Border Agency Employee Tells Texas Trick-or-Treaters Candy Is Only For Americans An employee of the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency had a message for trick-or-treaters in the tiny Texas border town of Presidio this Halloween. A sign taped on the gate of a home located within a US government-owned housing complex was written in…
Category: Cartel Corner
Cartel Corner #17: The Case of Pedro Huerta’s Tombstone
In Mexico City International Airport yesterday a drug sniffing dog is getting an extra bowl of kibble due to discovering 22 Kilos of Marijuana hidden inside, of all things, a tombstone. The unusual item came through customs in a large wooden crate. It was addressed to somewhere in the United States and had the sender…
Border Security Update: Border Inspection Officer Kills Knife Wielding Illegal
US border inspector kills knife-wielding manThe Customs and Border Protection officer fired his gun four times By Elliot Spagat Associated Press SAN DIEGO — A U.S. border inspector fatally shot a knife-wielding Mexican man at a California crossing on Wednesday, and an agency official quickly defended his actions. The Customs and Border Protection officer fired his…
Cartel Corner #15: Growing up in Pablo Escobar’s Columbia
I grew up in Pablo Escobar’s Colombia. Here’s what it was really like. by Bernardo Aparicio García The night of the car bomb, my dad called home from his cell phone as he finished his rounds of the family’s bakeries. It was a nightly ritual, braving rush hour in his little silver Mazda to collect…
Cartel Corner #14: Texas Expressway Shootout Linked to CDG, Mexican Female Drug Lord Wanted for bribing Feds in Texas
10/26/2015 Authorities near the Texas Border continue a manhunt for several Gulf Cartel Members involved in a fierce shootout on a TEXAS highway. Beginning last week and into this weekend San Juan Police along with their federal partners have arrested multiple cartel gunmen and continue to hunt down additional gunmen, said Police Chief Juand Gonzalez…
Cartel Corner #9: Follow Up to School Lockdown Story and El Chapo Update
Multiple Gunman Raid Texas Border Home (Follow Up) In a follow-up to Cartel Corner #8, the incident that caused several area border town schools to lock down is now better understood. A Drug “Rip-Off” Crew, which are groups of men that rob cartel stash houses and individuals for money and drugs, stormed a local home…