Border Report on Wednesday confirmed that "hundreds" of military troops have been repositioned from other border posts to the Rio Grande Valley and are actively patrolling from McAllen, in Hidalgo County, and throughout Starr County. It comes after Coast Guard were shot at Sept. 26 from Mexico while patrolling the Rio Grande in Starr County.
From August to September, the military used a high-energy laser in the Rio Grande Valley to take down at least 11 cartel drones.
Mexico’s Navy announced the deployment of almost 160 ground troops following a recent incident in which gunmen from the terrorist organization the Gulf Cartel fired on…
The troops were deployed to the Rio Grande Valley as part of an effort to bolster border security, a spokesperson said.
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