Saturday, October 23, 2021

JOE BIDEN ORCHESTRATES THE GREATEST INVASION IN THE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION - Record 2 Million Migrants Cross Border Between Ports of Entry During Past 12 Months

Currently, there is an estimated record high of 44.5 million foreign-born residents living in the U.S. This is nearly quadruple the immigrant population in 2000. The vast majority of those arriving in the country every year — more than 1.5 million annually — are low-skilled foreign nationals who go on to compete for jobs against working class Americans.


Record 2 Million Migrants Cross Border Between Ports of Entry During Past 12 Months

Haitian migrants, part of a group of over 10,000 people staying in an encampment on the US side of the border, cross the Rio Grande river to get food and water in Mexico, after another crossing point was closed near the Acuna Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas …
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More than two million migrants illegally crossed the border from Mexico into the United States during Fiscal Year 2021. The crossings include 1.66 million apprehended by Border Patrol agents and an estimated 400,000 classified as “got aways.”

Border Patrol agents apprehended a record-setting 1,659,206 migrants who illegally crossed the border from Mexico during the recently ended fiscal year, according to the Southwest Border Land Encounters report released on Friday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials. Additionally, nearly 400,000 more migrants are estimated to be “got aways,” information received from Border Patrol officials revealed.

“The men and women of CBP continued to rise admirably to the challenge, despite the strain associated with operating during a global pandemic that has claimed far too many lives among our frontline personnel,” CBP Acting Commissioner Troy Miller said in a written statement. “CBP will continue its work to ensure safety and security at our borders, while managing a fair and orderly immigration system, and facilitating the legitimate trade and travel that is vital to the American economy.”

The apprehension of nearly 1.66 million migrants who illegally crossed the border between ports of entry represents an increase of nearly 315 percent over the previous fiscal year’s total of 400,651, the report indicates. The apprehension of migrant families skyrocketed by more than 763 percent. Unaccompanied minor apprehensions jumped by 374 percent and single adults by 235 percent.

The Rio Grande Valley Sector continues to lead the nine sectors located along the southwest border with Mexico. Agents in this sector apprehended nearly 550,00 migrants — an increase of nearly 506 percent over the previous year’s total of just over 90,000.

This is followed by the Del Rio Sector with nearly 260,000 apprehensions — an increase of 543 percent over the 40,342 apprehended in FY2020.

The five Texas-based sectors account for 1,151,796 of the southwest border apprehensions (69 percent). Those include more than 683,000 single adults, 355,000 family units, and 113,700 unaccompanied minors.

“This year’s extraordinary migration wave has posed dire logistical, humanitarian and political challenges for President Biden during the first months of his administration, which promised to usher in an “orderly” and “humane” border policy,” CBS News reported.

“I’ve never seen it as bad as what it is right now,” National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd said in an article published by NPR. “We just don’t have the manpower and resources to do what we need to do to both detect and apprehend everything that’s crossing the border.”

Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior news contributor for the Breitbart Texas-Border team. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point? Sunday-morning talk show. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX and Facebook.


Study: Over Half of Migrants Are on American Taxpayer-Funded Welfare

JOHN BINDER

More than half of the nation’s non-citizen population — including legal immigrants, foreign visa workers, and illegal aliens — use American taxpayer-funded welfare after arriving in the United States, a new analysis reveals.

Research by Center for Immigration Studies Director of Research Steven Camarota finds that about 55 percent of non-citizen households in the U.S. use at least one form of welfare compared to just 32 percent of households headed by native-born Americans.

Camarota’s research analyzes the U.S. Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation data from 2018, showing that 49 percent of households headed by foreign-born residents, including naturalized American citizens, use at least one welfare program.

In 2017, economist George Borjas called the U.S. immigration system “the largest anti-poverty program in the world” at the expense of America’s working and middle class.

Specifically, foreign-born residents used vastly more Medicaid compared to native-born Americans and food stamps. For example, while 33 percent of foreign-born residents use Medicaid, just 20 percent of native-born Americans do so.

Likewise, while 31 percent of foreign-born residents are on food stamps, only 19 percent of native-born Americans use the program.

