The Department of War and Border Patrol are laser-focused on the Rio Grande Valley as cartels increasingly turn to drones to surveil agents, guide migrants and potentially carry payloads across the southern border. In this episode of "Bradley on the Border," Ali Bradley gets an exclusive interview with Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Chief Jared Ashby. He told Bradley agents have encountered a drone capable of carrying a payload in the sector within the last several months, calling the drone threat “real.” Border Patrol says cartels are also using drones from Mexico to guide migrants across without a smuggler physically accompanying them, allowing operators to surveil law enforcement and direct groups remotely. The military has…
Jose Flores Flores faces up to 20 years in prison after being accused of providing material support to the Gulf Cartel, which the U.S. classifies as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. NewsNation's Ali Bradley reports on the case in which the 21-year-old Mexican man allegedly helped to dismember human bodies at a mass grave in Mexico. #DOJ #cartels #terrorist Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live" with Nichole Berlie. Weekdays starting at 12p/11C. NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
An Italian traveler is under investigation after customs officers at Turin's airport pulled a dried crocodile head from his checked bags, a discovery that could cost him up to $232,000 in fines or a year behind bars. The man arrived at Sandro Pertini airport in Caselle Torinese, outside Turin, after flying from Miami with a […] The post Italian man faces steep penalties after dried crocodile head turns up in his luggage at Turin airport appeared first on American Almanac .
An Italian traveler is under investigation after customs officers at Turin's airport pulled a dried crocodile head from his checked bags, a discovery that could cost him up to $232,000 in fines or a year behind bars. The man arrived at Sandro Pertini airport in Caselle Torinese, outside Turin, after flying from Miami with a stopover in Istanbul. During a routine baggage check, officers from the Guardia di Finanza, Italy's financial and customs police, found the specimen wrapped in paper inside his luggage, the New York Post reported . They seized it on the spot. The Guardia di Finanza reported the passenger for importing "a specimen belonging to a protected species without the required certificate or license." No motive was given for why…Open
Tokyo police arrested two 25-year-old American women at Haneda Airport after they allegedly flew from New York with 66 pounds of cannabis hidden in their suitcases, and one suspect says she took the job for a free trip to Japan. Cartron Jamere Bourbon Castillo and Jocelyn Dizon Natividad Patrin arrived at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on […] The post Two American women face up to 10 years in Japanese prison after alleged $1 million cannabis smuggling scheme appeared first on American Almanac .
Tokyo police arrested two 25-year-old American women at Haneda Airport after they allegedly flew from New York with 66 pounds of cannabis hidden in their suitcases, and one suspect says she took the job for a free trip to Japan. Cartron Jamere Bourbon Castillo and Jocelyn Dizon Natividad Patrin arrived at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on September 5 carrying two suitcases that police say contained roughly 30 kilograms of dried cannabis divided among more than a dozen packages, the New York Post reported . The seized substance carried an estimated street value of 150 million yen, approximately $970,000. A Tokyo police spokesman told AFP that "cannabis-like dried plants were secretly stored" in the luggage and that the women "conspired with…Open
A CNN visual analysis of hundreds of videos and state detection data reveals how cartels and criminal groups use drones to monitor US law enforcement and support suspected smuggling operations—and why authorities struggle to counter them. 0:00 Cartel drones are tracking US Border Patrol 1:20 How drones coordinate smuggling migrants across the border 3:01 The key problem law enforcement struggles against to stop drones 5:38 Explosives are being dropped from drones Watch 24/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https://bit.ly/4eIvlTr #Technology #Border #News
Mexican drug cartels pose a “direct danger” to the safety and security of the United States, according to an internal State Department fact sheet obtained by NewsNation. The document outlines specific measures U.S. officials are taking to combat transnational criminal activity. More: https://tinyurl.com/yw9nekpr #cartels #southernborder #StateDepartment
More than 2,000 pounds of methamphetamine were found hidden in a shipment of cabbage in Texas, according to the DEA. The seizure was part of a multi-agency investigation in the Rio Grande Valley.
NewsNation obtained a leaked State Department document outlining the threats posed to U.S. safety and security by Mexican drug cartels. NewsNation's Ali Bradley reports on what the document indicates and how U.S. military officials are targeting cartel operations across Mexico. #cartels #Mexico #politics Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live" with Nichole Berlie. Weekdays starting at 12p/11C. NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
