Mexican drug cartels are ordering their members to focus on U.S. Border Patrol brokers with kamikaze drones and different explosives amid a crackdown on the southern border by the Trump administration.
An inner memo titled “Officer Security Alert” cited social media posts and different sources for the warning to federal brokers, the New York Publish reported. Brokers had been reminded to be “cognizant of their environment” and needs to be carrying their ballistic armor and using their lengthy firearms.
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Rival drug cartels trade gunfire in Mexico. (Fox Information) (Fox Information)
“On February 1, 2025, the El Paso Sector Intelligence and Operations Heart (EPT-IOC) acquired data advising that Mexican cartel leaders have approved the deployment of drones geared up with explosives for use in opposition to US Border Patrol brokers and US navy personnel at the moment working alongside the border with Mexico,” the memo, obtained by the newspaper, states.
“It’s endorsed that each one US Border Patrol brokers and DoD personnel working alongside the border report any sighting of drones to their respective management workers and the EPT-IOC,” it mentioned.
Fox Information Digital has reached out to the U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Customs and Border Safety (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Information Nation, which first reported the memo, reported TikTok posts and different social media websites utilized by Mexican drug cartels have additionally suggested unlawful immigrants to spit and urinate on ICE brokers and defecate of their automobiles.
Different posts have urged assassins to focus on border personnel.
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U.S. Border Patrol after brokers acquired gunfire from cartel members in Mexico whereas patrolling in Fronton, Texas final week. (Texas Division of Public Security)
Final week, Border Patrol brokers acquired gunfire from cartel members in Mexico whereas patrolling in Fronton, Texas, the Texas Division of Public Security mentioned. The cartel members fled Mexico due to a navy presence and sought refuge on an island between Mexico and the U.S., DPS mentioned.
The warning comes because the Trump administration has launched deportation raids concentrating on unlawful immigrants with prison information and enacted harder measures to safe the southern border.
Cartel leaders have realized a proactive U.S. presence on the border might reduce into their drug and human smuggling earnings, the memo confirmed, in line with the Publish.
Final week, U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, urged the thought of the U.S. green-lighting personal events to focus on drug cartels for revenue.
“Congress might situation letters of marque and reprisal authorizing personal safety corporations or specifically educated civilians to intercept cartel operations, significantly these involving drug shipments or human trafficking throughout borders,” Lee wrote on X. “Deal with disrupting provide traces, capturing high-value targets, or seizing property like boats, automobiles, money, gold, or gear utilized in prison actions.”
A U.S. Border Patrol agent stands on a cliff in search of migrants that crossed the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico close to Sasabe, Arizona. Brokers are reportedly being focused by Mexican drug cartels amid a crackdown by the Trump administration to safe the southern border. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Publish through Getty Photos)
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