YOU MAY NOT LIKE PRESIDENT TRUMP, I CAN’T REALLY SAY I LIKE HIM MYSELF. HOWEVER, I LOVE THE THINGS HE HAS BEEN WORKING HARD TO ACCOMPLISH FOR AMERICA. HIS POLICIES AND THE CHANGES HE HAS INITIATED BOTH IN HIS FIRST TERM AND SO FAR IN HIS CURRENT TERM ARE GOOD FOR AMERICA.
It is true that in order to bring America out of the mess that has taken decades of self destructive policies will take time, and yes, it will hurt in our pocketbooks and our stomachs for a time. But there really is no other way to accomplish a return to a self-sustaining, economically healthy America. Americans can’t afford to be short sighted. There is no easy way, we have to pull together and join in the effort to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
Whether or not you recognize the fact that our nation is under attack spiritually, that is the case!! The physical realm is what we can experience with our senses: sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing. We experience it very vividly. Our world is crumbling around us. For the first time, we are experiencing the tangible aspects of war. People are dying, there are explosions across the nation, terrorist attacks and actions are causing casualties, taking the lives of people we love, our economy is in the crapper, supplies are dwindling and soon will be at critical shortage, gangs are in the streets wreaking havoc and terrorizing neighborhoods, the threat of nuclear annihilation is more real than it has ever been and these things are overwhelming. We are at our wits ends frantically fighting fires as they pop up, so frazzled we cannot see the truth of what is happening. This is the state in which every abused person of any sex or age finds themselves. Abusers KNOW just how to keep you there. They know just how much relief and or comfort you require to keep you in the loop. They know just how much terror and abuse they can get away with before allowing you that small comfort.
You see the physical effects, but the real threat to you existence has a deeper root. It is completely spiritual. Just as the Word of God told us:
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12
BELIEVE IT! The battles for our Border, and truthfully for our NATION is NOT JUST PHYSICAL it is SPIRITUAL. That should be becoming clearer and clearer to everyone by the day. Most importantly, this is THE FINAL BATTLE for your soul.
Be Careful Not to Move the Ancient Boundary Stones
ANCIENT BOUNDARY STONES By Cynthia Pawl 7/4/16; Update 7/28/19 When the Lord began to open the Word of God to me, in my 20’s, I read the entire Bible from beginning to end in about 6 months. Amazingly, as He revealed the understanding to me, I comprehended very clearly. The WORD of GOD had suddenly … Click Here to Read More
TERMINUS
It is certainly true that GOD, who CREATED EVERYTHING, has every right to set the boundaries. Afterall, it is HIS Creation. NO ONE ELSE can claim that. In the process of creating the world, he set all kinds of boundaries in place, thank GOD! If he had not we would be in a world of … Click Here to Read More
GATES! OOH SO IMPORTANT.
Folks, I just cannot stress enough how important Gates are in relation to just about everything that is happening in our world. I know that many who will read this post are not believers in the Word of GOD. So we will begin this discussion without much reference to scripture. I don’t want anyone to … Click Here to Read More
They Define Us, Protect Us and Keep the Peace
The premise that we are all one, is a lie. Though it is true that in GOD we are one. ALL who love God and live by His commandments are one and there is are no differences, there is one race. The children of God. But, currently the world is in the hands of the … Click Here to Read More
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CBN News Visits Southern Border Where the Change Is Staggering
EL PASO, Texas – Border apprehensions in the El Paso sector have seen a sharp decline in recent months, as U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents report increased morale and operational support, including military presence and the return of aggressive enforcement tactics.
On a recent patrol, Border Patrol Agent Claudio Herrera responded to reports of an illegal crossing. By the time he arrived, a K-9 unit had already tracked down a Honduran couple. “This is the reality they are going to face. Being apprehended and, at the end of the day, being removed out of the country because they are violating Title 8,” Herrera said. Halleluyah! Finally enforcing our immigration laws!
El Paso agents now report around 40 apprehensions per day, down sharply from 2,700 daily just two years ago. Rep. Don McLaughlin (R-TX) credits a shift in federal policy. “The last administration didn’t care. They didn’t enforce anything,” McLaughlin said. “This administration said we’re not going to allow that anymore. We’re going to pick you up and send you back. And it’s worked.” THANK YOU PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP!!!
U.S. military support, including helicopters and armored vehicles, has helped eliminate “gotaways”—migrants who cross without being caught. According to Border Patrol Chaplain Daniel Ortega, this has had a major impact on agent morale.
“Morale was at an all-time low. Suicide, domestic violence, and alcoholism were high,” Ortega said. “Now that we’re getting back to work, doing what we came to do—apprehending and tracking people—it’s changed dramatically.”
Agents also point to Trump-era policies like lifted vehicle pursuit restrictions. “This time, Border Patrol is engaging. Before, they were told to back off,” McLaughlin said.
In March, illegal crossings dropped to just over 7,000, down from 137,000 a year earlier, CBP data shows.
“This is what we signed up for—to protect our borders and our country,” Herrera said.
Still, dangers remain. In some border areas, agents have installed fencing to block rocks thrown from across the wall. Herrera said spiritual warfare is also part of the battle, referencing a shrine to the so-called Lady of Holy Death, which cartels believe protects them from a violence. “This is the reality of the evil we are facing,” he said. “It is demonic, just pure evil.”
