U.S. โฃClaims Mexican Cartels Offering Rewards for Attacks on โคFederal Agents
WASHINGTON – The Departmentโข of Homeland Security (DHS) alleges โthat Mexican criminal organizationsโข areโ offering financial rewards for attacks, kidnappings, or killings of U.S. federal agents, escalating tensionsโ amid heightenedโ border security measuresโค andโข increased deployments of federal โฃforces. โฃ
Secretary Kristi โNoem stated inโ an official release,”These criminal networks โare not only resisting the rule of law,but they are carrying outโ an organized campaign of terror against โtheโฃ brave men and women who protect our borders and communities.” Noem further claimed that agents are facing “ambushes,โ drone surveillance, and death threats” for enforcing U.S. law, vowing, “Weโ will not โฃgive in toโค these threats, and โall โcriminals, terrorists, andโข illegal โขaliens will face American justice.”
The DHS accusations link migrants, their advocates – includingโฃ “sanctuary cities” – and Latin American โขdrug cartels, groups that the Trump Governance has increasingly โขtargeted. The administration has substantially increased resources โคdedicated to immigration enforcement,โค recruitingโ thousands of agents for โImmigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from agencies like the DEA and FBI. National Guard troops have been deployed to cities like Chicago and Portland, presented as peacekeeping forces.
The โadministration has also categorized โขdrug cartels asโ terroristโฃ groups, legally enabling potential direct action against them, including the recent sinking of โalleged drug โboats off the โคVenezuelan coast.
While DHS claims there is noโข clear evidence of an organized โentity โcoordinating these threats, the accusations echo previousโฃ instancesโ where unsubstantiated government claims preceded military action, such asโ the deployment ofโข the National Guard to Portland following allegations of Antifa-led riots – a mobilization later blockedโฃ byโ two judges. The potential โconsequencesโ of this new escalationโ remain unclear.
