations. The surge follows months of cartel activity including shootouts, carjackings, and highway robberies.

The U.S. government released a surveillance video from a recent grenade attack at the U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara. The FBI released the video to seek help in identifying two of the gunmen believed to have played a role in the attack.

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) said President Donald Trump had “no path” to get $5 billion in funding wanted to begin wall construction on the U.S.-Mexico border. Coons said, “There is frankly no path toward his getting $5

Cartel drug smugglers moved a 900-pound shipment of marijuana bearing a cartoon of U.S. President Donald Trump into Texas. The cartoon appears to mock President Trump and his border security comments. Border Patrol agents seized the load, preventing its delivery into the U.S.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended two large groups of Central American migrants who illegally crossed the Mexican border into Arizona. The groups consisted mostly of family units and unaccompanied minors. At least five of the migrants required medical assistance.