AZMEX UPDATE 2 APR 2019
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Residents Near Texas Border Town Threatened By Human Smugglers
OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 6:54 AM PT — Tuesday, April 2, 2019
https://www.oann.com/residents-near-texas-border-town-threatened-by-human-smugglers/
Residents in a Texas border town say they are living in fear of so-called "cartel coyotes."
According to residents near the Falfurrias border checkpoint on Monday, the area has become a stomping ground for human traffickers.
One rancher — identified only as Solia — said she regularly sees armed cartel gunman directing groups of illegal migrants
as with as many as 70 people through her property in hopes of bypassing border check points.
She also said the groups frequently threaten residents to stay quiet.
In this Thursday, March 14, 2019, photo, a Border Patrol agent talks with a group suspected of having entered the U.S. illegally near McAllen, Texas.
While many adults crossing the border on their own in South Texas try to flee agents,
most migrant parents and children wait to surrender so they can be processed and released into the United States. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
"They just put a finger to their lips and it's like… 'you better not say anything'…they know what we drive, they know where we live," explained the Texas rancher.
"They were trying to get in towards the house."
Solia said she feels so threatened that she can no longer leave her house without a gun.
She also said the number of human traffickers she sees has increased over the past years, and clearly illustrates the need for a wall at the border.
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Weslaco man pleads guilty to threatening Border Patrol agents
Lorenzo Zazueta-Castro - March 30, 2019
https://www.themonitor.com/2019/03/30/weslaco-man-pleads-guilty-threatening-border-patrol-agents/
A local trailer driver could receive up to six years in federal prison for threatening several U.S. Border Patrol agents at the checkpoint in Falfurrias, court records show.
Daniel Campos Jr., 49, of Weslaco pleaded guilty Thursday to one of five counts of threatening to assault a federal enforcement officer
while engaged in performance of official duties, according to a news release from the Southern District of Texas U.S. Attorney's office stated.
Campos was indicted Jan. 23 on five accounts of the offense related to an incident in late December 2018,
when he was driving a tractor trailer attempting to cross the Falfurrias checkpoint.
During this encounter, Border Patrol agents tried questioning Campos at the checkpoint, but according to the Southern District of Texas U.S. Attorney's office,
he became hostile, argumentative and "refused to answer questions;" also, a Border Patrol K-9 was alerted to the vehicle during this exchange.
"As a result, authorities directed Campos to secondary inspection for further processing.
While attempting to get him to proceed there, Campos yelled, cursed and refused to comply with the agents' request," the release stated.
"Campos eventually relented and proceeded to secondary inspection.
At secondary, he continued to yell, shouting, homophobic remarks and threatened five (Border Patrol) agents.
Specifically, he threatened to kick the (Border Patrol K-9) in the nose,
said he would engage in inappropriate conduct with the agents' mothers and threatened to harm the agents if he saw them outside of their uniforms."
At the hearing, Campos admitted he threatened the agents, acknowledging he did so in order to intimidate, impede and interfere with the agents' investigation.
He also confirmed the threat occurred as a result of the agents performing their official duties as agents, the release states.
In exchange for his guilty plea, government prosecutors agreed to dismiss the remaining four counts he was charged with, court records show.
Campos, who has been in custody since his initial court appearance in early February, will remain in custody pending his sentencing hearing,
currently scheduled for June 27, according to records.
The FBI conducted the investigation, and assistant U.S. attorney Jeremy C. Fugate is prosecuting the case.
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