Cartels continue to dominate northern Mexico, particularly Juarez, where agents discovered 281 stash houses last year. “They control that 100%,” McLaughlin said. “If you’re not with the cartels, and you get caught trying to go through, you may pay a very dear price—with your life.”
With smuggling fees as high as $20,000 per person, the crackdown has also triggered more kidnappings and threats against agents.
Ortega, whose role as chaplain includes praying with agents in the field, said faith is a vital source of strength. “Just know that God is with you,” he said. “Even in the valley of the shadow of death, He will always be with you.”
Though challenges remain, Border Patrol agents say they’re seeing results. Once-crowded migrant trails now sit empty.
“It is very gratifying to see results and consequences and having a government that is for the safety and the well-being of our communities,” Herrera said.
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OUR NATION IS BEING INVADED… DO YOU CARE?
UPDATE ADDED 12/12/23spacer In 2014, the United States government declared a crisis at the border to address the rapid increase in the number of unaccompanied children and, to a lesser extent, women, migrating through border checkpoints and/or unguarded entry points, especially into Texas. For 9 years now, our borders have been overrun with illegal aliens. … Click Here to Read More
TEXAS in the CROSSHAIRS
Folks, do you know what it means when your first line of defense is taken down? Now, I am not saying that TEXAS is the only state holding the line. The southern border states have taken the bulk of the onslaught for a very long time. Yes, there are some wide open spaces down here… … Click Here to Read More
What is happening at our BORDERS will be the end of life as you know it!
UPDATE ADDED 2/21/24; UPDATE ADDED 2/25/24 With all the Foreign Nationals coming in… YOU’RE GONNA NEED A GUN!!! FOR over 40 years now, probably much longer. 40 years, that is just how long I have been involved in warning the people. But, for 40 years at least, TRUTHERS have been posting photos, videos, testimonies and … Click Here to Read More
FUNDING IMMIGRANTS
UPDATE ADDED 8/30/24 Folks what you are going to see in this post should make you furious!! Sadly, this is not a new phenomenon. OUR Government sold us out years ago to the NEW GLOBALISTS WORLD ORDER. They have been plotting against their own citizens and implementing projects and programs in secret to break the … Click Here to Read More
MORE HARM THAN GOOD – NGOs
NGOs, 501C3, Large Corporations, Special Interest Groups, Environmentalists, Animal Rights Organizations, Children’s Research Hospitals, Cancer Centers, Heart Association, Emergency Aid Services, Universities etc.. and all PHILANTHROPIC Organizations; AKA Non-Government Entities should currently be under a very high degree of suspicion and scrutiny. CHARITY has been HIGHJACKED and given a bad reputation. The truly altruistic giving … Click Here to Read More
UN Immigration Compact
Truthers, researchers and Whistleblowers all across the Earth have been warning for decades that there is a global agenda run by a small group of persons who believe themselves to be the Enlightened Wise Ones. They have been meeting in secret for longer than anyone could conceive or believe. They have been feverishly working behind … Click Here to Read More
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Since President Donald J. Trump took office, he and his administration have ushered in the most secure border in modern American history — and he didn’t need legislation to do it. President Trump has made good on the promises he made on the campaign trail to usher in an unprecedented era of homeland security.
Here are a few of those promises:
PROMISE MADE: “We will close the border. We will stop the invasion of illegals into our country.” (10/12/24, Aurora, CO)
PROMISE KEPT:
- Illegal border encounters are down by 95%.
- Illegal immigrant “gotaways” — the top threat to public safety — are down by 99%.
- Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin: “If Fox were to send me down there right now, I would have trouble finding a single migrant on camera.”
- CBS immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez: “Typically, when we go to the U.S./Mexico border, we at least see one group of people who are trying to cross into the U.S. illegally. We did not see a single migrant.”
- The Wall Street Journal: Border Crossings Grind to Halt as Trump’s Tough Policies Take Hold
- The New York Times: How Trump’s Hard-Line Tactics Are Driving Down Migration
- CBS News: Amid Trump crackdown, illegal border crossings plunge to levels not seen in decades
- Axios: Border crossings plunge to lowest levels in decades: New data
- New York Post: Northern border sector previously overrun by illegal migrants sees dramatic drop in crossings: ‘We haven’t seen anyone since November’
- The Times: This city was a border flashpoint. Now the only migrants are quail
- Reuters: Migrant arrests at US-Mexico border in March lowest ever recorded
- Bloomberg: US-Bound Migration Plunges 99% Along Panama Jungle Route
- The Washington Times: Under Trump, border catch-and-release has dropped 99.99% from worst Biden month
- Los Angeles Times: California-Mexico border, once overwhelmed, now nearly empty
PROMISE MADE: “We will expel every single illegal alien gang member and migrant criminal operating on American soil and remove the savage gang, Tren de Aragua, from the United States.” (1/19/25, Washington, D.C.)
PROMISE KEPT:
- President Trump designated Tren de Aragua, MS-13, and other vicious gangs and cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
- Department of Justice: 27 Members or Associates of Tren de Aragua Charged with Racketeering, Narcotics, Sex Trafficking, Robbery and Firearms offenses
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem: “Under President Trump, we have arrested over 150,000 aliens — including more than 600 members of the vicious Tren de Aragua gang.”
- The Trump Administration directed the successful apprehension of a key MS-13 gang leader — an illegal immigrant living in Virginia and operating as one of the top three MS-13 leaders in the U.S.
