Cartels threaten assignation of Border Patrol agents

 Washington Examiner:

The Border Patrol issued an internal warning to agents stationed in South Texas that they may be the targets of assassination attempts by Mexican cartel members.

Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley region sent personnel an alert this week, obtained by the Washington Examiner, disclosing that its operations center had received information about possible cartel violence against U.S. law enforcement near Fronton, Texas, a tiny town of 200 residents about 50 miles west of McAllen, Texas.

“Information stated that cartel groups were discussing killing U.S. law enforcement personnel along the border near Fronton, Texas, between Miguel Aleman and Los Guerra, Tamaulipas, Mexico,” the alert states.

A second CBP official confirmed the legitimacy of the document and said the Fronton area is a high-traffic area for drug smuggling as it is just across the Rio Grande from Miguel Aleman, one of the more dangerous cities in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.

Rio Grande Valley officials urged agents to wear ballistic armor, carry long-arm guns, and work in groups when directly on the border.

Since September, agents in the Rio Grande Valley have been shot at four times from the Mexican side of the border, including three incidents in Fronton and one in Weslaco.

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Biden's open borders policies have been a boon for the cartels who have been enriched by the migrants and the easier drug trafficking.  Congress needs to hold Biden accountable for his lawless open borders policies and the danger to US citizens from the cartel and the dangerous drugs they are exporting to the US and murdering Americans.

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