In three separate events in the Rio Grande Valley sector on Border Patrol, agents seized nearly 560 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated street value of $18 million. After regular immigration testing, two attacks occurred at a fixed highway checkpoint. The third attack is the result of a roving patrol halt initiated by Border Patrol agents. Three seizures were reported within hours of each other on Sunday morning.
The first attack occurred Sunday at Javiervega Jr. Immigration Checkpoint near Sarita, Texas. An agent who is fulfilling the inspection obligation discovers 287 pounds of cocaine hidden in the vehicle after the K-9 warns the agent of the smell of drugs. Cocaine has decided to have a street value of over $9 million. The unidentified suspect faces a federal charge of possession with the intent to distribute controlled substances and conspiracy.
Within hours, Border Patrol uses non-intrusion testing technology to discover more than 163 pounds of cocaine hidden inside a vehicle that the agent attempts to pass through the checkpoint, and then another attack at the same checkpoint. I reported. Cocaine has determined to have a street value of over $5 million. According to the Border Patrol, residents of the vehicle are facing federal possession charges with intent to distribute controlled substances and conspiracy.
Hours later, Border Patrol agents near Kingsville, Texas, acted on intelligence news and seized more than $3.5 million in cocaine after running a traffic stop on a highway away from the border. I did. The suspect in that case will face a federal possession charge with the intent to distribute the controlled substance and conspiracy.
The key seizure follows the Trump administration's declaration as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) of several major Mexican drug cartels. As reported by Breitbart Texas, the US State Department on February 19th saw six Mexican drug cartels, the infamous Malasal Battle Cha gang in El Salvador and the violent Venezuelan trending lagua gang as foreign terrorist organisations. I have specified it.
The Gulf Cartel was one of six Mexican cartels that designated and controlled most of the Mexican region just south of the Texas Rio Grande Valley.
Randy Clark He is a 32-year veteran of the US Border Patrol. Before retiring, he served as Chief of Law Enforcement Business and oversaw the operations of nine Border Patrol Bureaus in Del Rio, Texas. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) @randyclarkbbtx.
