{"id":145582,"date":"2023-08-11T09:15:55","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T13:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=145582"},"modified":"2023-08-10T11:39:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T15:39:53","slug":"suspected-cartel-men-armed-and-wearing-body-armor-seen-crossing-the-border-into-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=145582","title":{"rendered":"Suspected cartel men, armed and wearing body armor, seen crossing the border into the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mexican-cartel-with-drug-money.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-143970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mexican-cartel-with-drug-money-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mexican-cartel-with-drug-money-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mexican-cartel-with-drug-money-333x333.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mexican-cartel-with-drug-money-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mexican-cartel-with-drug-money-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mexican-cartel-with-drug-money.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Video became available showing individuals suspected of being cartel gunmen. They crossed the border into the US while dressed in body armor and armed with what appeared to be firearms. Border Patrol moved to intercept them. The men were not there when the agents arrived. Five suspected members of a cartel had been arrested in this area back in June.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>From Fox News:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The latest incident came just days after Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) drone operators in Eagle Pass spotted an armed smuggler in Eagle Pass carrying a long gun and guiding a group of illegal immigrants across the Rio Grande.<\/p>\n<p>In that instance the man made it back to Mexico, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>While the overwhelming majority of migrants coming across the border do not have criminal records, the large numbers of people coming across has raised concerns &#8212; particularly from Republicans &#8212; about who may be among the hundreds of thousands of people who are able to evade Border Patrol agents. The head of Border Patrol announced last week that agents nabbed four sex offenders &#8212; some with convictions of crimes against children &#8212; at the border coming into the U.S. within a single day.<\/p>\n<p>The border has seen record-high migrant encounters since 2021, but numbers began to trend down after the end of Title 42 on May 11. There were 144,000 migrant encounters in June, down from over 200,000 in May. However, recently there are signs numbers have gone up in July, with the Washington Post reporting that initial numbers are up by 30%.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has touted moves it is taking to reduce the reliance on smugglers, who control large parts of the Mexican side of the border and who migrants often need to deal with in order to be able to access the U.S. The administration has expanded a number of lawful pathways for migrants to enter the U.S. &#8212; and has touted an anti-smuggling campaign last year which led to thousands of arrests.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Fox News provides the balance of the story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/images-show-men-armed-rifles-body-armor-coming-southern-border\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video became available showing individuals suspected of being cartel gunmen. 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