- The Trump Administration directed the successful arrests of three illegal immigrant MS-13 gang members in Florida, wanted on first-degree murder charges, and another high-ranking MS-13 member in New York, linked to 11 murders.
- ICE arrested 370+ illegal immigrants as part of a major operation in Massachusetts — many of whom have serious criminal convictions and charges, including murder, child rape, fentanyl trafficking, and armed robbery.
PROMISE MADE: “On Day One … We will begin the largest deportation operation in the history of our country.” (10/21/24, Concord, NC)
PROMISE KEPT:
- New York Post: Trump’s mass deportation raids result in 655% spike in arrests of terrorists roaming US — including one of India’s ‘most wanted’
- Since President Trump took office, there have been 139,000 deportations.
- In President Trump’s first 50 days, ICE arrested 32,809 illegal immigrants — nearly 75% of whom were accused or convicted criminals — virtually the same number of arrests over the entirety of Biden’s final year in office.
- NBC News: Immigration enforcement operations ramp up in cities across the U.S.
PROMISE MADE: “I will immediately end the Biden border nightmare that traffickers are using to exploit vulnerable women and children.” (7/21/23)
PROMISE KEPT:
- The number of unaccompanied illegal immigrant children reached a record low.
- At its peak under Biden, 4.6% of illegal border crossings were unaccompanied minors — many of whom were victims of trafficking. In the first two weeks of March under President Trump, just 0.4% of illegal crossings were unaccompanied minors.
PROMISE MADE: “Under my leadership, we will seal it up and expand that wall until we have total control.” (3/4/23, National Harbor, MD)
PROMISE KEPT:
- White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: “More than 85 miles of new border barrier are already in various stages of construction and planning.”
- President Trump resumed construction of the border wall immediately, with dozens of miles of new construction underway.
- Santa Fe New Mexican: Construction to fill border wall gaps underway in Southern New Mexico
- NewsNation: “Border wall construction resumes in Texas”
PROMISE MADE: “You have the gotaways. You know what the gotaways are? It’s the people that don’t want to be looked at at all. So, they’re worse than the people we’re seeing that’s why they don’t want to be looked at.” (11/3/24, Macon, GA)
PROMISE KEPT:
- Border Czar Tom Homan: “Known gotaways — people we knew crossed the border … weren’t apprehended, weren’t fingerprinted, weren’t vetted. Average day under Joe Biden? More than 1,800 gotaways. Yesterday? 38 — 38 too many, but we’ll get that to zero. We went from 1,800 [per day] to 38.”
- Fox News’s Bill Melugin: “Border Patrol’s nationwide recorded gotaways have plummeted to a stunningly low daily average of just 77 over the last 21 days, according to internal CBP data we’ve reviewed. President Biden averaged 1,837 gotaways per day in fiscal year 2023 at the height of the crisis, totaling 670,674 for the year.”
PROMISE MADE: “I will ban all welfare and federal benefits for illegals, and then they won’t come.” (10/29/24, Allentown, PA)
PROMISE KEPT:
- President Trump signed an executive order to ensure taxpayer resources are not used to incentivize or support illegal immigration.
- The Trump Administration ended food stamps for illegal immigrants.
- The Trump Administration “clawed back” tens of millions paid to house illegal aliens in luxury NYC hotels and ended a $40 million contract to “improve … inclusion of sedentary migrants.”
- The Department of Education revoked waivers that allowed certain colleges to divert federal funds intended for low-income students and students with disabilities to illegal immigrants.
PROMISE MADE: “I will end catch-and-release.” (10/12/24, Aurora, CO)
PROMISE KEPT:
- Since taking office, the Trump Administration has arrested 150,000+ illegal immigrants, deported 139,000+ illegal immigrants, and released just nine illegal immigrants into the U.S. — a staggering 99.99% decrease over the same period last year under Biden.
- New York Post: Trump orders Border Patrol to immediately stop setting illegal migrants free in the US: ‘Catch and release is ended’
- The Washington Times: Under Trump, border catch-and-release has dropped 99.99% from worst Biden month
PROMISE MADE: “My administration will deliver justice for every family whose loved one has been stolen from them by migrant crime, including Laken Riley, Rachel Morin, Jocelyn Nungaray, Kayla Hamilton, and every other precious American soul that we have lost to these animals. Their memories will live in their hearts forever and our hearts forever, and we will never, ever forget them.” (1/19/25, Washington, D.C.)
PROMISE KEPT:
- Fox News: Trump signs Laken Riley Act into law as first legislative victory in new administration
- Newsweek: Laken Riley’s Mom Says Trump Didn’t Forget Her Daughter as Bill is Signed
- The Hill: Trump signs Laken Riley Act, marking first legislative win of second term
PROMISE MADE: “I will invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. Think of that. 1798, this was put there. 1798 — that’s a long time ago, right? To target and dismantle every migrant criminal network operating on American soil.” (10/12/24, Aurora, CO)
PROMISE KEPT:
- The White House: Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua
- The New York Times: Trump Invoked the Alien Enemies Act to Speed Up Deportations
PROMISE MADE: “Kamala’s app for illegals will be shut down immediately — within 24 hours.” (10/12/24, Aurora, CO)
PROMISE KEPT:
- NBC News: Trump shuts down immigration app, dashing migrants’ hopes of entering U.S.
