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Mexican Family Forced to Pay Cartel After Government Unable to Solve Kidnapping Case

In yet another resounding example of the Mexican government’s inability to protect its citizens, a family in the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, was forced to pay the Gulf Cartel approximately $40,000 USD for the release of their loved one. Government authorities could not help in the case, as relatives and activists were forced to plea to the dominant criminal organizations in the region to help.

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Familia Paga Rescate a Cartel Tras Impotencia de Gobierno Tamaulipeco

En otro ejemplo contundente de la incapacidad del gobierno de México para proteger a sus ciudadanos, una familia en la ciudad fronteriza de Reynosa se vio obligada a pagar al Cártel del Golfo aproximadamente 40.000 dólares por la liberación de su ser querido. Las autoridades gubernamentales no pudieron ayudar en el caso, y los familiares y activistas se vieron obligados a pedir ayuda a las organizaciones criminales que gobiernan la región.

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EXCLUSIVE GRAPHIC: Suspected Migrant Smuggler Dies in Crash Fleeing Texas Police near Border

A suspected migrant smuggler lost his life attempting to escape from a sheriff’s deputy in Zavala County, Texas, after crashing the vehicle he was driving during a high-speed pursuit. The suspected smuggler fled from law enforcement authorities late Sunday evening after being spotted in La Pryor, Texas, driving a brown Chevrolet pickup truck sporting Louisianna license plates.

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2020 Campaign: Kamala Harris Supported Decriminalizing Illegal Immigration, Free Health Care for Migrants

During her 2020 Democratic Party Primary campaign for President, then-Senator Kamala Harris pledged to support the decriminalization of illegal immigration and free health care for illegal immigrants. After being named Border Czar for the Biden administration, Vice President Harris stood by and watched as more than 11 million migrants illegally entered the United States illegally.

Vice President Kamala Harris in El Paso for border meeting. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

FAIL: Mexican Politicians React to Trump Comments NOT Directed at Them

Mexico’s President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum and her political allies reacted to a series of comments made by Presidential Candidate Donald Trump that were not directed at them but at U.S. President Joe Biden. The premature reaction by Mexico’s political elite appears to have been fueled by Mexican journalists who mistranslated and widely shared the comments from a poorly edited video on social media.

Juan Ramon de la Fuente, Mexico's incoming foreign minister secretary, from left, Cla

Military Raids Shake Up Gulf Cartel in Mexican Border State

A series of raids in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas shook up one of the leading factions of the Gulf Cartel and led to several high-profile arrests. For more than a year, one particular faction of the Gulf Cartel had been untouched by Mexican federal and state authorities due to the country’s widespread corruption. However, in recent weeks, both sides appear to have had a breakdown in their relationship, leading to a series of raids by authorities and targeted attacks by cartel gunmen.

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Biden’s Border Crisis is Catastrophic, Says Texas Governor at RNC Convention

Texas Governor Greg Abbott told delegates at the Republican National Convention and a live television audience that President Joe Biden’s border crisis has had a catastrophic impact on his state and the entire nation. Abbott’s convention speech came on the night that Senator J.D. Vance accepted the Republican Party nomination to become Vice President of the United States.

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Suspected Cop-Killer Arrested in Texas After Manhunt

After an intense manhunt, Houston Police Department officers arrested 44-year-old Ronald “Ronnie” Palmer Jr. The captured fugitive will be charged in connection with the alleged murder of 28-year-old Harris County Deputy Sheriff Fernando Esqueda.

Suspected Texas Cop-Killer Ronnie Palmer is arrested in Houston. (Harris County Sheriff's