A Democrat scored a rare win in one of Texas’s reddest legislative seats on Saturday, capturing a state Senate district that Donald Trump carried by double digits as Republicans struggled to turn out voters in a low‑participation special election. The Democrat victory could be short‑lived, with the seat back on the ballot in November’s general election.
Several hundred protesters — joined by waves of high school students who walked out of class — converged on San Antonio’s Travis Park Friday for the “National Shutdown” demonstration, unleashing a barrage of attacks on ICE, the Border Patrol, President Trump, Israel, and even the city’s Democrat mayor before marching through the streets near the Alamo.
A Democrat scored a rare win in one of Texas’s reddest legislative seats on Saturday, capturing a state Senate district that Donald Trump carried by double digits as Republicans struggled to turn out voters in a low‑participation special election. The Democrat victory could be short‑lived, with the seat back on the ballot in November’s general election.
Two Mexican soldiers were kidnapped by a convoy of more than two dozen cartel gunmen in the Mexican state of Hidalgo after the troops stopped a tractor‑trailer hauling stolen fuel. The brazen daylight abduction left one serviceman dead and the other hospitalized.
A San Antonio woman who helped run a multimillion‑dollar human‑smuggling ring moving illegal aliens from Eagle Pass to the Alamo City was sentenced to 132 months in federal prison. The sentencing follows her conviction for the death of a smuggled illegal alien who died in a packed trailer and was dumped in a ditch near her property, the Justice Department announced.
Authorities in Mexico arrested two active Mexican military soldiers who were moonlighting as members of a security company and trying to smuggle a cocaine load on behalf of a cartel from Michoacan.
The FBI has quietly carried out a three‑month offensive against the Latin Kings, arresting 50 gang members and seizing cash, drugs, and assets in a coordinated takedown across 13 field offices. Officials say the operation marks another major strike against
Migrants from countries other than Mexico have been purchasing false birth or marriage certificates that are then sent to the United States in order to avoid being deported to their country of origin.
Court records show that the recent kidnapping that turned into a shootout between gunmen and police in the parking lot of a local bank in South Texas has a direct cartel connection. The two gunmen were reportedly carrying out a $150,000 cartel hit placed on the victim.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials released new details on arrests made one day this week during the continuing Operation Metro Surge. The DHS report identifies multiple criminal illegal aliens taken into custody on Tuesday in Minnesota for crimes ranging from homicide and rape to child abuse and domestic violence. The agency said sanctuary jurisdictions continue to obstruct efforts to remove dangerous offenders.
Two Border Patrol agents involved in Saturday’s shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis have been placed on administrative leave as required by the agency’s firearms regulations. According to a source within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the move is required under U.S. Customs and Border Protection policy, which provides agents with three days of administrative leave and requires the pair to contact the agency’s mental wellness Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum raised eyebrows this week when she announced that she had sent a diplomatic letter to the South Korean government on Mexico’s behalf, requesting that the K-Pop group BTS perform additional concerts in Mexico. The diplomatic request comes as Mexico continues to deal with constantly rising levels of cartel violence and increasing pressure from the U.S. to stop cartels.
Federal agents are investigating a violent confrontation along a cartel‑dominated smuggling corridor in southern Pima County, Arizona, after a Border Patrol agent was allegedly assaulted Tuesday morning, prompting agents to open fire and critically wound a suspect, according to local authorities and an unconfirmed Department of Homeland Security source. The Arizona man allegedly fired on a CBP Air and Marine Operations aircrew and ground-based Border Patrol agents before being shot.
Pressure is mounting in Mexico for the government to begin using the term “terrorism” when referring to the hyper-violent attacks carried out by drug cartels in that country. The move goes against the wishes of the country’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, who has repeatedly claimed that cartel violence is not terrorism.
A federal grand jury in Nebraska indicted 31 additional suspects — many of them Venezuelan and Colombian nationals linked to the violent Tren de Aragua gang — for a nationwide ATM “jackpotting” conspiracy that prosecutors say funneled millions of stolen dollars into a foreign terrorist organization operating inside the United States. This brings the total number of defendants in this scheme to 87, officials stated.
The CBP Use of Force policy relies heavily on constitutional law, as interpreted by federal courts, that apply a standard that requires any use of force to be “objectively reasonable” at the time force is applied. That measure is determined by examining what the agent knew or perceived when he pulled the trigger, not by public opinion influenced by politicians, or by an arduous review of enhanced video or a frame-by-frame analysis hours or days later.
A group of armed attackers on Sunday carried out a massacre at a soccer match in the Mexican town of Salamanca, Guanajuato, killing 11 and leaving 12 injured.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara warned on Face the Nation Sunday that public anger over a string of federal‑involved shootings has reached a breaking point, saying the city is so overwhelmed that even a finding of legal justification in the latest incident “does not matter at this point.”
Chicago’s police chief delivered a blunt warning amid rising confrontations with federal immigration officers, reminding residents in October that ICE and HSI personnel are “law enforcement officers” and that attacking or obstructing them is a criminal act. He cautioned that emotional disagreement with federal operations does not give anyone license to interfere, adding that Chicago police “do not interfere with the duties and responsibilities of federal agents” and are committed to keeping them safe.
A video circulating on social media shows a new angle on the shooting that occurred in South Minneapolis on Saturday morning. The video shows the suspect attempting to push an agent away from two protesters, later grabbing and pulling at one of them. Within seconds of Border Patrol agents struggling to subdue the suspect, shots ring out.