- The New York Times: Trump Shuts Down Migrant Entry App, Signaling the Start of His Crackdown
- Fox News: Up to 1M migrants who used Biden’s CBP One app ordered to deport by Trump admin
PROMISE MADE: “Today, I am announcing a new plan to end all sanctuary cities in North Carolina and all across our country… and we will bring down the full weight of the federal government on any jurisdiction that refuses to cooperate.” (9/21/24, Wilmington, NC)
PROMISE KEPT:
- Politico: Fresh executive order targets sanctuary cities, federal aid for undocumented migrants
- Reuters: Trump steps up immigration crackdown, warns city, state officials against interference
- The Wall Street Journal: Trump Plans to Withhold All Federal Funding From Sanctuary Cities
- Politico: Trump administration sues New York over sanctuary policies for undocumented immigrants
- AP: Trump administration sues Chicago in latest crackdown on ‘sanctuary’ cities
EXCLUSIVE Desperate cartels turn to ‘demonic’ desert ritual to try and cross the border during Trump’s migrant crackdown
By MARYANN MARTINEZ, TEXAS BUREAU CHIEF IN EL PASO FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Just a few feet from the border wall, smugglers have built a shrine to the cartel patron saint.
With crossing the border tougher than ever before during President Donald Trump‘s immigration crackdown, they hope a last act of God might help them sneak into the United States.
An alter to Santa Muerte that’s been a favorite of cartels for years has been set up just outside El Paso, Texas in Mexico.
While it’s not new for Mexican cartels to turn to the saint of ‘holy death’, shrines to her are now popping up in greater numbers in an area of Mexico known for being a cartel hot bed.
Rancho Anapra, as the neighborhood in Ciudad Juarez is known, is now filled with tributes to Santa Muerte, including one placed strategically within view of US Border Patrol agents holding the line on the international boundary.
‘This is the face of evil that we’re facing as a law enforcement agency,’ Border Patrol spokesman Claudio Herrera-Baeza told DailyMail.com while touring the well-known smuggling corridor.
In this part of the border, three cartels run the show: La Linea, La Impresa and the Sinaloa Cartel, Border Patrol added.
‘It’s the Border Patrol against cartel operations. We know that cartels often use these types of images believing that they will receive some type of protection. In reality, it’s demonic. It’s pure evil.
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| In recent weeks, a shrine to cartel saint Santa Muerte has popped up within feet of the US border wall near El Paso, Texas, DailyMail.com can reveal | The alter to the narco saint is located in a well-known smuggler area directly on the international border in Juarez, Mexico |
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Believers in Santa Muerte leave offerings including fruit, bread, bottles of tequila, money, candles and other tokens.
In exchange, smugglers hope the narco icon will bring them safe passage, wealth and also serve as a way of intimidating others.
The female embodiment of death is often depicted standing on a bed of skulls, wearing a hood and holding a globe in one hand and a sickle in the other.
One statue seized by the DEA from two women accused of transporting meth from the border to Minnesota in 2011.
Wearing a robe made of fake US $100 bills, gold glitter and imitation jewels, the statue doubled as a contraband hiding spot with its hallow interior.
The shrine at the border wall appeared in recent weeks, after Pres. Donald Trump took office in January and began an unprecedented tightening of security.
A candle was burning the morning DailyMail.com visited and a baseball hat hung on the lock used to secure the shrine in a glass case.
‘Rancho Anapra has been known for multiple years as one of the focal points for smuggling,’ the Border Patrol spokesman explained.
‘If you go to the other side of the border, you will see multiple shrines, not only to Santa Muerte but also to (Jesus) Malverde. It’s is a well known saint or patron to the cartels.’
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Jesús Malverde (pronounced [xeˈsus malˈbeɾde] lit. ‘bad-green Jesus‘; born Jesús Juárez Matzo Campos, 24 December 1870[1][2][3][4] – 3 May 1909), commonly referred to as the “generous bandit”, “angel of the poor”,[5] or the “narco-saint”, was a Mexican bandit and folklore hero in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. He was of Yoreme and Spanish heritage. He is a “Robin Hood” figure who was supposed to have stolen from the rich to give to the poor.[6] He is celebrated as a folk saint by some in Mexico and the United States, including among drug traffickers.[7] Robin Hood, Bonnie and Clyde, Jessie James, etc… Become “HEROES” in the eyes of those who are suffering lack. In their mind those who have need to pay for those who have not. STEALING, ROBBERY, AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR is NEVER JUSTIFIED. Whether it is perpetrated by individuals, gangs or GOVERMENTS! |
Not only are tributes to Santa Muerte growing, but traffickers are also seeking help from Jesus Malverde, another narco saint. Known as the Robin Hood in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, Malverde is a folk hero cartels venerate for protection and to increase profits.
The number of illegal crossings into the US have plummet since the Republican president took over compared to the Joe Biden years.
In El Paso, the law enforcement agency went from seeing 2,700 migrant encounters a day under Biden to between 50 and 60 a day now.
‘We pretty sure that we are hurting their finances,’ Herrera-Baeza stated.
‘When you start affecting their work, you start affecting a whole network that they have created. We know that violence might rise.’
The agency is readying itself in case agents are attacked.
Cartels won’t hestiate to turn to violence if profits drop.
Museum reveals Santa Muerte statue they obtained from smugglers
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Border Patrol Spokesperson for the El Paso Sector, Claudio Herrera, says the worshipping of the shrine is ‘demonic’ and ‘disturbing’
Herrera, says it has gotten increasingly harder to illegally get people and products across the border
The government best estimate is that the trafficking of migrants into the US is a $13 billion a year business.
