Rep. Chip RoyCompte certifié

LATEST: A 'Clear' Path Forward For Border Security It’s midnight in Laredo, Texas. A Border Patrol agent is on patrol along the border when he hears the crack of bullets across the Rio Grande. Most likely it is another skirmish involving a Mexican drug cartel in Nuevo Laredo.

He begins moving his vehicle and a few moments later, hears the clear sound of voices from down along the river, but he cannot be sure because thick, tall carrizo cane is blocking the view.

Without a cell or radio signal and with no way to call for backup, he moves up to higher ground. It could be a caravan of migrants from Central America. It could be members of the warring Cartel del Noreste (CDN) vying for territorial control. ... They get away into the night.