Roughly 500 U.S. troops are deploying to Texas’ Rio Grande Valley following a NewsNation report that Coast Guard personnel took gunfire on the river.
Coast Guard members faced gunfire from the Mexican border near Garceno and Roma, Texas.
Personnel returned fire during joint operations. No injuries or damage were reported. Law enforcement sources confirmed the incident involved suspected cartel members.
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Joint Task Force Southern Border aims to expand patrols, improve monitoring, and secure key locations with Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection partners.
This is a good time to remind people that Democrats are backing the plan to abolish ICE and Border Patrol. Do you really want to vote Democrat over gas prices? In any case, it’s President Zelensky who is causing the diesel shortage.
Roughly 500 US troops are moving into Texas’ Rio Grande Valley this week, with video showing soldiers arriving in Chinook helicopters, days after a Coast Guard boat came under fire from cartel members.
The Coast Guard says its crew was on a joint interdiction patrol when gunfire came from across the border. Personnel returned fire; no one was hurt, and no boats were damaged. Law enforcement sources describe the shooters as suspected cartel members, and the incident is still under investigation.
Northern Command is calling the surge Operation Unified Response, which will involve more patrols, sensors, and force protection for Border Patrol and Coast Guard crews working the river.
Shooting at a US boat on the Rio Grande is not a border incident. It is an attack on American personnel, and the response is already on the ground.
The troops have arrived.
Mexican cartels are about to find out.
Roughly 500 US troops are moving into Texas’ Rio Grande Valley this week, with video showing soldiers arriving in Chinook helicopters, days after a Coast Guard boat came under fire from cartel members.
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