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Eight Dead in Texas after Human Smuggling Pursuit Ends in Crash

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RANDY CLARK

8 Nov 202331

3:03

A suspected migrant smuggler and seven others died after the driver’s vehicle collided with an innocent motorist near Batesville, Texas. According to a law enforcement source, the smuggler who was transporting five suspected migrants and was fleeing from Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol troopers when the accident occurred just before 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday.

The accident occurred on U.S. Highway 57 in Zavala County near the small farming community of Batesville — more than 50 miles from the border. According to the source, a DPS Highway Patrol trooper noted suspicious behavior by the occupants and attempted to stop the vehicle. A pursuit ensued that ended when the suspected migrant smuggler crashed into an oncoming vehicle, killing himself and five suspected migrants. Two occupants in the oncoming vehicle, unrelated to the suspected migrant smuggling, were also killed as a result.

This pursuit is but one of many law enforcement officers in Zavala County have witnessed in recent months. An increase in migrant smuggling on rural Texas roadways has led to more high-speed police pursuits. These pursuits sometimes end in vehicle crashes, causing extensive physical injuries and death to migrants and innocent motorists.

Breitbart Texas recently spoke to Zavala County Chief Deputy Sheriff Rick Rios, who says the migrant smugglers often travel to the border region hoping to make a quick buck. Social media websites offer drivers “pin drop” markers, letting them know where to find the migrants waiting for transportation. The messages include an offer of up to several thousand dollars to provide transportation to the migrants.

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According to Rios, the smugglers sometimes are from the larger metropolitan areas near Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio. Others involve residents from farther away who accept online offers to make what they believe to be easy money.

The Texas Department of Public Safety is currently investigating Wednesday’s accident. The identities of those involved have not been announced as of press time.

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.

Mexican Border City Silent as Gulf Cartel Carries Out Killings, Shootings

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ILDEFONSO ORTIZ and BRANDON DARBY

8 Nov 202311

2:44

Government officials in the Mexican border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, remain silent as the Gulf Cartel continues to terrorize locals and carry out violent crimes with complete impunity. The criminal organization effectively silenced local news outlets into not reporting any crime connected to them.

This week, a group of cartel members are believed to have been responsible for the murder of one of their own lookouts for unknown reasons. According to law enforcement sources, 30-year-old Juan Manuel Martinez Gallegos worked on the south side of Matamoros as a lookout for the Gulf Cartel before his murder. The victim’s job was to alert his bosses about the movements of police and military forces near his location.

Authorities responded to a spot along the highway between Matamoros and San Fernando near the exit to the Mezquital port after locals reported a body on the ground.

The unknown killers stabbed Martinez several times throughout his body and left him near the spot where he worked as a lookout. Law enforcement sources revealed that there is a police surveillance camera near the location of the murder. However, for unknown reasons, the camera did not record the killing. Martinez was originally from San Luis Potosi, and his relatives have been reluctant to speak to authorities.

Just one day before Martinez’s killing, a gunman from the Gulf Cartel shot a 17-year-old woman who dared to argue with him. Since then, locals have been terrified of crossing anyone tied to the Gulf Cartel. No one filed a criminal complaint against the alleged gunman, Carlos Manuel Rodriguez Ricalday.

The shooting took place in the Molinos Del Rey neighborhood, where Rodriguez shot into the house where 17-year-old Alexa Abigail Lugo Delgado lives. The shooting came after the young woman defended Rodriguez’s wife when the gunman was physically assaulting her during an argument. Authorities have not arrested Rodriguez on any charges.

Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby and senior Breitbart management. You can follow him on Twitter and on Facebook. He can be contacted at Iortiz@breitbart.com. 

Brandon Darby is the managing director and editor-in-chief of Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Ildefonso Ortiz and senior Breitbart management. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook. He can be contacted at bdarby@breitbart.com.     

House Republicans: Biden Plan to Turn U.S. Airports into Migrant Camps Poses Major ‘Security Risks’ to Americans

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JOHN BINDER

7 Nov 2023932

4:04

House Republicans are urging President Joe Biden’s Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary, Pete Buttigieg, to reject reported plans that would see United States airports transformed into migrant camps for tens of thousands of illegal aliens.

A total of 70 House Republicans, led by House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), are asking Buttigieg to drop plans in which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) “has proposed housing 60,000 migrants at four public airports and various other facilities in New York and New Jersey,” they write:

These airports and their communities rightfully fear being transformed into larger versions of Chicago O’Hare International Airport, which has reportedly converted portions of its terminal into a shelter for hundreds of migrants. At a time when the Administration is proposing higher screening requirements on known airline crewmembers due to security risks, we are extremely concerned about the lack of regard for security risks posed by housing thousands of unknown persons at airports, many of which support passenger air service and host sensitive military facilities. [Emphasis added]

Indeed, as Breitbart News reported in September, the sanctuary city of Chicago, Illinois, started housing more than 400 border crossers and illegal aliens at the Chicago O’Hare International Airport in what a reporter called a scene from the dystopian film Mad Max.

Air passengers wait for rides as migrant families rest at a temporary shelter inside the bus and shuttle center at O’Hare International Airport, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Hundreds of asylum seekers temporarily stay at the O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, United States on September 20, 2023. (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Hundreds of asylum seekers temporarily stay at the O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, United States on September 20, 2023. (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The House Republicans — which include House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY), House Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Garret Graves (R-LA), and Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY) — tell Buttigieg they are “deeply disturbed” that the Biden administration is “allowing for and encouraging the use of our nation’s airport infrastructure as temporary shelters for illegal immigrants.”

“We adamantly oppose these ill-conceived plans that blatantly ignore the true crisis at hand and would inappropriately utilize America’s infrastructure,” they write:

Our nation’s airport infrastructure was built to facilitate commerce and transportation, not to serve as housing for unvetted and undocumented migrants. We request that you enforce public airport grant assurances and reject such plans. [Emphasis added]

As you are aware, our Nation’s southern border is an uncontrolled and unmitigated disaster. Untold numbers of illegal immigrants cross our borders unchallenged every single day. Over six million illegal immigrants have entered the United States and been apprehended under President Biden’s failed leadership. Many are then released into the United States, some of whom will presumably never be seen again. The Biden-Harris Administration’s abject failure to protect our border or support policies that will keep America secure is an unconscionable dereliction of the most fundamental duty the Federal Government has to the citizens of this country. [Emphasis added]

Specifically, the House Republicans want Buttigieg to disclose the number of U.S. airports currently housing border crossers and illegal aliens, as well as if the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted any requests to turn airports into migrant camps.

“To what extent has DHS consulted with the FAA about the appropriateness of proposing to house migrants at airports? If DHS has consulted with the FAA, what has been the FAA’s response?” the House Republicans ask Buttigieg in the letter.

Since Biden took office, an estimated six million border crossers and illegal aliens have been welcomed into the U.S. — exceeding the populations of 31 states. Close to three million of those are estimated to have been released into American communities by DHS.

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