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2024-05-11 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Chilling warning from Border Patrol agent as he claims 'cartels control the border' NOT the US government
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The agent said that border patrol has been defunded and overwhelmed

  • Migrant numbers have exploded as organized crime has obtained more power

  • READ MORE: Chinese migrants using Mexican IDs supplied by Mexican drug cartels to aid passage to US

As previously reported by DailyMail.com, cartels have been recruiting American soldiers to smuggle migrants into the US in a worrying new trend. So far, two have been arrested for participating in the illegal people smuggling

Cartels are also believed to be providing Mexican IDs to Chinese nationals hoping to cross the border into the US. It is thought the IDs are being made and sold by cartels so that migrants travelling to the US from Asia and elsewhere can pass checks by Mexican police as they travel through the country. The documents are then destroyed or discarded by migrants as they cross the US border, making it harder for authorities to identify them and easing their path to asylum.

San Diego has seen more than double the amount of Chinese nationals cross its border in the first half of this fiscal year than in all of 2023.

Most fly into Tijuana before paying cartels up to $35,000 to get them to the US.

Migrant arrests in San Diego reached 8,989 for the week ending April 16, according to figures the agency posted on X. Meanwhile, Tucson — which previously had been the top region for crossings — had 7,500 arrests for the week ending April 19.

Recent data shows the migrant crisis is shifting west to border states like Arizona and California amid a crack down in Texas by Republican Governor Greg Abbott.

Mexican authorities have also tightened security on their side of the Texan border.

The volume of migrants arriving is overwhelming resources in San Diego, with officials reporting that up to 1,000 people a day are being released at city train and bus stops.

Crossings in the sector rose from 31,562 in February to 33,784 in March, although this total was down slightly from the 34,371 migrants who entered San Diego in December.

Shots fired at Border Patrol agents investigated as ‘assault on a federal officer': FBI

[FoxNews] U.S. Border Patrol agents came under fire while working on the southern border from gunmen operating inside Mexico, according to various officials.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed to Fox News that shots were fired from the Mexican side of the El Paso, Texas sector on Wednesday afternoon. The CBP said that agents were involved in a "use of force incident while responding to reports of shots fired near the border in the Ysleta Station area of responsibility in Texas." Sources confirmed that CBP agents returned fire.

The FBI later confirmed the shooting in a statement to Fox News, saying it happened "by the Ysleta USBP Station – Lopez Gate" and that their agents are investigating it as an "assault on federal agents."

"FBI El Paso was notified of the May 8th shooting that occurred by the Ysleta USBP Station – Lopez Gate. The FBI El Paso Violent Crime Task Force and the FBI Evidence Recovery Team were deployed to collect evidence at the crime scene.," the FBI said. "The FBI El Paso’s Violent Crime Task Force is working closely with the U.S. Custom and Border Protection’s Office of Professional Responsibility on this assault on a federal officer investigation. As this is an ongoing investigation, no further details may be given at this time."

CBP said that no agents were injured during the incident and that an investigation is underway.
Posted by Skidmark 2024-05-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [135 views ]  Top
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