Camarota’s research reveals that even after years and years of residing in the U.S., foreign-born resident households continue to use high levels of welfare.

About 44 percent of foreign-born residents who resided in the U.S. for 10 years or less use at least one form of welfare. Roughly 50 percent of those who resided in the U.S. for more than 10 years are on welfare.

When naturalized Americans are excluded from that count, the level of welfare use rises significantly for those who have resided in the U.S. for a while. For example, among non-citizen households who resided in the U.S. for 10 years or less, 40 percent use welfare. For those in the U.S. for more than 10 years, about 62 percent are on welfare.

The latest data comes after similar numbers were released in March 2019 that showed that, in 2014, non-citizen households used nearly twice as much welfare as native-born Americans.

Currently, there is an estimated record high of 44.5 million foreign-born residents living in the U.S. This is nearly quadruple the immigrant population in 2000. The vast majority of those arriving in the country every year — more than 1.5 million annually — are low-skilled foreign nationals who go on to compete for jobs against working class Americans.

At current legal immigration levels, the Census Bureau projects that about 1-in-6 U.S. residents will be foreign-born by 2060 with the foreign-born population hitting a record 69 million.

John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.

 

SW Border ‘Encounter’ Numbers for September Still Not Released, But FY2021 Expected to Set Record

By Patrick Goodenough | October 21, 2021 | 4:25am EDT

 
 

Migrants cross the Rio Grande near Del Rio, Texas in September. (Photo by Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images)
Migrants cross the Rio Grande near Del Rio, Texas in September. (Photo by Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images)

(CNSNews.com) – Almost three weeks into October, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) still has not publicly released the number of “encounters” with migrants trying to enter the U.S. illegally at the southwest border in September.

When released, that data will provide final figures for the just-ended fiscal year, and show whether the number of apprehensions of illegal migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border in FY 2021 sets an all-time record high.

The Washington Post reported Wednesday that the September number will be 192,000 apprehensions.

If that is confirmed, then FY 2021 will account for a record high number of apprehensions on the southwest border -- around 1,733,651.

In fact, if the figure for September is any higher than 102,028, then the total for the fiscal year will be the highest recorded to date.

(Graph: CNSNews.com/Data: Customs and Border Protection/DHS)
(Graph: CNSNews.com/Data: Customs and Border Protection/DHS)

As of the end of August, the number of FY 2021 encounters stood at 1,541,651. The previous record-highest number of southwest border encounters was 1,643,679, in 2000.

CBP data on apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico border date back to 1960. It also has apprehension figures going back to 1925, although they apply to nationwide encounters so are somewhat higher than those for the southwest border alone.

Still, between 1925 and 1960 the annual nationwide figures only once exceeded one million (1,028,246, in FY 1954). So the record-highest number of southwest border encounters since 1960 (1,643,679, in 2000) is also the record-highest since 1925.

This calendar year has seen a sharp increase in the number of encounters on the border – from 78,414 in January, to 173,281 in March, to a two-decade monthly high of 213,534 in July.

The CBP figures going back to 1960 show than annual numbers of southwest border encounters exceeded 1.5 million just five times – in 1986, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000.

On the lower end of the scale, the number of annual encounters fell below 100,000 nine times – between 1960 and 1968.

From 2007 the number of annual apprehensions of illegal migrant along the U.S.-Mexico border began dropping, a pattern that largely held until 2018. But 2019 saw a sizeable jump – from 396,579 to 851,508 – and then in FY 2020, much of which was affected by the coronavirus pandemic, the number fell back again, to 400,651.

If the September figure of 192,000 apprehensions is confirmed, then the fiscal year total of 1,733,651 will mark a 278 percent increase from FY 2020, and a 77 percent increase from FY 2019.

It’s not clear why CBP has not yet releasing the data for September. In recent months, figures for each month have been made public between the 10th and 16th of the following month.

Queries sent to CBP media relations officials on Monday afternoon had brought no response by late Wednesday.