‘We know that a lot of people believe in this type of way to make profit,’ he added.
‘We have seen multiple of these properties used as stash house. They will place migrants in brutal conditions before they are able to cross.’
Migrants are often staged in the humble homes and shacks of Rancho Anapra.
Often starved of food and water, the desperate Central and South Americans hoping for the American dream are kept there until the smugglers deem they can successfully sneak them over the border.
In the worst case scenarios, the devotees of Sante Muerte beat, rape and torture the migrants while they have them in their clutches, all while bending a knee to the skeleton woman.
Shrine to Santa Muerte, patron saint of cartels, appears roadside in area where 21 bodies have been found in last year near US-Mexico border
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This statue of the Holy Death was seized by the DEA in 2011 from two women transporting over 700 grams of methamphetamine between Arizona and Minnesota, was painted gold to represent economic power, success, and prosperity. |
A shine to the patron saint of cartels has mysteriously popped up in the Mexican city across the border from El Paso, Texas.
It’s unknown who built the gray cinder block structure that houses an elaborate alter to Santa Muerte, or Holy Death, on Camino Real Highway in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
In recent years, US law enforcement has become increasingly interested in the cloaked skeleton woman holding a globe and sickle in her hands, as images of the figure are increasingly tied to individuals in organized crime both the US and Mexico.
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| A man arrived at the shrine built of Santa Muerte in Juarez to ask for protection as he’s a truck driver in Mexico | The Santa Muerte shrine in Juarez, Mexico is not far from the US-Mexico border and the neighboring US city of El Paso, Texas |
Holy Death’ guards road where 21 bodies were found within past year
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Santa Muerte has been denounced by the Catholic Church, forbids her worship as blasphemous.
However, cult-like followers have been growing in recent years, including within the drug cartel community.
The DEA says members of the Gulf, Sinaloa and Juarez drug cartels are known to venerate her.
This is highlighted in the recent arrest of a woman wanted in Mexico for cartel killings where she would dismember her victims and remove their hearts as offerings to an altar of ‘Santa Muerte‘
Michelle Pineda, known as ‘La Chely, was allegedly involved in five murders and suspected of playing a role in several other killings in Juárez, the FBI said in a statement.
The 22-year-old was had unlawfully crossed into the US was running a drug trafficking ring for the ‘Artistas Asesinos’ street gang – a Sinaloa Cartel enforcement unit in El Paso.
The FBI and US Border Patrol tracked her down to a motel in West Texas, where she was taken in custody last month.
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Francisco Oropesa, a 38-year-old Mexican, is on the run after shooting dead five people in Cleveland, Texas on Friday night
Oropesa had several tattoos dedicated to the ‘Santa Muerte death cult’. A shrine honoring the cult was found in his room following the massacre.
Francisco Oropesa, 38, opened fire in his neighbors’ Cleveland home, about 40 miles north of Houston, in May 2023 after they asked him to stop firing the gun in his backyard.
Oropesa, who is an illegal immigrant from Mexico previously referred to as Oropeza by police, fled the scene as a nationwide manhunt unfolded.
The shrine in Oropesa’s bedroom sat on top of glass shelving. Candles from the display were still burning from when the gunman opened fire on his victims.
Additionally, Oropesa had a tattoo with of the death cult patroness on one of his arms.
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Dismembered Bodies Found in Clandestine Graves Near US Border
Newsweek Is A Trust Project MemberThe remains of dozens of people, some of whom had been dismembered, were discovered in graves in a Mexican town near the U.S. border, reports say.
Newsweek has contacted the Chihuahua Attorney General’s Office for comment.
This illustrative image from January 12, 2020, shows the site where nine Americans were murdered in an ambush in Galeana, Chihuahua. ALFREDO ESTRELLA/Getty Images
Why It Matters
The remains were discovered near Casas Grandes, an area known for clashes between drug cartels. Upon his return to office, President Donald Trump announced an emergency at the U.S. southern border and issued an executive order declaring foreign cartels as terrorist organizations.
What To Know
On Thursday, the Chihuahua Attorney General’s Office said clandestine graves with bodies and skeletal remains had been found over the previous week near the town of Casas Grandes, in the northern Mexican state.
Border Report, a news outlet that covers stories about the frontier between Mexico and the U.S., said the remains of 41 people had been discovered.
U.S. outlets reporting the story said Casas Grandes is located within a drug corridor disputed by two transnational criminal organizations, although there has been no official statement linking the discovery of the remains with drug cartels.
State police officers tasked with finding missing persons discovered the graves and began digging with the help of members of Mexico’s National Guard, according to the outlet WNCT Greenville.
Officials found bodies in a forested area known as “El Willi” near Casas Grandes, which is about 70 miles south of Columbus, New Mexico. The area is also known as an archaeological site.
| Willi: The name Willi derives from Germanic origins and carries significant meaning. It translates to resolute protector or willful warrior, encapsulating qualities of strength, determination, and loyalty. These attributes have made the name particularly appealing for those seeking a strong identity. Willi serves as a shortened version of names like William and Wilhelm, with the latter being the German form. The connotations of protection and willfulness lend the name a powerful resonance, making it a favored choice in various cultures. |
| EL: The term “El” (אל) has its origins in a Semitic root meaning “might, strength, power,” and is commonly associated with the concept of god in various contexts. It was used as a title for several Semitic gods, including the chief deity of the Canaanites, and is also linked to the Hebrew name for God. Additionally, the Greek transliteration of “El” connects it to the word for “sun,” derived from an ancient proto-Indo-European root.
