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  • FBI director warns of ‘very dangerous threats’ at border, smuggling network with 'ISIS ties'

    03/11/2024 9:41:45 PM PDT · by george76 · 32 replies
    Fox News ^ | March 11, 2024 | Adam Shaw
    FBI Director Christopher Wray 'very concerned' about smuggling network tied to ISIS .. FBI Director Christopher Wray on Monday warned of a "wide array" of dangerous threats coming from the U.S. border, including drug trafficking, violent gangs and smugglers with ties to ISIS. Wray was asked by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about the threats at the border, including the Tren de Aragua gang from Venezuela. Wray said he couldn’t speak to a specific gang, but said that there were dangerous individuals entering via the southern border. "From an FBI perspective, we are seeing a...
  • Texas sues to shut down ‘Catholic’ organization accused of facilitating illegal immigration

    02/26/2024 4:08:29 PM PST · by ebb tide · 33 replies
    LifeSite News ^ | February 23, 2024 | Calvin Freiburger
    Texas sues to shut down ‘Catholic’ organization accused of facilitating illegal immigration'The chaos at the southern border has created an environment where NGOs, funded with taxpayer money from the Biden Administration, facilitate astonishing horrors including human smuggling,' state Attorney General Ken Paxton said.AUSTIN, Texas (LifeSiteNews) — Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday that he is suing to force the closure of a “Catholic” non-governmental organization (NGO) it contends is helping facilitate illegal immigration.In a press release, Paxton said he is seeking to end Annunciation House’s Texas operations based on a review of “significant public record information strongly suggesting”...
  • Man Caught Smuggling Live Elvers Worth €200,000 ($218K)

    12/18/2023 9:19:19 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 45 replies
    EuroWeekly News ^ | 16 Dec 2023 | John Ensor
    Wildlife trafficking is an ongoing problem in Spain and throughout Europe. In a recent crackdown, authorities in Guadalajara have made a significant arrest and seized 170 kilos of live elvers. On a routine inspection, Guardia Civil officers apprehended an individual on Tuesday, December 12, near Cifuentes, Guadalajara. During a Citizen Security patrol, officers identified a rental van which was parked at a service station. Upon questioning the driver of the vehicle appeared nervous. The officer’s suspicions were well-founded as the van, which seemingly carried clothing, hid a more sinister cargo. Elver Smuggling Exposed In what appeared to be an ordinary...
  • Deaths soar as smugglers take advantage of record heat to sneak migrants into US

    07/24/2023 12:44:36 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 7 replies
    NY Post ^ | 07/24/2023 | MaryAnn Martinez
    Human smugglers have been taking advantage of record heat at the southern border to sneak migrants into the US, believing that there will be fewer border officers to stop them, according to officials. A record number of dead migrants have been recovered at the border as temperatures soared above 100 degrees for 36 consecutive days, the US Border Patrol said. “We are currently recording a significant number of migrant deaths in New Mexico due to the desert terrain and extreme heat,” the agency told the Border Report. In the summer, smugglers at the border normally avoid the hottest hours of...
  • Texas floating barriers will cause ‘imminent and irreparable harm,’ lawsuit claims

    07/11/2023 5:45:25 AM PDT · by MrRelevant · 60 replies
    The Hill ^ | 7/9/2023 | Nick Robertson
    (The Hill) – A Texas kayaking company has sued Gov. Greg Abbott (R) over his plan to install floating barriers in the middle of the Rio Grande River that would prevent people from being able to swim across it. Jessie Fuentes, owner of Epi’s Canoe & Kayak Team, filed a suit in Austin, Texas on Friday to stop the state from placing the buoys which he claimed would prevent him from giving tours on the river and cause his company “imminent and irreparable harm.” The buoy construction near Eagle Pass, Texas, has already forced Fuentes to cancel a number of...
  • Criminal [Iranian] Kingpin Leads Drugs Trade Thanks To IRGC

    05/18/2023 1:35:17 PM PDT · by AdmSmith · 3 replies
    Iran International ^ | 18MAY2023 | Staff
    The Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) have made a criminal Iran’s leading drug lord, Iran International can reveal. Information obtained by Iran International shows how Naji Sharifi-Zindashti and his cartel now dominate the narcotics trade thanks to the support of the government militia. His extraordinary rise comes despite his having killed a prison guard in Iran and fleeing abroad, only to return with impunity. Investigative reporter Mojtaba Pourmohsen has uncovered how a recent rise in the number of executions of convicts sentenced to death on drug-related charges is the result of infighting between rival drug cartels with connections within the...
  • Australian rock lobsters a national security threat, says Hong Kong customs chief

