Drug Cartel Threatens Texas Lawmakers - Updated

(Hidalgo County, Texas) South Texas lawmakers are being threatened by drug gangs.

Our source explains increased law enforcement at the border is making it tougher for the Zetas to preserve their drug and weapons smuggling routes into the United States. They don’t want lawmakers to send National Guard troops to the border. Troops would threaten the Zetas’ operations.

The security source tells us the threats are an act of desperation, but they may have the opposite effect the Zetas want. The more threats against lawmakers make it more likely the governor would send the National Guard to the border.

Reportedly, kidnapping is a serious concern.

[Update] According to a local report from Laredo, the FBI was alerted last month by an informant who was asked by the Zetas to identify an elected official or federal judge suitable for abduction.

Rio Grande valley state officials told reporters that they had been briefed by the Texas Department of Public safety about the drug trafficker's plan to abduct US elected officials.

Lawmakers who wanted to remain anonymous say they were asked to take precautions, even offered extra security but while multiple federal law enforcement agencies said the threats had been investigated and discounted, the lawmakers claim they never heard back from authorities.
The claims have been catching the attention of south Texas elected officials some of whom have said they as well as everybody else are still on guard.

Meanwhile, the two-year battle for supremacy in the drug trade has killed more than 5,000 people and "El Chapo" Guzman's Sinaloa cartel is being seen as the winner in the drug war.



Joachim "El Chapo" Guzman
Intelligence sources indicate that the Sinaloa cartel has overpowered the Juarez cartel for control of drug flow through Juarez and El Paso, considered ground zero in the drug war. U.S. agents warn that violence will continue as long as the Juarez cartel leader, Carrillo Fuentes, is still alive.