Behind the Name
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Meaning, origin and history of the name El – Behind the Name
From a Semitic root meaning “god”. This was a title applied to several Semitic gods. The Canaanites used it as the name of their chief deity, the father of the gods and mankind. Th…
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El | The amazing name El: meaning and etymology
The Hebrew name transliterated into Greek forms Ηλ, which constitutes the first syllable of the word ηλιος helios), meaning sun. This word comes from an ancient proto Indo-European…
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On January 15, the task force found a grave with four corpses, according to Border Report. On Tuesday, 10 bodies were found and another 19 the next day. On Thursday, authorities recovered five full sets of skeletal remains and bones they believed belonged to three other people, the news outlet added.
Casas Grandes is 40 miles east of Bavispe, Sonora, where members of the La Linea cartel shot nine Americans dead on November 4, 2019, after mistaking their vehicles for those of rivals from the Sinaloa cartel.
More than 20 people were arrested, and in 2022, a federal judge in North Dakota awarded relatives of the victims $4.6 billion in damages, which has not been paid, Border Report said.
What People Are Saying
The Chihuahua Attorney General’s Office said in a news release: “Search operations carried out by the State Attorney General’s Office in ‘El Willy,’ in the municipality of Casas Grandes found five complete sets of bones and three incomplete sets of bones in 10 graves.”
What Happens Next
State forensic anthropologists removed the remains from the ground, and they were transported to a coroner’s office in Juarez for autopsies and analysis.
Meanwhile, Trump’s designation of criminal gangs and drug cartels as “foreign terrorist organizations” means the U.S. State Department must decide which groups are added to the list.
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There would be 77 bodies in clandestine graves of El Willy in Chihuahua
February 05, 2025 , 21:15 FGE Newsroom/Quadratín Chihuahua CHIHUAHUA, Chih., January 5, 2025.-
The Chihuahua State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) reported that experts resumed this week the field work of the team made up of forensic experts in the area of El Willy, municipality of Casas Grandes, in which new findings were reported. Through a statement, the FGE reported interventions in six graves and in four of them, it registers the following discoveries: a body in complete decomposition; two complete bones, one incomplete skeleton and one cephalic limb. The ministerial authority made a cut on January 27, where it reported the discovery of 72 bodies and skeletal remains exhumed, in 39 graves, so this Wednesday’s report would add 77 bodies, in 45 graves. The complete article in Quadratín Chihuahua
El texto original de este artículo fue publicado por la Agencia Quadratín en la siguiente dirección: https://mexico.quadratin.com.mx/serian-77-cuerpos-en-fosas-clandestinas-de-el-willy-en-chihuahua/
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Sinaloa Cartel smuggler at U.S.-Canada border says he’ll “always” find a way to get migrants into the U.S.
ON THE CANADIAN BORDER WITH A MEXICAN CARTEL SMUGGLER
13MMAR 23, 2025
Migrants, some with help from smugglers found on TikTok, are crossing the U.S.-Canada border. A Sinaloa cartel member says President Trump’s illegal immigration crackdown will not stop the smuggling.
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The border of the U.S. and Canada
In February, we traveled to an area the U.S. Customs and Border Protection calls the Swanton Sector, which runs from New Hampshire to upstate New York. Last year, more than 80% of migrant apprehensions at the northern border happened here.
The Swanton Sector is where this video was recorded in January. A group of men who just crossed the border ran to an SUV that drove them deeper into New York. You’ll also see a woman getting out of the car and go north to Canada.
This man told us he coordinated the handoff and took the video:
Cecilia Vega: Can you tell us who you work for?
Javi (in Spanish/English translation): For the Sinaloa Cartel.
He goes by the name “Javi” and agreed to speak with us only with his camera off. He said he can’t risk his identity being exposed.
Cecilia Vega: How does this work? They tell you where to go? They tell you how many people you have to bring across each week?
Javi (in Spanish/English translation): Exactly. That’s how it goes. They provide the people. They have more people who are behind all this looking for customers, finding them, and summoning them to certain locations.
We found Javi through his online ads, which he says TikTok recently took down. In a conversation with our producer, he did briefly turn his camera on and allowed us to record his masked face.
While it’s not possible to verify everything Javi told us, he sent these pictures of what he says are his guns as proof of his ties to the Sinaloa Cartel. A source in Canadian intelligence told us Javi’s story is consistent with the cartel’s human and drug smuggling operations.
The Sinaloa Cartel is one of the largest and most notorious in Mexico. These are videos Javi sent us of his work. He says he’s part of a team of four. Some drive migrants to and from the border and plan logistics, while Javi says he guides people through the woods. The migrants pay about $3,000 each. Javi told us he makes about a thousand dollars per person… $500 go to the cartel — the rest to the drivers. Some smugglers offer discounts for children.
Cecilia Vega: What’s the youngest child you’ve ever crossed?
Javi (in Spanish/English translation): Three months.
Cecilia Vega: Tres meses.. (Translation: Three months)
Javi (in Spanish/English translation): Yes. Babies.
Cecilia Vega: what happens if one of the migrants you’re working with doesn’t pay?
Javi (in Spanish/English translation): They cannot go. They are held hostage until they pay up.
Cecilia Vega: Until what?
Javi (in Spanish/English translation): Until they pay.
Cecilia Vega: Do you work only with humans, or do you move drugs also?
