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Suspected members of a Mexican drug cartel were arrested this week after illegally entering the United States while armed with guns and tactical gear, authorities said.
Five people suspected of being part of the Cartel Del Noreste (CDN) were taken into custody Thursday in Fronton, Texas, by several law enforcement agencies during an operation involving the Texas Department of Public Safety, the National Guard and the U.S. Border Patrol. were involved.
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Suspected members of the Mexican drug cartel, armed with guns, were arrested this week on the Texas side of the southern border, authorities said. (Texas DPS)
Two of them were armed with guns. They also had a number of young people with them.
Mexican drug cartels have become bolder in recent years with their activities on the southern border.
In May, Mexico said it had arrested a top lieutenant of the violent Metros faction of the Gulf drug cartel involved in 23 attacks against police and nine against military personnel.
The suspect was identified as Hugo Salinas Cortinas, whose nickname “La Cabra” means “The Goat”.
Authorities said youths with the suspected cartel members. (Texas DPS)
He was arrested near the border. Mexican authorities said he was caught with two guns and 600 pills, apparently fentanyl.
Also in May, feuding cartels blocked roads in the border town of Matamoros, opposite Brownsville, Texas. At one point, gunmen forced high school students out of a school bus and used the vehicle as a blockade.
A suspected Mexican cartel member moves through brush in Fronton, Texas. (Texas DPS)
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Long dominated by the Gulf Cartel, Matamoros has splintered into warring factions, one of which is said to be affiliated with the Jalisco Cartel.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
