Officials debate threat of cartels along Texas border

October 14, 2011 9:01 PM

THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD



At least two U.S. congressmen from Texas on Friday disputed a recent report penned by two retired U.S. Army officers that states the area along the Texas-Mexico border has become a war zone because of the ongoing drug cartel violence.

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D- Laredo, and U.S. Rep. Sylvestre Reyes, D- El Paso, voiced concerns — at times heated — that the re-port, “Texas Border Security: A Strategic Military Assessment,â€