National Security

Ten cartel members killed, cops injured, in Mexico border state shootout

Published

4 months ago

May 31, 2023

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

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Immigration

Illegal migrants in custody reaches new high: ‘We must sleep at night knowing we are the reason this nation is in trouble’

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8 hours ago

September 27, 2023

Sara Carter Staff

An exclusive report by the Daily Caller News Foundation reveals the number of illegal migrants in the custody of Border Patrol nationwide has surpassed 22,000 as of Tuesday evening. The Daily Caller exclusively obtained internal Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data providing the information.

The report also shows how extremely fast the numbers are rising. As of the evening of August 10 Border Control had nearly 17,000 illegal migrants in custody, up from 7,696 two months prior on June 8. Just this week there were 8,923 migrant encounters by CBP on Monday and 7,730 illegal migrants released into the country, according to the new data.

Democratic El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser said Saturday that the city is at its “breaking point,” while Democratic Eagle Pass Mayor declared a state of emergency in recent days. Agents have also become increasingly vocal about what they are enduring. One agent stationed along the northern border said “Our duties now revolve around virtual processing and the facilitation of the inflow of illegal migration into the United States. The scenario unfolds with agents stationed at their respective posts, immersed in virtual paperwork, striving to cope with the overwhelming surge of illegal migrants, far outpacing our capacity to process them efficiently. This has rendered our border exposed and vulnerable.”

“In my extensive 13-year tenure, I find myself grappling with a reality I never envisaged. Our current circumstances defy logic; established policies, our solemn oaths, and the very essence of our professional calling have been eroded. Instead, we find ourselves relegated to mere affirmations from higher authorities, commending our efforts. The days of border patrol, the pursuit of illicit substances—what we colloquially term ‘dope’—have yielded to a role resembling that of caretakers,” the agent added.

“We are upset because what they are making us do is break our oath we pledged. They have taken our job and made it a joke. We have endangered the country in so many ways. We must sleep at night knowing we are the reason this nation is in trouble,” another agent said.