Javi (in Spanish/English translation): Everything.
Cecilia Vega: How much fentanyl do you move across that border?
Javi (in Spanish/English translation): Lately, it’s been quiet. But for a while there, we were bringing in thirty kilos per month.
Cecilia Vega: Wow.
Cecilia Vega: The drugs come from?
Cecilia Vega: De China? (Translation: From China?)
Javi (in Spanish/English translation): From China.
Cecilia Vega: De China (Translation: From China)
Javi (in Spanish/English translation): I get more into the U.S., but also it goes from the U.S. to Canada. And weapons.
How many pounds of drugs come across the northern border into the United States is unknown. President Trump claims tremendous amounts of fentanyl pour into the country through Canada.
Last year U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized 43 pounds of fentanyl at the northern border compared to more than 21,000 pounds confiscated at the U.S.- Mexico border.
And while the southern border saw 1.5 million illegal crossings last year, there were fewer than 24,000 illegal crossings from Canada. At least known crossings. How many have gone undetected? Or unreported?
Sheriff David Favro: See this woodline up here on the left? They come from way over there on the other side of– you know, back side of Canada and walk along the edge of that woodline. And the woodline continues and goes down to the creek. Then they would follow the creek.
Sheriff David Favro oversees Clinton County, New York, which includes about 28 miles of border.
Cecilia Vega: Where are the smugglers in all this?
Sheriff David Favro: They’re– they’re hiding. They’re– they’re the cowards that are just taking the money, not caring about the people that are crossing, and what hazards those people might run into. So they’re the ones that are just running the business and collecting the cash.
Last year in the Swanton Sector, there were more illegal crossings than the previous 17 years combined-– more than 19,000 migrants were arrested there. They came from 97 countries- mostly from India and Mexico.
And they cross year round, even through blizzards. In the middle of winter, authorities respond weekly to 911 calls from migrants. In January, six Haitians, including a 9-year-old girl, became lost in the woods and some were hospitalized with serious injuries.
Sheriff Favro took us down a local road divided by the border. The area is covered by surveillance cameras on both sides. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police saw us and soon after drove by on patrol.
Cecilia Vega: when someone is crossing in the dead of winter and there’s feet of snow, what are they up against out there?
Sheriff David Favro: They’re up against a lot. And the worst thing that they’re up against is the freezing cold, because the temperatures– you’re– you’re walking through the snow and your pants are getting wet, your boots are gonna start soaking through eventually, and they don’t even realize. They’re so desperate and so quick to try and get to where– where they’re– they wanna be, that they don’t realize frostbite is setting in. And that’s one of the biggest dangers.
The case Sheriff Favro says he’ll never forget is the death of Ana Vazquez-Flores. Residents of Champlain, New York erected a memorial in honor of her and her unborn baby.
The 33-year-old supermarket worker was 5 months pregnant with her first child when she and her husband flew from Mexico to Montreal in December 2023.
They found this Colombian man who advertised on TikTok and hired him to guide Ana across the border.
Text messages taken from court documents show they paid him $2,500.
Ana’s husband asked “… is it safe?”
“Well, look…truth is the only certain thing in life is death, but we are effective.”
On the evening of December 11th, Ana began her walk alone through the snow. The alleged smuggler tracked her by GPS on their phones and texted directions. It was dark and the temperature was below freezing.
Ana’s husband had a visa to work in the United States and was waiting for her in New York.
He wrote: “have you already picked her up?”
“She is crossing friend.”
“I am very nervous.” her husband said.
Forty minutes later, the alleged smuggler wrote, “bro, hello, I think she got wet or turned off her cell phone.”
Investigators think Ana was following his instructions when she stepped into the icy Chazy River. She was already in America. Three days later park rangers and sheriff Favro’s deputies found Ana’s body.
The alleged smuggler was arrested at his home in Quebec by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at the request of the U.S. Justice Department. He was extradited to the United States in February. He pleaded not guilty to smuggling charges and is being held at the Clinton County jail.
A memorial for Ana Vazquez-Flores
Sheriff Favro says that’s the type of coordination that should happen between neighbors.
Sheriff David Favro: I find it unusual that up here along the northern border with all the attention that we’ve had, I haven’t been contacted by anybody at a federal level, really, other than the Border Patrol. We work hand in hand with the Border Patrol.
Cecilia Vega: But you’ve not heard from Washington, from the White House, from anybody in the president’s administration who have been looking intently at your border here?
Sheriff David Favro: No.
This six-time elected sheriff– a Democrat– does credit President Trump’s immigration policies for the drop in illegal crossings that he’s seen at the northern border.
And while Sheriff Favro welcomes a lull, after 43 years in law enforcement, he says the quiet rarely lasts.
Sheriff David Favro: Today, our state of mind is, “When is something gonna happen?” That’s– that’s the big concern. And that’s always in the back of, I think, every law enforcement member’s mind. When is –when is something going to occur? When the numbers are down it gets eerily quiet and we kind of worry about quiet. We like it when– when things are just steady so that we– we know what’s going on, have a better handle on it.
Cecilia Vega: You don’t trust the quiet–
Sheriff David Favro: We– we–
Cecilia Vega: That it’s gonna stick–
Sheriff David Favro: We just don’t trust the quiet is gonna stick.
Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney retaliated with tariffs in response to President Trump’s tariffs. But the Canadian government did concede to Trump’s complaints about the border and announced a nearly billion dollar plan to strengthen border security, by adding more boots on the ground, helicopters and drones and appointed a fentanyl czar.
