Drug Cartels ‘Given Permission’ To Shoot At Border Patrol Agents
“They fear no one anymore, especially U.S. law enforcement”
According to a news report, members of the brutal Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico have been “given permission” to fire at U.S. Border Patrol agents.
An internal memo was transmitted to federal agents in the El Paso Sector warning the agents of the new danger, NewsNation reported. According to a report broadcast on the outlet, “Mexican cartels have given permission to its members to shoot at U.S. agents at the border.”
The memo revealed that two days prior, shots had been fired at contractors working in the Eagle Pass area of Texas’ Del Rio Sector. The new problem has arisen following the internecine fighting among members of the cartel after cofounder Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López, the son of imprisoned Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, were arrested by U.S. authorities on July 25.
“They fear no one anymore, especially U.S. law enforcement,” former Homeland Security Investigation agent Victor Avila told NewsNation. “They do have the resources and they do have the capability, and they will use them against us. … The No. 1 reason they fight for these plazas is because these plazas are the corridors to enter the United States, whether…