‘Broken system’

Earlier this week President Biden’s nominee for commissioner of the CBP, Chris Magnus, conceded during a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing that the situation on the southwest border was deeply problematic.

“I agree, we have some significant challenges at the border,” Magnus said in response to questioning from ranking member Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho).

“The numbers are very high, and it is something that has to be addressed. Clearly we have a broken system,” he said. “So yes, senator, I will commit to enforcing the law.”

Under questioning from Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) Magnus, who is currently police chief in Tucson, Ariz., said “surges” of people crossing the border had been taking place for years.

“We’ve never had a surge like this,” Lankford interjected. “This is the highest number ever in the history of our country.”

“Senator, I understand your concerns and I don’t disagree with you that the numbers are – are very high,” Magnus said. “But the bottom line still remains that, you know, first and foremost we need to enforce the law.”

“And secondly, we need to have a process that’s humane and efficient, so we can deal with those who are coming across the border, whether it be to seek asylum or for other purposes.”

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Psaki: Biden Drove Through the Border ‘When He Was on the Campaign Trail in 2008’

DHS Spends Half a Million on Wall Around Biden’s Beach House

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The Department of Homeland Security will spend nearly a half-million dollars for a Delaware construction company to build a fence around President Joe Biden's beach house.

The New York Post reported Friday that the department awarded Turnstone Holdings LLC a $456,548 contract to purchase and install security fencing at the president's Rehoboth home. The Secret Service will be the subagency for the contract.

Construction of Biden's security fence comes as the president faces a record-high surge of illegal immigrants at the southern border. Border Patrol agents this year detained more than 1.7 million migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border, the highest total ever recorded, according to the Washington Post.

One of Biden's first actions in office was halting construction of former president Donald Trump's border wall. Homeland Security this month canceled remaining contracts for building the wall.

Biden, who has not been to the border since he was elected president, said Thursday that "I haven't had a whole hell of a lot of time to get down." Vice President Kamala Harris, whom Biden in March appointed border czar, visited the border in June after bipartisan pushback.

Report: Joe Biden Builds ‘Wall’ Around His Delaware Beach House, Makes America Pay for It

Biden beach house Rehoboth (Susan Walsh / Associated Press)
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reportedly shelled out $456,548 to a construction company in Delaware to install a fence around President Biden’s Delaware beach house, according to newly-released records.

A federal contract, reported by the local Cape Gazette on Thursday and by the New York Post on Friday,  shows that DHS awarded $456,548 to the recipient, Turnstone Holdings, LLC, according to USA Spending, a website that tracks federal spending.

The description of the contract reads, “PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF SECURITY FENCING AT 32 FARVIEW, REHOBOTH DELAWARE.”

The contract’s “start date” is September 21, 2021. The “potential end date” and “current end date” are both listed as December 31, 2021.

“Turnstone Custom Homes is the design/build solution for discerning buyers seeking a quality custom home or luxurious renovation at the Delaware shore,” Turnstone Holdings LLC’s website states. “We are based in Rehoboth Beach, but our reach extends throughout coastal Sussex County, Delaware – from Broadkill to Fenwick and the inland bays.”

The Cape Gazette — which refers to the project as a “wall” — noted:

As of Oct. 20, construction on the wall had not started, but according to the website, it is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

Biden purchased the North Shores home in summer 2017. County tax records show he paid $2.7 million for the property.

Also on Friday, White House press secretary called former President Donald Trump’s wall project on the southern U.S. border “feckless,” noting that it cost “billions of dollars for taxpayers.” She struggled to explain why Biden had not visited the border since the 2008 presidential campaign, 13 years ago, on a road trip in which he simply “drove through.”

The contract came to light as U.S. Customs and Border Protection is expected to release a report, which has already been obtained by the Washington Post, that shows that Border Patrol Agents apprehended upwards of 1.66 million migrants during the past Fiscal Year of 2021 (FY21), which ended in September.

Previously, the record for migrants apprehended in a fiscal year was 1.64 migrant apprehensions in the Fiscal Year 2000.