President Donald J. Trump delivered a forceful rebuke Saturday to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, accusing both leaders of “inciting insurrection” through their handling of the Border Patrol agent‑involved shooting and the violent unrest that followed. In a sharply worded statement, Trump said state and local officials abandoned law enforcement, misled the public about the circumstances of the shooting, and are now attempting to shift blame onto federal agents as chaos engulfs the city.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey rushed to a news conference on Saturday within hours of a man being shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent on the city’s south side. The mayor said little to calm Minneapolis residents but did propose an ultimatum to President Donald J. Trump: End your immigration operation, and safety will be restored in the city.
Chaos exploded across a South Minneapolis community on Saturday after a Border Patrol agent‑involved shooting. Large crowds surged into the streets, swarmed federal personnel, and clashed with agents attempting to secure the scene. What began as a rapid gathering of onlookers quickly devolved into a volatile confrontation, with agitators blocking roads, surrounding vehicles, and forcing federal officers into defensive positions amid a fast‑escalating wave of unrest.
Federal officials say a Minneapolis kennel employee targeted a CBP detection dog with an anti‑ICE message, marking a new escalation in the city’s hostility toward immigration enforcement.
Webb County Sheriff Martin Cuellar (D) and his Assistant Chief Deputy Alejandro Gutierrez made their initial appearance in federal court as part of a now-unsealed five-count indictment. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas alleges the pair was involved in a conspiracy with others to misappropriate county funds. Sheriff Cuellar is the brother of recently pardoned U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX).
Ryan Wedding, a fugitive Canadian drug boss who is a former Olympian and had made the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted list, surrendered to authorities in Mexico. Almost immediately following the arrest, FBI agents flew Wedding to the United States to stand trial on numerous federal charges.
Mexican authorities arrested a fugitive cartel boss responsible for the widespread extortion of farmers, several kidnappings, and murders that terrorized the communities in Western Michoacan. The arrest came soon after Breitbart News Foundation published the address of his hideouts.
Las autoridades mexicanas arrestaron al líder de una organización narcoterrorista responsable de la extorsión a agricultores, varios secuestros y asesinatos que aterrorizaron a las comunidades rurales de Michoacán. La detención se produjo poco después de que la Fundación Breitbart News publicara la dirección de su casa de seguridad.
Less than one hundred members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) and their followers joined in on a protest and march in downtown San Antonio to mark the one-year anniversary of the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump.
The government of Mexico sent 37 cartel operatives to the United States this week in yet another attempt to appease the Trump administration over American claims that authorities south of the border are not doing enough to stop cartels. Despite their “peace offerings,” Mexican military and government officials continue protecting the country’s top cartel boss, Ruben Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera — the leader of the terrorist organization Cartel Jalisco New Generation.
“Promises made, promises kept.” On January 20, 2025, when President Donald J. Trump took the oath of office for his second term, that mantra has guided this Administration as it works overtime to enact major accomplishments on behalf of the American people.
ICE agents arrested Guatemalan national Samuel Eduardo Arevalo‑Hernandez after Cottonwood County, Minnesota, officials refused to honor a federal detainer and released the alleged child sex predator back into the community. The criminal alien is charged with two counts of third‑degree penetration of a child between the ages of 14 and 15. Offical assert that this is the type of person Minnesota officials chose to protect, not American citizens.
A journalist in northern Mexico is currently fearing for her life after a feared drug lord announced that he was going to kill her because of her reporting. Despite the threat being public through a narco-banner, Mexico’s federal government, led by President Claudia Sheinbaum, refused to give the journalist protection, even though they have a program to safeguard news workers at risk.
In an exclusive interview with Breitbart Texas, Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank, an elected official who represents nearly one million residents, says he is “standing in the breach” to protect the will of his voters from Senate Bill 5974. If passed, the exclusively Democrat-sponsored bill would subject elected sheriffs to a state suitability investigation, including a review of social media activity, that could result in their removal from office by unelected state officials.
Federal officials announced a major public‑safety sweep in Minneapolis on Monday, revealing that DHS has removed 2,500 criminal illegal aliens tied to violent offenses and repeat predatory crimes across the city. Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin intensified the pressure on local leaders, demanding that Mayor Jacob Frey immediately surrender the 1,360 additional criminal aliens currently sitting in city jails under ICE detainers rather than releasing them back into Minneapolis neighborhoods.
The State of Texas is offering sheriffs as much as $140,000 to bolster cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), tying the new funding directly to participation in the federal 287(g) program. Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock announced the initiative Thursday, calling it a force multiplier for sheriffs working to identify and detain criminal migrants, as more than half of Texas counties qualify.
Congressman Tony Gonzales (R-TX) hosted a telephone town hall featuring commentary from Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s border czar and former acting ICE director. Homan offered Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey a quick fix to the current ICE protests: “Stop being a sanctuary state, a sanctuary city.”
A group of cartel gunmen kidnapped, tortured, murdered, and mutilated the body of a state police officer in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas. After the gruesome murder, the gunmen left the body next to a posterboard with threats as part of an ongoing turf war for control of the central part of the state.
Un grupo de sicarios secuestró, torturó, asesinó y mutiló el cuerpo de un agente de la policía ministerial en el estado fronterizo de Tamaulipas. Tras el brutal asesinato, los sicarios dejaron el cuerpo junto a una cartulina con amenazas, como parte de una guerra territorial en curso por el control de la zona central del estado.
A group of locals in Mexico rioted and assaulted Mexican soldiers after they shut down a town party known colloquially as Mencho-Fest, honoring the leader of the terrorist organization known as Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG).
A delivery driver was robbed of $16,000 outside a pharmacy in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, by three suspects early Thursday morning. According to police in Bensalem Township, the trio of suspected robbers drove from New York to carry out the strong-arm robbery, leading to the loss of two boxes containing Ozempic, Mounjaro, and Trulicity.