    10/21/2021 7:22:05 PM PDT · by ameribbean expat · 10 replies
    Rampant smuggling of Australian rock lobsters into mainland China is a national security threat, Hong Kong's new customs chief said on Thursday (Oct 21), as she vowed to crack down on the trade. Lobsters are one of a number of products from Australia that China has restricted imports of as relations between the countries plunged. But they remain a prized and much sought-after delicacy in mainland China. Imports of Australian rock lobsters to Hong Kong - which maintains no restrictions on the crustaceans - have since skyrocketed, with suspicions that the vast majority end up on mainland tables. Louise Ho...
  • Chile reports breaking up ring that smuggled Haiti migrants

    10/04/2021 11:02:33 PM PDT · by blueplum · 9 replies
    ABC News ^ | 04 October 2021 | ByThe Associated Press
    SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chilean police said Monday they have detained an international group of migrant traffickers who have sent more than 1,000 migrants out of the South American nation, including lone children heading to the United States.... ...Police said the ring was led by a Haitian man and also included people from Peru, Paraguay, Venezuela and Chile. The head of the metropolitan police brigade on human trafficking, Giordano Lanzarini, said officials last year detected that children less than 5 years old — offspring of Haitians who are Chilean citizens because born here — were being detected by immigration officials in...
  • Smugglers throw 6-month-old girl into river near US-Mexico border, Texas officials say

    03/31/2021 11:30:38 AM PDT · by bitt · 37 replies
    sacbee.com ^ | 3/31/2021 | mike stundson
    A 6-month-old girl dumped in the Rio Grande River earlier this month was rescued at the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, officials say. The rescue happened March 16 in Roma, a south Texas town about 105 miles from Monterrey, Mexico. The Texas Department of Public Safety said the infant’s mother suffered a broken leg when she was assaulted by smugglers in Mexico. Smugglers then threw the girl out of a raft and into the river, the department said. The woman paid smugglers $3,500 to cross the border, said Department of Public Safety Lt. Christopher Olivarez, KVEO reported. She and her baby...
  • Smugglers Put on Notice with the Deployment of New Asset in the RGV (Rio Grande Valley Sector, Texas)

    08/29/2020 12:37:42 PM PDT · by BeauBo · 9 replies
    US Customs and Border Protection ^ | August 26, 2020 | US Customs and Border Protection
    Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents are utilizing small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) to assist with border apprehensions... Over the weekend, agents arrested 67 illegal aliens in six separate sUAS deployments... Since the program’s inception, sUAS teams have been credited with assisting agents in more than 1500 apprehensions in the Rio Grande Valley Sector. The sUAS ability to be deployed quickly and quietly gives agents the upper hand in combating human and drug smuggling attempts. The public is encouraged to take a stand against crime in their communities and report suspicious activity at 800-863-9382
  • title:Now terror subs prowl Caribbean

    09/05/2008 2:25:41 AM PDT · by Man50D · 31 replies · 241+ views
    WorldNetDaily.com ^ | September 04, 2008
    The waters in the Caribbean and around Latin America for a long time have provided a path for illicit drugs to flow into the United States, but the U.S. Navy has increased its patrols in the region now looking for something else – Hezbollah terrorists, according to a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin. The Navy, in trolling for mini-submarines sometimes used to transport drugs, has discovered that some of them apparently are being operated by Hezbollah. The mini-subs are small semi-submersibles, made of fiberglass and capable of carrying up to four people plus a payload. They are popular with...
  • Smugglers are sawing through new sections of Trump’s border wall

    11/02/2019 8:45:22 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 183 replies
    WP ^ | 11 02 2019 | Nick Miroff
    Smuggling gangs in Mexico have repeatedly sawed through new sections of President Trump’s border wall in recent months by using commercially available power tools, opening gaps large enough for people and drug loads to pass through, according to U.S. agents and officials with knowledge of the damage. The breaches have been made using a popular cordless household tool known as a reciprocating saw that retails at hardware stores for as little as $100. When fitted with specialized blades, the saws can slice through one of the barrier’s steel-and-concrete bollards in a matter of minutes, according to the agents, who spoke...
  • US Coast Guard leaps onto narco submarine

    07/11/2019 3:59:39 PM PDT · by DUMBGRUNT · 30 replies
    The Sun ^ | 11 July 2019
    Crew of the US Coast Guard Cutter Munro board a self-propelled semi-submersible that was suspected of being a drug-smuggling vessel worth an estimated $232 million dollars
  • Smugglers are Pushing Adults and Kids Into the Rio Grande to Distract Border Patrol Agents

