Guatemala has deployed its elite Kaibiles special forces to its northern border with Mexico following a violent incursion by Mexican cartel gunmen into several rural communities.
The Department of the Treasury announced that its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on 27 entities linked to criminal networks.
Federal authorities charged two Alabama residents after intercepting what officials are calling the largest weapons seizure at the Southwest land border.
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.
A previously deported Mexican national with a violent criminal history was arrested Thursday outside Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Houston Field Office after approaching the facility armed with a knife and carrying a crack pipe. Homeland Security officials say the incident underscores the daily dangers faced by immigration officers as they confront rising threats from repeat offenders.