The stark reality of America’s southern border crisis intensified this weekend as Mexican cartel terrorists wounded two police officers in yet another calculated ambush, marking the third such attack since Thursday in a region just miles from Texas.
The Cartel Del Noreste (CDN) faction of Los Zetas – one of six Mexican cartels officially designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the United States government – executed the attack at approximately 4:30 a.m. Saturday near Hidalgo, Coahuila. This latest violence demonstrates the cartels’ growing boldness in challenging law enforcement and military presence in territories crucial to their criminal enterprises.
The facts paint a clear picture of coordinated terrorist tactics: Two Coahuila State Police officers, patrolling a rural road, identified a white pickup truck matching the description of a vehicle used in an earlier attack on Mexican Army soldiers. When attempting to intercept the suspect vehicle, the officers found themselves caught in a carefully orchestrated trap.
Taking advantage of limited visibility and dust clouds, the cartel operatives positioned themselves for an ambush, unleashing a barrage of gunfire that left one officer with severe facial injuries requiring specialized medical care in the state capital. This tactical approach mirrors previous terrorist organizations’ methods of targeting law enforcement.
This attack follows Thursday’s violence where CDN-Los Zetas wounded two Mexican Army soldiers and attempted another ambush, resulting in one cartel member killed, another wounded, and two female operatives arrested. The pattern reveals an escalating campaign of violence aimed at establishing operational control in Coahuila.
Based in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, the CDN-Los Zetas have established a reign of terror through thousands of documented abductions, murders, and kidnappings of civilians. Their criminal enterprise extends beyond violence into systematic extortion, operating with the apparent complicity of corrupt city officials to force protection payments from local businesses.
The logical conclusion is clear: While the Biden administration continues to downplay the border crisis, designated terrorist organizations are waging war against law enforcement mere miles from American soil. This represents not just a Mexican security crisis, but a clear and present danger to U.S. national security.
The facts speak for themselves – these are not isolated incidents but part of a calculated campaign by a sophisticated terrorist organization to control territory and resources along our southern border. The question remains: How many more attacks will it take before the federal government acknowledges the severity of this threat and takes decisive action to secure our border?
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