    07/01/2019 12:49:35 PM PDT · by Liberty7732 · 30 replies
    townhall.com ^ | 07/01/19
    Last week a photo of a man and his daughter went viral after they drowned together in the Rio Grande. It happened while they attempted to enter the United States illegally. According to Border Patrol agents, pushing adults and children into the river is a new tactic being used as a distraction by smugglers. While agents focus their attention on water rescue missions, they take advantage.
  • Two migrant rights’ activists arrested for human trafficking

    06/09/2019 7:59:38 AM PDT · by upchuck · 16 replies
    Mexico Daily News ^ | June 7, 2019
    Two advocates for migrants’ rights were arrested for human trafficking Wednesday, while federal finance officials yesterday blocked the bank accounts of 26 people allegedly involved in the same crime. Irineo Mujica, director of a migrant advocacy organization that has helped several large migrant caravans cross Mexico, was arrested in Sonoyta, Sonora, at about the same time activist Cristóbal Sánchez was detained outside his home in the Mexico City borough of Xochimilco. The federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR) said in a statement that Federal Police arrested the two men after warrants were issued by a judge in Chiapas. The department said...
  • Report: Illegal Immigration Is Earning Billions For Smugglers

    04/24/2019 2:12:27 PM PDT · by detective · 11 replies
    The Federalist ^ | April 24, 2019 | John Daniel Davidson
    A new report estimates cartels and smuggling networks are making billions off of Central Americans who are fleeing their countries in droves thanks to America's messed-up immigration laws. If you don’t think the ongoing border crisis is benefitting criminal smuggling networks and Mexican drug cartels, you’re not paying attention. A new report from the RAND Corporation found that smugglers and cartels earned as much as $2.3 billion from Central American migrants in 2017. The report, conducted by the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (HSOAC), which is operated by RAND, analyzed the black market for human smuggling in Central America, Mexico,...
  • Immigrant smugglers target NM border

    03/15/2019 11:16:49 AM PDT · by CedarDave · 8 replies
    The Albuquerque Journal ^ | March 14, 2019 | Mike Gallagher
    From high-end operations catering to Brazilians to overcrowded stash houses in rural New Mexico, organized criminal groups are smuggling immigrants into the U.S. through New Mexico’s southern border using the crush of asylum seekers from Central America and elsewhere as cover. Homeland Security Investigations and Border Patrol agents have identified several organized criminal groups that have been smuggling immigrants across the southern border to ultimate destinations in Alabama, New Jersey, Tennessee and elsewhere. Over the last year, federal agents have arrested human smugglers in the small towns of Hachita in New Mexico’s Bootheel and Dexter south of Roswell as well...
  • Guatemalan Authorities Rescue Group of Minors from Human Smugglers in Caravan

    10/25/2018 6:19:41 PM PDT · by TigerClaws · 18 replies
    Judicial Watch has obtained exclusive information and photos from Guatemalan authorities revealing that they have recovered seven unaccompanied minors from human smugglers working inside the caravan. The children have been taken into custody and they are being provided with food, water and medical attention, according to a high-level Guatemalan government official. The smugglers have been arrested and the broader investigation into criminal activity in the caravan is ongoing. A Judicial Watch team, headed by Director of Investigations Chris Farrell, spent several days on the Guatemala-Honduras border covering the illegal alien caravan, which originated in the northern Honduran city of San...
  • Border Patrol Agents Arrest Two DACA Recipients for Attempting to Smuggle Illegal Aliens

    10/13/2017 5:10:14 PM PDT · by ForYourChildren · 11 replies
    Washington Free Bacon ^ | 10/13/2017 | Cameron Cawthorne
    U.S. Border Patrol agents recently made two separate arrests of juvenile recipients of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for attempting to smuggle illegal aliens across the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas. U.S. Customs and Border Protection, an agency within the Department of Homeland Security, on Thursday published a press release detailing the arrests of two so-called "Dreamers," illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as minors who receive legal protections under DACA, who are nationals from Guatemala and Mexico. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On October 4, 2017, Border Patrol agents arrested a juvenile attempting to smuggle two illegal aliens. Agents at the...
  • Few Rogue Border Agents Resist Trump Policies

    02/18/2017 7:39:31 AM PST · by Cheerio · 29 replies
    Polizette ^ | 17 Feb 2017 | Brendan Kirby
    Union leader says some stations continue to follow Obama 'catch and release' directives Some border patrol stations have been slow to carry out President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement executive order and instead have continued former President Barack Obama’s “catch-and-release” policies, according to a union official. Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, told LifeZette that he raised concerns Thursday with U.S. Border Patrol Chief Ronald Vitiello. He said he is confident that issue soon will be corrected. But Judd said as recently as Thursday, some border patrol stations were still releasing border-jumpers, often without even issuing notices to...