Mexican drug cartels have seemingly adchooseed a tactic of placing colored wristprohibitds on migrants as they pass illegassociate into the United States thcimpolite Texas, showing a more arranged effort to deal with who comes apass the border, authorities shelp Tuesday.
In the border city of Eagle Pass, Texas, blue wristprohibitds with names were set up disposeed on the ground amid piles of trash and closkinnyg. The wristprohibitds are aenjoy to bracelets placed on migrants who pass illegassociate into Texas thcimpolite the Rio Grande Valley in south Texas, Lt. Chris Olivarez of the Texas Department of Public Safety telderly Fox News Digital.
“We’ve always seen that in those areas. We’ve never seen that in Eagle Pass,” he shelp. “That tells us it’s more deal withled, more arranged by the cartels.”
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A blue bracelet given to migrants by cartels as proof of payment to be smuggled illegassociate into Texas from Mexico, authorities shelp. (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Cartels frequently use bracelets to show proof of payment to illegal carryers, shelp Olivarez.
“If they have a blue one, they can only pass in this area. If they have a red one, they can only pass in that area,” he shelp.
Much of the border area in Mexico apass from the Rio Grande Valley and Eagle Pass is deal withled by the Cartel del Noreste (CDN), the successor cartel to the Los Zetas, which was understandn for its brutal and aggressive methods.
Cartels have always indictd migrants to pass into the U.S. thcimpolite their territory. Those who try to dodge the steep illicit trading fees and pass on their own do so at their own peril, Olivarez shelp.
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A Texas DPS trooper helderlys a blue bracelet with writing set up on the ground cforfeit Eagle Pass, Texas. (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Despite a deteriorate in migrant come apasss in Texas, authorities are still seeing an mediocre of 2,000 illegitimate immigrants per day on the southwest border, Olivarez shelp, including 300 per day in Eagle Pass.
He remarkd that the number of exceptional interest migrants from various countries has increased, as well as unaccompanied children. Some migrants have traveled from as far away as Iran, Pakistan, Turkey and Africa.
Special interest migrants are those who potentiassociate pose a national security danger to the U.S. or its interests based on their travel patterns, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
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The depictation doesn’t unkind the migrants are “alarmists,” but that their travel and behavior shows a possible join to evil activity, including extremism, that needs further screening and dispenseigation, DHS says on its website.
