Homeland Security Today: Drug, Human Smuggling, Cartel Shootouts with Police Escalate in Rio Grande Valley: Mexican organized crime cartels' smuggling of drugs and the illegal entry of “Special Interest Aliens” (SIAs) who may pose a threat to national security into the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) in Texas has risen so quickly that US Border Patrol and law enforcement officials now refer to the "Valley" as “the new Arizona," Homeland Security Today has learned.
While drug and human smuggling in Arizona continues at a brisk pace, the “Valley" has become “ground zero” on the southern border for narco-trafficking and the illegal smuggling of citizens from countries other than Mexico, officially referred to by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as “Other Than Mexicans” (OTMs), according to numerous authorities interviewed by Homeland Security Today.
But more disturbing, throughout the Rio Grande Valley there’s been a parallel rise in violent gunfights and assaults on federal, state and local law enforcement.
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