Hikers Shot & Robbed by Suspected Cartel Members Near Mexican Border in Jacumba, California

"Socalj" for Borderland Beat

From a CBP Press Release

A U.S. citizen and a Canadian citizen were robbed and attacked by armed suspected Mexican cartel terrorists, in the Jacumba Wilderness.

On Wednesday at approximately 11:00AM., El Centro Sector Communications received a call from the Imperial County Sheriff’s Office 911 Dispatch with information a man had been shot and needed assistance in the El Centro Sector area of responsibility. 

U.S. Border Patrol agents were dispatched to an area of the Jacumba Wilderness approximately 1,000 feet north of the U.S.-Mexico International Border, where they encountered a group of hikers who reported part of their group had been attacked by armed individuals.

Read More

Three Armed Men Captured on Camera Crossing Border into Texas

By "El Huaso" for Borderland Beat

Three men wearing tactical vests and carrying guns, believed to be members of a Mexican criminal organization, were seen operating in Fronton, southern Texas reported Fox News citing a law enforcement source.

Read More

Border Patrol bust drug smugglers, Brownsville

by Daisy Martinez
*EDIT*

More than 700 pounds of marijuana is off the streets after Border Patrol agents busted a group of drug smugglers along the Rio Grande in a remote area of Brownsville.

Border Patrols agents "It all happened off Flor de Mayo Road on Brownsville's northwest side shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday."

Full details were not immediately available but Border Patrols agents said they came across a group of drug smugglers along the Rio Grande in that area.

Border Patrol agents said they found 700 pounds of marijuana and a truck that had been stolen in Pharr.

Located off U.S. Highway 281 and along the Rio Grande, the Flor de Mayo neighborhood is a well-documented crossing point for illegal drugs.

Read More