CNN reviewed hundreds of videos, analyzed state drone-detection data and traveled to the US-Mexico border to investigate how cartels and other criminal groups are using drones in their operations.
In this episode of "Bradley on the Border," Bradley is down in El Paso, Texas, where U.S. and Mexican forces teamed up for a rapid-response border security operation. The binational exercise, led by the U.S. Border Patrol’s El Paso sector, included multiple U.S. federal agencies, and on the Mexican side, units from the National Guard and Army. The exercise included a CBP helicopter insertion and a coordinated patrol by the Mexican military across the border in Ciudad Juárez. This comes just weeks after the U.S. officially designated the Juárez Cartel — the cartel operating directly across the border from El Paso — as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.” Jesse Muñoz, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection sector chief in El Paso,…
A boat carrying approximately 60 illegal migrants arrived at a resort in Spain.
A boat filled with illegal migrants , primarily military-age men from North Africa, abruptly arrived on a resort beach in south-east Spain, terrifying beachgoers and raising questions about the country’s border and maritime security. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A boat carrying approximately 60 illegal migrants landed on a beach at a resort in Spain. DETAIL: The boat arrived at Cala del Barco, a small cove near the La Manga Club resort in south-east Spain, on Wednesday, causing alarm among beachgoers. The migrants were predominantly fighting-age North African men, mainly in their late teens and twenties. After disembarking, the illegal migrants quickly dispersed before the authorities arrived. “This cannot be normalized. We cannot…Open
The Department of Justice seeks to reinstate charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, alleging human smuggling and MS-13 gang affiliation, after a district court dismissed the case as "vindictive prosecution."
The Department of Justice seeks to reinstate charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, alleging human smuggling and MS-13 gang affiliation, after a district court dismissed the case as “vindictive prosecution.” PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an opening brief on August 17, asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit to reinstate human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia . A district judge appointed by Barack Obama previously dismissed the case as vindictive. U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw Jr. ruled in May that prosecutors brought the charges in retaliation for Abrego Garcia’s successful legal challenge to his deportation to El Salvador . DETAIL: The DOJ argued that…Open
The Department of Justice has asked an appeals court to reinstate the criminal human smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
'The prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in Tennessee was not vindictive and the evidence before the district court established that it was not.'
The 'Maryland father' narrative is collapsing once again with new details revealed by the Department of Justice about Abrego Garcia.
A group of Cuban men in Mexico was charged with smuggling people to the United States. One of its leaders said Raúl Castro’s grandson helped, according to interviews and court records.
Migrant crossings to Britain are expected to rise as smugglers adapt their tactics, and favorable weather conditions persist in the English Channel.
Migrant crossings to Britain are expected to rise as smugglers adapt their tactics, and favorable weather conditions persist in the English Channel. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Hundreds of migrants have reportedly been seen traveling by trains and buses from Calais and Dunkirk along France’s northern coastline, where people-smuggling gangs have increasingly launched small boats towards Britain from further and further away to avoid heightened enforcement along traditional crossing routes. DETAIL: Migrants are reportedly able to travel in large groups without ticket checks or intervention from French authorities frequently, and favorable weather conditions could lead to another wave of Channel crossings in the coming days. Smuggling …Open
In this episode of "Bradley on the Border," Ali Bradley is in Brownsville, Texas, as Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin tours the southern border. Bradley catches up with the secretary for an exclusive interview. Mullin touts 15 straight months of zero releases and defends the wall partnership between Texas and the federal government. He fires back at critics over comments he made about the nation's governors, insists he and President Donald Trump are "always on the same page" after the traffic-stop reversal and disputes new reports claiming deportations have gone flat. He also addresses looming mass deportations tied to the end of Haitian temporary protected status. #immigration #southernborder #migrants CREDITS: Host: Ali…