The report indicates that 1.3 million of the total apprehensions occured after changes in immigration and border security policies that were implemented by the Biden Administration after taking office in January, including canceling Trump’s border wall, which was a bollard fence for most of its length.

Texas, Missouri Sue Joe Biden for Halting Construction of Border Wall

LA JOYA, TEXAS - JULY 01: An unfinished section of border wall is seen on July 01, 2021 in La Joya, Texas. Recently, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has pledged to build a state-funded border wall as a surge of mostly Central American immigrants crossing into the United States continues to …
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt have filed a lawsuit against President Joe Biden for halting the construction of border wall along the United States-Mexico border.

On Thursday, Paxton and Schmitt dropped a lawsuit against Biden accusing the administration of unlawfully canceling border wall projects that were funded by Congress. Since taking office, Biden has repeatedly canceled border wall projects despite their being approved and funded by Congress.

An analysis from July found that the administration had wasted $2 billion in American taxpayer money to not continue constructing border wall. The lawsuit states:

This Complaint focuses on the President of the United States’ refusal to spend funds appropriated by Congress mandating the construction of a wall along the southwest border, and the Department of Homeland Security’s termination of contracts to perform work on construction projects to build the wall.

In 2018, DHS assessed the effectiveness of physical barriers on the southwest border in controlling illegal immigration and drug trafficking, and proclaimed: “Walls Work. When it comes to stopping drugs and illegal aliens from crossing our borders, walls have proven extremely effective.” DHS noted that border wall construction in one sector led to a 90 percent decrease in border apprehensions. [Emphasis added]

DHS has previously recognized the importance of the construction of the southwest border wall. Among other things, DHS’s prior assessment concluded that “Walls Work,” that border walls are highly effective in deterring and preventing illegal immigration and illegal drug trafficking across the southwest border, and that the construction of border barriers on the southwest border led to a 90 percent reduction in border apprehensions in the Yuma region in particular. [Emphasis added]

Discontinuing that construction through the January 20 Proclamation (and subsequent implementation by DHS) represents a sharp departure from DHS’s previous policy, and it constitutes a final agency action subject to judicial review. Among other things, the President’s Proclamation and DHS’s statements make clear beyond any possible doubt that DHS has no intention of expending a single penny of appropriated money for Congress’s stated purpose of actual “construction of barrier system along the southwest border.” [Emphasis added]

According to the lawsuit, Biden’s administration failed to “consider the costs of ending construction of the southwest border wall to the States.”

“It transparently failed to do so, having made its decision without seeking input from Texas and Missouri and without inquiring about the costs Texas and Missouri bear from illegal immigration,” the lawsuit states:

DHS failed to consider the States’ reliance interests in securing the southwest border. The Supreme Court in Regents required DHS to consider reliance interests, including States’ reliance interests, especially when it “changes course[.]” Here, DHS simply did not consider any of Missouri’s or Texas’ reliance interests, such as increased costs for providing social services, rendering DHS’s actions arbitrary and capricious. [Emphasis added]

The lawsuit asks, among other things, for the court to hold that Biden’s termination of border wall projects was unlawful and require the administration to spend appropriated funds on border wall construction, as it was intended by Congress.

“The Biden Administration’s flat refusal to use funds that have already been set aside by Congress to build the border wall is not only illegal and unconstitutional,” Paxton said in a statement. “It’s also wrong, and it leaves states like Texas and Missouri footing the bill.”

The case is Missouri v. Biden, No. 6:21-cv-00052 in United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.

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Poll: Border Wall Wins Support from Working Class Whites, 4-in-10 Hispanics

In a photo taken on March 28, 2021 ranch owner Tony Sandoval (67) stands before a portion of the unfinished border wall that former US president Donald Trump tried to build, near the southern Texas border city of Roma. - The 11,000 inhabitants of the Texas border town Roma have …
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Most white working class Americans, as well as many Hispanic Americans, support building a wall along the United States-Mexico border to prevent illegal immigration, a new poll finds.

A Quinnipiac Poll released this week shows that 59 percent of white non-college-educated Americans support continuing to build a border wall, while only 34 percent oppose the plan. Meanwhile, white college-educated Americans oppose a border wall by a 55 percent majority.

