EXCLUSIVE: Mexico Abandons Border State Immigration Checkpoints near Texas

by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ, BRANDON DARBY and GERALD TONY ARANDA 12 Aug 2021

Mexican authorities abandoned at least two immigration checkpoints along the busiest highway used by cartel-linked human smugglers to reach the Texas border. The abandoned posts were revealed as U.S. authorities report record-setting numbers of migrant apprehensions in South Texas.

Breitbart Texas obtained exclusive access to a Mexican federal memo that revealed since early June, agents with the National Migration Institute (INM) were removed from the checkpoint in Cadereyta, along the highway that connects the Monterrey metropolitan area with the border city of Reynosa. Additionally, Breitbart Texas discovered that INM officials stopped manning their checkpoint south of Reynosa along the same highway. In the past, INM agents, along with Mexico’s National Guard and Nuevo Leon State Police, inspected vehicles traveling north for migrants in the country illegally.


During the month of July, Breitbart Texas took several trips along that highway to document the lack of law enforcement presence at both checkpoints. The two stations have tents and trailers that the agents would use while manning the checkpoints.


The route from Monterrey to Reynosa is used by the Gulf Cartel as the criminal organization continues to profit from the mass migration of Central Americans to Texas. Since the start of the year, the Gulf Cartel shifted its operational resources to prioritize human smuggling and has proven successful in overwhelming the detention capabilities of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.


Breitbart Texas consulted with Mexican law enforcement sources who revealed that federal budget shortfalls and security concerns over armed cartel convoys are the primary reasons why the checkpoints were abandoned. Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas state police forces recently placed some high-ranking INM personnel under investigation for working for the Gulf Cartel and others.

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