South Texas Boy Scout leader says more kids are joining cartels than scouting troops
By Kelsey Bradshaw, mySanAntonio.com
Updated 5:51 pm CDT, Friday, October 27, 2017
More South Texas boys are choosing to join cartels instead of a the Boy Scouts, according to a border scouting official.
Rudy Gonzalez, scout executive for the Rio Grande Council of the Boy Scouts of America, told the Rio Grande Guardian the organization does not want cartels to take over the area.
"Right now, there's a lot of gangs, and down here in the valley the cartels have more members than we have scouts," he said.
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/us-world/border-mexico/article/Texas-Boy-Scout-kids-join-cartels-gangs-troops-12301834.phpNew report shows how Mexican cartels are infiltrating Laredo, rest of Texas
By Kelsey Bradshaw, San Antonio Express-News
Updated 7:08 am CST, Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Mexican cartels smuggle more drugs into the U.S. than any other criminal group, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration said in a new report.
The 2017 National Drug Threat Assessment released in October lists six cartels as having major influences across the country and Texas.
Cartels' influence in Texas is far-reaching, affecting cities hundreds of miles from the state's border with Mexico.
While the arrests of two Los Zetas leaders has weakened the cartel's influence on Eagle Pass and Laredo, its presence is still felt because of members who have assumed control, bringing cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana into Texas.
https://www.lmtonline.com/border-mexico/article/New-report-shows-how-Mexican-cartels-are-12358853.phpAnd they are complaining about children who are being fed, clothed and given medical attention after family? put them through a very dangerous journey. These children are doing crafts, having snacks. Watching television. Time to play. They are doing the things children do for the most part. It is a difficult situation they are in for sure but their families put them there not us. DNC should think about American children on Independence day. Children who are being groomed by criminals who have come into this country illegally to manufacture their drugs and rain desperation on our youth.
They should think of the prospect of a Cartel America complete with shoot outs and beheadings. Law enforcement infiltration. Government infiltration. A criminal America, Mexico North.