WHAT COULD BE BETTER FOR THE CARTELS THAN TO WORK WITH A SOCIOPATH GAMER LAWYER LIKE JOE?
From April 2020 to April 2021, more than 100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses, according to data from the National Center for Health Statistics. An overwhelming majority of those deaths came from opioids, and fentanyl smuggling has surged at the southern border since the start of Joe Biden's presidency.Joseph Simonson and Collin Anderson
“Joe Biden is great on immigration. I guess depends on your perspective. If you’re a human trafficker, or drug dealer, you’d give him an A-plus, but theAmerican people would give him an F. The crisis at our border was not only entirely predictable, it was predicted. I predicted that if you campaign all year long on open borders, amnesty, and health care for illegals, you’re going to get more migrants at the border. That’s what’s happened since the election.” SEN. TOM COTTON
Mexican Cartel Nets $100K for Smuggling Three Chinese Nationals into Texas
Three Chinese nationals were encountered crossing the border in South Texas by Border Patrol agents and Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol troopers. Each reportedly paid Mexican cartel smugglers $35,000 to be ferried to Mission, Texas, on Tuesday.
According to a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), the arrests were part of a joint operation conducted in the Rio Grande Valley with Border Patrol.
According to the DPS, a recent cold front did little to stem the flow of migrant crossings near Mission. In the first few days of the operation, several arrests were noted, including human smuggling guides, and several gang members in addition to the three Chinese nationals.
The Gulf Cartel controls most of the crossing points from Reynosa, Mexico, into Mission. They also hold other Mexican cities across the border from the Texas. Despite recent skirmishes with the Cartel del Noreste (CDN) faction of Los Zetas, they continue to maintain firm control over major crossing points in the region. Although they are not exclusively in the business of human trafficking, they do control anyone trying to illicitly cross the border.
Migrants are charged a “piso” or fee to cross. The fee may vary based on a migrant’s nationality. The three Chinese nationals paid significantly more than those coming from Mexico or Central America.
In a 2019 Rand Corporation study, fees paid to cartels for crossing the Rio Grande were estimated between $300 and $700 per migrant and only covers access to the immediate border area. Local guides may collect another fee of roughly $100 per migrant to use inflatable rafts. These fees are not inclusive of the journey from the home country.
Once paid, migrants are provided a multi-colored bracelet as proof of payment. Different colors distinguish between how many crossings the migrant has selected.
In the first three months of the current fiscal year, more than 84,000 migrants made landfall in the Rio Grande Valley. Based on the lowest estimate of fees charged for migrant crossings, the Gulf Cartel has seen more than $30 million in proceeds during the period.
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.
Smuggler Abandons 4-Year-Old Child in Texas Border Town Stash House
EAGLE PASS, Texas — Police discovered an unidentified 4-year-old migrant child wandering the downtown streets Monday. An officer who first spotted the child says he was only able to provide his age by lifting four fingers when questioned. The child described to the officer how he was left alone in a commonly used local stash house.
According to a police report reviewed by Breitbart Texas, the boy was discovered wandering a street several blocks from the Rio Grande wearing a gray and maroon hoodie. Between sobs, he could only provide a first name, Eric. The boy told officers he was from Mexico and was waiting for his mother to arrive.
When officers asked the boy where he was coming from, the boy pointed to a boarded-up home on Jefferson Street. Officers searched the house known to officers as a stash spot. There were no people inside the home. The boy, visibly shaken, was able to tell officers he was brought across the Rio Grande by an unknown man. The boy said he was left alone at the home and later managed to climb from a window to escape.
The boy was not in possession of any identity documents or other information needed to locate family, according to the report. Ultimately, the boy was turned over to Border Patrol for processing and transfer to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
According to HHS, Eric was one of 243 unaccompanied minor children apprehended along the border on Monday. The child will be taken to an HHS facility where the agency will work to identify him and locate sponsors in the United States. At present, the department is housing 7,743 unaccompanied children in the process of releases to domestic sponsors.
In a revolving door-like system, nearly 200 unaccompanied migrant children were released from the agency to sponsors on Monday. In all, more than 320,000 unaccompanied migrant children have been encountered along the southwest border since President Joe Biden assumed office. In the previous year, less than 35,000 were encountered by the Border Patrol.
According to a source within CBP, in many cases, parents send their migrant children into the United States knowing they will be released to relatives. The source told Breitbart Texas parents will cross the border at a later date and claim the migrant child, hoping to gain release and family reunification.
The unaccompanied migrant children have been precariously placed in dangerous situations by human smugglers with seemingly little regard for their safety. As reported by Breitbart Texas, one smuggler led authorities on a high speed vehicle chase at speeds of more than 100 miles per hour with a migrant child locked in the trunk. Luckily, the child was unharmed.
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.
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