Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revealed that Mexican drug cartels are placing bounties on the heads of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, with support from domestic groups including Antifa and the Latin Kings. According to Noem, DHS has obtained credible intelligence showing that these cartels are offering structured cash payments to those who expose, harm, or kill federal immigration officers.
President Donald Trump confirmed Tuesday that U.S. forces destroyed a narco-terrorist vessel in international waters off the coast of Venezuela. The military strike, the fourth of its kind since August, killed six suspected traffickers tied to a designated terrorist organization. No American personnel were injured in the operation.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues to arrest violent criminal illegal aliens across the United States even as the federal government remains shut down. Despite the funding impasse driven by Democrat demands, ICE officers have carried out multiple operations targeting foreign nationals convicted of serious crimes, including child sexual assault, manslaughter, and domestic violence.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned eight Mexican individuals and twelve companies based in Mexico that are connected to the Sinaloa Cartel.
The U.S. National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) has exposed a horrifying operation in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, where a faction of the Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) allegedly murdered pregnant women to harvest organs and sell their babies to U.S. couples. The revelation underscores the growing brutality of Mexico’s cartel-terror networks and their diversification into human trafficking.
Two states in Mexico, Sinaloa and Michoacán, have scaled back or cancelled Independence Day festivities due to escalating cartel violence. In Sinaloa, authorities restricted events to a daytime civic ceremony, eliminating concerts, fireworks, and public gatherings. In Michoacán, multiple municipalities called off their celebrations entirely, citing threats and recent attacks as the reason.
