A senior Texas official has asked the Trump administration and federal authorities at the southern border to help the state take back control of two islands in the Rio Grande that Mexican cartels have occupied.
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham asked President Donald Trump and the Border Patrol to seize a “cartel-infested” set of islands in the river that divide the United States and Mexico, which technically belong to the U.S. The islands are located near Roma, Texas.
“The identified island is currently being used by cartels for smuggling operations and stash sites for weapons and other illicit activities,” Buckingham wrote in a letter sent on Monday to Trump. “[The Texas Military Department] plans to utilize engineering assets to eliminate the dense brush and vegetation on
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