National Security
Ten cartel members killed, cops injured, in Mexico border state shootout
A border state shootout between the cartel and cops left ten cartel gunmen killed and four cops injured in Mexico. The large-scale gunbattle took place on Monday afternoon along the Monterrey-Nuevo Laredo highway near the town of Cienega de Flores, Nuevo León.
Breitbart reports: “according to information released by Nuevo Leon’s Public Security Secretary Gerardo Palacios Pamanes, a squad of state police officers from Fuerza Civil were patrolling the highway when they encountered a group of gunmen riding in three armored vehicles.”
Gunmen fired police officers setting off the shootout, requiring police to call for backup. During the attack one of the police vehicles rolled over, injuring three officers. The fourth injured officer sustained a gunshot wound during the fighting.
Nuevo Laredo is controlled by the Cartel del Noreste faction of Los Zetas, “one of the most ruthless criminal organizations in Mexico which is responsible for thousands of kidnappings, murders, and forced disappearances.”
The Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas has been able to set up roadblocks where they extort and sometimes kidnap travelers with almost complete impunity. While the gunmen are trying to keep rivals from entering Nuevo Laredo, often they kidnap innocent victims.
**Preliminar**
Enfrentamiento entre Fuerza Civil y delincuentes en la carretera federal a Nuevo Laredo.
Personal de Fuerza Civil fue agredido a balazos por sujetos que viajaban a bordo de tres camionetas blindadas.
Saldo:
10 Delincuentes abatidos.
3 Camionetas blindadas…
— Gerardo Palacios (@GerardoPPmanes) May 29, 2023
Immigration
FL authorities seize boat carrying Haitian illegals, guns and drugs; on high alert after mass prison break
Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis announced Friday that authorities have seized a vessel off the coast that was carrying Haitian illegals, guns, and drugs. “Our Florida Fish and Wildlife offices interdicted a vessel that had 25 illegal immigrants, potential illegal immigrants from Haiti in their boat. In their vessel they had firearms, they had drugs, they had night vision gear and were boating very recklessly, which would potentially endanger other folks,” the governor said, reported by Fox News.
“That vessel was interdicted near the Sebastian Inlet and those illegal aliens were turned over to the Coast Guard for deportation,” DeSantis added. The Sebastian Inlet is a narrow waterway north of Vero Beach that links the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian River Lagoon.
Just The News notes Haiti’s recent unrest:
Haitian gangs staged a mass prison break and freed roughly 3,700 inmates. Prime Minister Ariel Henry subsequently resigned and the chaos has prompted concerns of a surge in maritime attempts at entry into the U.S.
DeSantis ordered the deployment of more than 250 personnel to the southern coast of Florida ahead of the expect surge in attempted Haitian entries last week. In January of last year, DeSantis activated the National Guard to aid federal authorities in responding to a surge in arrivals to the Florida Keys from Cuba, Haiti, and other Caribbean nations.
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