Cecilia Vega: Are tariffs the answer?
Kelly Sundberg: The tariffs have disrupted relationships between our two countries both economically and socially. I mean, I don’t see Canada as really being the issue here. Yeah, the border needs to be secured, but there’s better ways of doing it than threatening your largest and longest standing partner.
Professor Kelly Sundberg spent 15 years as an officer in the Canadian Border Services Agency and now researches border security at Mount Royal University in Calgary.
Kelly Sundberg: We’ve done a lotta great steps in trying to keep the border open. On the Canadian side we have fallen short in keeping it secure. We do not have– a Border Patrol, such as the United States. We have very few officers. So– equivalent to ICE– so your Immigration Customs Enforcement in the United States– which has thousands of officers, for our entire country we have 400. Clearly, if we’re going to– address the concerns of President Trump– let alone the concerns of many Canadians also, is we need to increase those numbers.
Cecilia Vega: You’d like to see more?
Kelly Sundberg: For the number of cases that we have, I’ve calculated we probably need around 4,000 to 5,000 officers nationally.
Last month Canada and the United States — on the same day– declared the Sinaloa Cartel a terrorist organization.
We spoke to Javi again this week and he told us the cartel has since had to change the way it moves drugs across the northern border, but the designation has not affected how many people they smuggle into the United States illegally.
Cecilia Vega: What has the return of Donald Trump meant for your business?
Javi (in Spanish/English translation): There’s always going to be business. Later on, Donald Trump’s time will pass, and this will continue. This is not going to stop.
Cecilia Vega: If they put more border patrol officers at the border, if they put more checkpoints, is there anything anyone can do to stop you from moving people across the border?
Javi: No. No.
Cecilia Vega: Nada? (Translation: nothing?)
Javi (in Spanish/English translation): No, nothing. There’s always a way. The border between Canada and the U.S. is much bigger than the one with Mexico. You can always get in.
Cecilia Vega: You’ll find another way.
Javi (in Spanish/English translation): Always.
Produced by Michael Rey and Jaime Woods. Associate producer, Luisa Garcia. Broadcast associates, Katie Jahns and Georgia Rosenberg. Edited by Matthew Lev.
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.” It looked like a meme. It was a smuggling ad — targeted, polished, and viral.In April, an Associated Press investigation exposed what U.S. officials have long feared: TikTok has become the digital storefront for human trafficking into the United States. Smugglers post short, algorithm-fed videos of illegal border crossings — deserts, speedboats, storm drains — cut to music, capped with emojis, and followed by WhatsApp contact links. Migrants are sold “packages”: route, transport, coaching, paperwork, and sometimes even testimonials from “happy customers.”
In one case, a smuggler known as “El Flako” offered a $5,000 package from Mexico City to New York, promising payment upon arrival and coordinating via TikTok and WhatsApp. In another case, traffickers in Canada were caught advertising $5,000 crossings from Montreal to New York, targeting Indian nationals through TikTok videos.
This isn’t migration. It’s a gamified exploitation of immigration systems, refined through content and scaled by engagement. Coyotes aren’t hiding. They’re uploading.
In March, U.S. Border Patrol recorded just 7,181 encounters — a 95 percent drop year-on-year. But on TikTok, the border looks wide open. Smugglers mock Trump’s policies, claim the wall is “just for show,” and promise “safe passage guaranteed.” One woman stranded in Juárez found a new coyote through TikTok in under 30 minutes. The videos are effective. And they scale.
The shadow economy is enormous: the smuggling industry at the U.S. southern border is now worth more than $13 billion, up from $500 million in 2018. In Texas, over 1,000 Americans, many under 25, have been arrested after responding to TikTok posts offering “fast cash” for picking up migrants. Law enforcement has called it “Uber for smuggling.”
But the problem doesn’t stop at the southern border.
Smugglers are now gaming the northern route. In 2025, TikTok ads promised “safe, fast forest crossings” from Canada into Vermont and New York, charging up to $4,500 per person. One trafficker, interviewed by CBS News, described walking families — babies included — through snowy forest trails into the U.S. from Montreal. The U.S. responded with mass deportation flights, including over 200 Indian nationals in a single week this spring. (RELATED: Canada’s Reckless Immigration Policies)
Canada, now a key transit hub, is scrambling. In February 2025, the Trudeau government announced a C$1 billion border security package, including drones, mobile surveillance, and rapid-response teams. Yet the TikTok ads keep coming.
The U.K. is in the same battle. A Sky News investigation found Albanian and Arabic-language TikToks offering “VIP packages” across the Channel — complete with forged documents, housing, and jobs. One promised arrival in Britain “in 45 minutes, guaranteed.” In just the first 10 weeks of 2025, over 4,392 people crossed in 80 boats. The U.K.’s National Crime Agency has taken down more than 8,000 smuggling-related accounts since 2023.
Some traffickers even waive fees if migrants film the journey. A smiling face on a dinghy, a Union Jack emoji, and the caption: “DM for your route.” It’s advertising, disguised as proof.
TikTok says it removes this content. But enforcement lags. Videos are deleted, reposted, and reshared within hours. The platform’s design isn’t stopping the problem — it’s optimizing it.
This isn’t just border crossing. It’s system-bending — sold in 30 seconds or less.
And until governments learn to govern what’s happening in the feed, they’re not policing the frontier — they’re lagging behind the algorithm.
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