Rep. Chip RoyCompte certifié

Why don't we talk more about Mexican drug cartels? These dangerous groups terrorize through fear, intimidation, violence, and murder to control the government and bend society to their will. #StateOfOurBorder

They murder. They intimidate. Days ago, cartel members wielding machine guns beheaded a group of men directly across the border from Laredo. They put their victims on camera. WARNING:https://twitter.com/RepChipRoy/status/1181248083243470848?s=20 …

In August, Mexican police found 9 bodies hanging from a bridge and 7 more bodies hacked to pieces down the road. Reports from the scene describe a banner hanging from the bridge featuring the initials of one of Mexico's most powerful drug cartels.

We have a lot of strong allies in the Mexican government who have a lot more to lose than we do. Cartels threaten their sovereignty. It is important to the U.S. and Mexican that we stand together against cartels.

Cartels are bending people to their will. @CBP reported dashing three stash houses last month, resulting in the discovery of 26 migrants. Cartels are often running migrants in and out of these stash houses as they await payment. These migrants are held and sometimes beaten.

BP agents have shown me videos of cartels beating migrants. They are beating them to within an inch of their lives. They then send the videos to the migrant's family. Why? Extortion. We've seen estimates that cartels and traffickers are making $2 bill running human beings.

I've stood with two teenagers feet from the Rio Grande as they told me they had to sleep in a park in Reynosa (Mexico) while they worked to pay off their fee to the cartels. They also told me they had heard of women who were abused on the journey.