The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan bill on Monday targeting Mexican drug cartels' use of tunnels beneath the U.S.-Mexico border.
On February 25, 2025, Texas rancher Antonio Céspedes Saldierna, 74, was killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated near his property in Tamaulipas, Mexico, just south of Brownsville, Texas. The explosion also claimed the life of Horacio Lopez Peña and injured Saldierna’s wife, Ninfa Griselda Ortega. Authorities suspect the attack was carried out by a Mexican drug cartel, raising concerns about the increasing use of explosive devices by organized crime near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Border Patrol agents in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley Sector seized nearly 560 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $18 million in three separate drug busts on Sunday morning. Two of the seizures occurred at a highway checkpoint, while the third happened during a roving patrol stop initiated by agents.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced plans to amend the nation's constitution in response to the U.S. government's designation of six Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. The proposed reforms aim to safeguard Mexico's sovereignty by prohibiting foreign military actions within its borders without explicit government consent.
A violent cell from the Gulf Cartel has been spreading terror in central Tamaulipas, Mexico, despite a strong presence of military and police forces. The group, part of the Escorpiones faction, has been engaged in widespread kidnappings, brutal killings, and the sexual assault of innocent women. Mexican authorities have failed to take decisive action against the group, allowing its reign of terror to continue unchecked.
On Monday afternoon, a suspected Mexican cartel member fired a gunshot from the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexico border toward U.S. Border Patrol agents...
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump made significant changes within the intelligence community, stripping security clearances from 50 former officials, including retired Air Force General and former CIA and NSA Director Michael Hayden. The move was part of Trump's efforts to address what many conservatives viewed as entrenched anti-Trump sentiment within the intelligence and defense establishments.
