Texas Border Business
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a Tango Blast and a Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang member.
Yesterday morning, McAllen Border Patrol Station agents apprehended a group of individuals shortly after illegally entering the United States. Record checks for a Mexican national identified a man as a Tango Blast gang member, who has a previous removal from the United States.
That afternoon, Harlingen Border Patrol Station agents apprehended a group of 11 individuals near Raymondville, Texas. The subjects were taken into custody and transported to the station. At the station, one of the subjects, a Salvadoran national admitted to being an MS-13 gang member and has extensive criminal history and four previous removals from the United States.
Border Patrol processed the subjects accordingly.
Even with the spread of the COVID-19 virus, human smugglers continue to try these brazen attempts with zero regard for the lives they endanger nor to the health of the citizens of our great nation. The U.S. Border Patrol agents of the Rio Grande Valley Sector will continue to safeguard the nation and community against these criminal elements.
The public is encouraged to take a stand against crime in their communities and report suspicious activity at 800-863-9382.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation’s borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
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