Thread: Large Alligator Spotted in Texas-Mexico Border River, Governor Warns Migrants

Large Alligator Spotted in Texas-Mexico Border River, Governor Warns Migrants



by RANDY CLARK 29 Apr 2024

EAGLE PASS, Texas — Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a warning to migrants who might attempt to cross the Rio Grande from Mexico illegally — “Alligators are in the Rio Grande. FYI there are warning signs posted in some sectors. Cross at your own risk.”

Governor Abbott’s warning was posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday and accompanied a video posted by local resident Luis De La Torre in Eagle Pass showing a large alligator swimming in the Rio Grande.

According to Border Patrol agents in the city, a pair of large alligators have been sighted in the area for years.



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Alligators are in the Rio Grande.

FYI there are warning signs posted in some sectors.

Cross at your own risk.



Auden B. Cabello
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Eagle Pass: Local resident, Luis De La Torre, came across an alligator while fishing this morning at the Rio Grande. Previous sightings of alligators have been confirmed by Border Patrol.



11:35 PM · Apr 28, 2024

One Border Patrol agent assigned to patrol the Rio Grande in the area says the agents frequently encounter the two alligators between the north end of the city and the two ports of entry near the heart of downtown.

The source, not authorized to speak to the media, says the alligators are pets that escaped from a veterinarian who lived north of the city around twenty years ago. The non-breeding pair escaped from an enclosure during a Rio Grande flooding event.

The source says there have been no reported encounters between the gators and the thousands of migrants that have crossed the Rio Grande since their escape. “The alligators don’t seem to be fearful of the airboats we use. They will swim along the side of the boat out of curiosity,” the source added.

The most recent sighting of the alligators is just north of a proposed military complex being built by the State to house 2,200 Texas Army National Guard soldiers as part of Abbott’s Operation Lone Star border security mission. As reported by Breitbart Texas, the base will offer dramatic improvements to the current accommodations for soldiers working along the border, including individual rooms, a 700-seat dining facility, a recreational center, laundry facilities, and WiFi access.



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Construction continues at the Forward Operating Base in Eagle Pass.

This base camp will house thousands of Texas National Guard soldiers responding to President Biden’s ongoing border crisis.

More #OperationLoneStar updates: https://bit.ly/4bdGuIw

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2:54 PM · Apr 26, 2024

According to the Texas Military Department, the camp provides chaplaincy programs and medical and psychological health facilities. Governor Abbott announced the project in February, saying, “Texas is expanding our border security capabilities by building a new Texas Military Department base camp to increase and improve border security operations in this area. This will increase the ability for a larger number of Texas Military Department soldiers in Eagle Pass to operate more effectively and efficiently.”

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2024/04/29/large-alligator-spotted-in-texas-mexico-border-river-governor-warns-migrants/

Send Mexico's boats in to fish them out, not our border patrol.

That border needs to be shut down.

Build a concrete seawall to keep illegal aliens off the banks of the river.

Video at link:




https://www.koat.com/article/alligat...rande/28223210





Need to put signs up all along the river.