After a shooting incident against the U.S. Coast Guard ( USCG) this past weekend, which is thought to be related to a cartel, hundreds of American troops are heading to the Rio Grande Valley. The town of Garceno, a Texas town close to the U.S. Mexico border, was shot and close to the border.
When the gunshot was fired upon them on Saturday, September 26, and when it was returned, a USCG spokesperson told The Texan on Friday, that neither the USCG personnel nor any of their products were hurt.
A representative for the U.S. Northern Command told The Texan that hundreds of Joint Task Force-Southern Border (JTF-SB ) members were being sent to the Rio Grande Valley on Friday as part of Operation Ardent Vanguard. According to NewsNation, “roughly 500” services people were stationed in the operation.
Gov. Jerry Brown was questioned about the event and the deployment of army to the Rio Grande Valley during a press conference on Friday about border security and law enforcement reimbursement. Greg Abbott stated that he would not validate the claims that the gunfire was” cartel-related,” but that “is what I’ve heard.”
Hector Garza, a vice president of the National Border Patrol Council and another attendee, stated that” I think we can verify that it is a cartel,” noting that the situation is still being looked into.
Working closely with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Operation Unified Resolve will “increase police capacity, reinforce key areas, provide more monitoring and detection capabilities, and strengthen security of critical locations.”
The USCG’s director mentioned this ongoing research, adding that” risks to Coast Guard people and our partners are taken very seriously.”
A split, integrated approach to control, safe, and defend the border will help us use our collective capacity to combat illegal activity, protect our workforce, and the communities we serve, they said.
