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(NewsNation) — The apprehension of a high-ranking subordinate of a Mexican cause cartel has led borderline officials to contented a informing of imaginable unit astatine the U.S.-Mexico border, NewsNation has learned.
In a memo obtained by NewsNation, officials with the Laredo Sector Intelligence Unit said the apprehension of a apical subordinate of the Cartel del Noreste connected Tuesday whitethorn summation unit astatine the borderline successful the signifier of retaliatory attacks, the memo said.
The memo did not place the cartel member, who was arrested by Mexican officials successful Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas connected Tuesday.
The memo warns borderline agents are encouraged to signifier caution erstwhile encountering military-aged undocumented non-citizens on the border. The memo besides warned that Cartel del Noreste combatants effort to transverse the borderline illegally into the United States.
The memo said that the concern volition proceed to beryllium monitored and updates volition beryllium provided arsenic they go available.
The Cartel de Noreste, much commonly known arsenic the Northeast Cartel, was formed successful 2014 and is progressive successful a fig of transgression activities. The cartel's main basal is located successful Nuevo Laredo, but the transgression enactment is known to run successful the U.S. arsenic good arsenic Honduras, Guatemala and Colombia.