White American men support a border wall by a wide margin of 63 percent to only 33 percent opposition. Likewise, American men, regardless of race, support a border wall by a 53 percent majority.

Though a majority of Hispanics said they oppose a border wall, 53 percent – about 4-in-10 – said they support building a wall along the border — a key demographic opening for candidates running on reducing overall immigration to the U.S.

The poll also underscored that building a physical wall, not one made of technological devises as previously proposed by establishment Republicans, is a mainstream GOP policy position. Ninety-one percent of Republicans said they support a border wall, while just seven percent said they oppose it.

Swing voters, similarly, are largely split on the issue, but a plurality, 48 percent, said they support a wall along the border.

The poll comes as President Joe Biden’s administration has wasted $2 billion in American taxpayer money, as of July, to not continue building border wall to prevent illegal immigration. Even in cases where Congress has specifically authorized funding to build a border wall, Biden’s administration has cancelled the construction contracts.

Like past government funding bills, the latest spending measure by Democrats would shift previously allocated border wall funds to agencies other than the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure the money cannot be spent on border wall.

The Quinnipiac Poll surveyed more than 1,300 U.S. adults from Oct. 15 to Oct. 18. and has a margin of error of +/- 2.7 percentage points.

John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.




VIDEO: Cartel Gunmen Kill 6 Outside Bar in Western Mexico  

Michoacan Cartel
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Cartel gunmen pulled up to a bar in western Mexico and began shooting into the crowd, killing six — including a suspected cartel figure and several bar employees. Two more victims sustained gunshot injuries.

The shooting took place early Monday in Morelia, Michoacan, when at least two gunmen riding in a white van pulled up to La 25 Cerveceria. The gunmen got out of the vehicle and fired shots into the crowd. Local police responded to the scene and were able to provide first aid to some, but did not clash with the gunmen before they fled. Authorities found more than 50 bullet casings. Michoacan’s top security official, Alejandro Gonzalez Cussi, has initially framed the incident as a cartel dispute.

One of the fatal victims was identified as Juan Rios Rebollo, a cartel operator who claimed to have built his wealth from selling yogurt. At the scene of the shooting, authorities seized Rios’ green Lamborghini, a vehicle he called “Sergeant.” A second murder victim, Oscar David Mendez, was identified as a state police officer and a bodyguard for former Michoacan Governor Silvano Aureoles Conejo.

Michoacan continues to be ground zero for a fierce turf war between Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) and smaller groups collectively called Carteles Unidos which include remnants of La Familia, Los Viagras, and smaller cartels who claim to be self-defense groups. Carteles Unidos receives support from the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the fiercest rivals of the CJNG.

Editor’s Note: Breitbart Texas traveled to the Mexican States of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and other areas to recruit citizen journalists willing to risk their lives and expose the cartels silencing their communities. Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles are published in both English and in their original Spanish. This article was written by Jose Luis Lara, a former leading member who helped start the Self-Defense Movement in Michoacán.

Bomb Threat Targets Mexican Border City Hall near Texas

Matamoros Bomb Threat (1)
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A bomb threat called in to Matamoros City Hall caused widespread panic and set off a large security operation as officials tried to find a device. Authorities did not find anything, however, cartel gunmen have set off grenades and other explosives near the building in recent years.

The case took place on Tuesday morning when authorities received a 911 call about an explosive device inside Matamoros City Hall. Authorities gave a large-scale security response where they blocked off the main downtown square and evacuated the building. A military bomb squad searched for devices.

Mayor Mario “La Borrega” Lopez was inside the building at the time and was forced to make a quick exit with his staff. The city leader tried to downplay the incident once outside the perimeter.

After several minutes, authorities were not able to find an explosive device and employees were instructed to return to work.

The bomb threat comes days after Matamoros experienced major shootouts on the western side of the city where several cartel gunmen died and authorities sustained injuries. Those shootouts were tied to the Gulf Cartel, an organization undergoing an internal rift for control of local drug trafficking and human smuggling turf. Members are also linked to a new rise in armed robberies, extortion, and kidnapping to supplement income.

