A video released by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) shows a group of men running for cover after illegal activity is halted.
It is difficult to determine how these heterogeneous crime groups target the United States, but Mexican authorities need to respond to what might be called domestic terrorism.
The remains found in the Chihuahua state included some bodies, some complete skeletons and other partial remains, as well as bullet casings.
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, leader of Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel, has called an emergency meeting as Donald Trump brought in an executive order deeming cartels terrorist organisations
Seizures like this weaken the financial powers of criminal organizations and disrupt their operations,” he said.
Authorities have issued an urgent warning for travelers crossing the border between the U.S and Mexico after cartels reportedly place explosives along roadways.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order to designate Latin American drug cartels as terrorist organizations is part of his plan to stop the flow of fentanyl coming across the border. But Mexico’s president says the problem requires collaboration.
The order did not list any Mexican cartels by name but said Cabinet secretaries would recommend groups for designation as terrorist organizations in the next 14 days.
A Trump executive order could designate Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations; experts have expressed caution on that approach.
A Sinaloa cartel member arrested by ICE in El Paso, Texas, was found with multiple weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition, sources say.
Authorities in the Mexican state of Chihuahua have uncovered 73 bodies and sets of skeletal remains in clandestine graves over the past month, highlighting the ongoing violence tied to cartel conflicts in the region.