Texas Ranchers Dealing With Armed Smugglers on Land – IOTW Report

Texas Ranchers Dealing With Armed Smugglers on Land

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McALLEN, Texas—Two heavily armed suspected smugglers drive down a dirt road to hand their cargo of illegal aliens over to the next vehicle. One, the front passenger, is filming the bumpy drive with one hand, while pointing an AR-15 with a drum magazine out the windshield.

They’re speaking Spanish, talking about how much farther to go. At one stage, the driver communicates over a radio to say, “I’m there, I’m there, hold on.”

Suddenly the vehicle arrives at a gate, where a pickup truck is waiting on the other side, and the driver and passenger yell to their cargo, “All of you, all, all, all, run, run,” along with a lot of cursing. The backseat passengers jump out and run to the waiting vehicle.

The incident occurred in Jim Hogg County, Texas, about 70 miles north of the U.S.–Mexico border.

Landowners and ranchers dozens of miles north of the border have long dealt with illegal aliens traversing their land as they try to evade Border Patrol highway checkpoints and law enforcement. They commonly leave gates open, which mixes stock; destroy fences and gates; light fires; break into properties; and steal property. read more

8 Comments on Texas Ranchers Dealing With Armed Smugglers on Land

  1. I can attest to this. I have abandoned my land in West Texas due to this very fact. I’m 17 miles from the border and armed caravans come through my property all the time smuggling drugs and illegals. I’ve been shot at and burned out. It’s the wild west down there and it started under Obama.

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  2. They should be demanding a cut of the profits the smugglers are making, a fair thing to do.

    And put land mines on their roads if the smugglers don’t pay up to make sure they do.

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  3. Not as simple as SSS. They travel in groups of 20 to 30. All are armed with FA rifles and the drug convoys usually have belt fed SMGs. Firing on them is the equivalent of taking a stick and swatting a hornets nest.

    They have no regard for human life. They would like you dead and will do everything to make that happen if you get in their way. They are vicious and they know where you live.

  4. I know of first hand events with hunters, in their cabins at night , coming out in the early hours to grab their boots, only to find intimidating photos of them and their vehicles with threatening messages not to interact with their caravans. Some threats have shown personal info of their private homes far away from the hunting areas. Where’s the damn Homeland Security?

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