Editor’s Note: Breitbart Texas traveled to the Mexican States of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, and Nuevo León to recruit citizen journalists willing to risk their lives and expose the cartels silencing their communities.  The writers would face certain death at the hands of the various cartels that operate in those areas including the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas if a pseudonym were not used. Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles are published in both English and in their original Spanish. This article was written by “J.A. Espinoza” from Tamaulipas. 


1600 Migrants Apprehended in Southern Arizona over Weekend

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Yuma, Arizona, is fast becoming the newest hotspot among southwest Border Patrol Sectors in Fiscal Year 2022. In all, between Friday and Sunday, human smugglers moved more than 1,600 migrants into the area.

Most of the migrants are from Mexico and the Central American northern triangle countries of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. The remainder are from a host of nations including 13 from nations the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) considers “special interest.”

The DHS notes:

Generally, an SIA is a non-U.S. person who, based on an analysis of travel patterns, potentially poses a national security risk to the United States or its interests.  Often such individuals or groups are employing travel patterns known or evaluated to possibly have a nexus to terrorism.  DHS analysis includes an examination of travel patterns, points of origin, and/or travel segments that are tied to current assessments of national and international threat environments.

This classification is reserved for all nationals of that country and does not mean that all SIAs are terrorists. SIAs differ from those migrants DHS considers “Known and Suspected Terrorists” (KST) from the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB), the U.S. Government’s consolidated database maintained by the Department of Justice.

As reported by Breitbart Texas, the Yuma Sector is facing a surge in migrant traffic compared to years past and is closing in on the Del Rio Sector. The source says that only a small minority of the migrants apprehended in Yuma are being expelled to Mexico under the Trump era Title 42 COVID-19 authority.

Of the more than 12,000 migrants apprehended in Yuma since October 1, a federal source says less than 600 were swiftly expelled to Mexico under the emergency order. More than 11,000 were processed under traditional legal pathways allowing the migrant family units and unaccompanied migrants to pursue asylum.

The source says most are released into the United States as they await the adjudication process.

Randy Clark
 is a 32-year veteran of the United States Border Patrol.  Prior to his retirement, he served as the Division Chief for Law Enforcement Operations, directing operations for nine Border Patrol Stations within the Del Rio, Texas, Sector. Follow him on Twitter @RandyClarkBBTX.


Four Cartel Gunmen Die in Mexican Border City Shootout near Texas

Matamoros Shooting 2
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Four cartel gunmen died and five law enforcement officials sustained injuries during a fierce weekend clash in the Mexican border city of Matamoros. The shootout comes as the city has seen a spike in cartel-related violence.

The shootout began when gunmen from the Gulf Cartel set up makeshift roadblocks on the city’s west side as they tried to hijack a tractor-trailer, Tamaulipas authorities revealed. State police officers responded to the scene and clashed with the gunmen. Two officers sustained minor injuries and the gunmen managed to escape in SUVs.

The state cops called for backup from military forces who joined the search and even used a navy helicopter for air cover. Military forces managed to track down the convoy of cartel gunmen to the western side of the city near the Puerto Rico neighborhood. There, the forces clashed with the gunmen.

Locals shopping at an open-air market were forced to run and seek cover as the gunmen exchanged fire with the military.
During the shootout, some gunmen managed to run and hide inside a house. There, the gunmen held the residents at gunpoint and stole a vehicle to escape. The Matamoros faction of the Gulf Cartel is the same group behind a massacre in Reynosa this past summer where they killed 15 innocent bystanders. The two main factions of the Gulf Cartel are fighting an internal turf war for smuggling corridors into south Texas.

Editor’s Note: Breitbart Texas traveled to the Mexican States of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, and Nuevo León to recruit citizen journalists willing to risk their lives and expose the cartels silencing their communities.  The writers would face certain death at the hands of the various cartels that operate in those areas including the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas if a pseudonym were not used. Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles are published in both English and in their original Spanish. This article was written by “J.A. Espinoza” and “Francisco Morales” from Tamaulipas.


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