By Todd Bensman as originally published April 28 by the Center for Immigration Studies OJINAGA, Mexico — The nine Central Americans filed single file from a Mexican customs building at the Presidio-Ojinaga International Bridge and out onto the street with no food, no plan and the heavy burden of bad luck. The US Border Patrol had caught them on a ranch about 80 or 100 miles inside Texas … [Read more...] about Inside a Cartel Smuggling Operation Into West Texas
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About Biden’s Nominee to Lead US Customs and Border Protection – WBAP Radio Dallas-Fort Worth
Host: The president has come up with a new pick to head the Border Patrol and he stays in law enforcement and he goes with the police chief of Tucson, Arizona, and his name is Chris Magnus. At first glance, you go, ‘okay, Tucson police chief, surely he knows what’s going on down there. Todd, give us some sense as to what we can expect from this new head of Customs and Border Patrol. Bensman: … [Read more...] about About Biden’s Nominee to Lead US Customs and Border Protection – WBAP Radio Dallas-Fort Worth
In the War Room with Steve Bannon Discussing Border reporting
WATCH THE MARCH 29, 2021 SEGMENT STARTING AT MINUTE 8:32 … [Read more...] about In the War Room with Steve Bannon Discussing Border reporting
On the Steve Gruber Show Video Podcast discussing reporting trip to Mexico
Discussing recent border trip to El Paso and Juarez. … [Read more...] about On the Steve Gruber Show Video Podcast discussing reporting trip to Mexico
Guatemala’s Terrorist Designation of Hizballah Explained
The seemingly incongruous designations are more connected with a broader U.S. strategic initiative to pressure Hizballah’s South America revenue lifelines as the group and its primary sponsor, Iran, reel under harsh U.S. economic sanctions. Hizballah reportedly was facing financial pain because of American sanctions. by Todd Bensman as published December 4, 2020 by the Investigative Project on … [Read more...] about Guatemala’s Terrorist Designation of Hizballah Explained
Massive Stanford Ponzi Scheme Decimates Mexico City’s Jews
*Recognized as Best Business Story of 2010, Houston Press Club By Todd Bensman as originally published by GlobalPost News in July 2009 SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Over the past 15 years, Kadima, a Jewish charity in Mexico City, has helped developmentally disabled Jews live to their fullest potential. The charity, which has 250 beneficiaries, offers day care for adults with Down Syndrome, and … [Read more...] about Massive Stanford Ponzi Scheme Decimates Mexico City’s Jews
A Dystopian “Biden Effect:” Now in the Offing on Illegal Immigration
A Biden Effect would look like a sustained migrant crisis in which hundreds of thousands of Central Americans and others from around the world, who have by now fully absorbed Biden campaign promises, would storm through Mexico once again in vast human caravans. By Todd Bensman as originally published by the Center for Immigration Studies A few months after President Donald Trump’s 2016 … [Read more...] about A Dystopian “Biden Effect:” Now in the Offing on Illegal Immigration
Idea to Label ANTIFA a Terrorist Organization Neither “Crazy” Nor “Illegal”
Former President Barack Obama already designated Antifa a domestic terrorist organization, in 2016. So President Trump, assuming he knows this, is likely thinking of the much more punitive Foreign Terrorist Organization designation. By Todd Bensman President Donald Tump’s May 31 Tweeted intention to designate “Antifa” as a terrorist organization is neither “crazy” nor … [Read more...] about Idea to Label ANTIFA a Terrorist Organization Neither “Crazy” Nor “Illegal”
8-Part Series: CIS Investigates Terror Travel Threat in Panama and Costa Rica
LINK TO THE SERIES HERE President Donald Trump's claims that Middle Eastern migrants were traveling Central American routes to the U.S. border, among them some Islamic terrorists, spawned a confused national debate that never quite moved past disputes over just the basic facts. Such as: Can, have, and do migrants from countries of terrorism concern, where Islamic terrorist groups operate, … [Read more...] about 8-Part Series: CIS Investigates Terror Travel Threat in Panama and Costa Rica
Gunrunning to Mexico Part III: Buyers remorseless
How “straw purchasers” in the U.S. find a big bang for their buck for Mexico’s drug thugs Crucial to the flow of guns into Mexico are networks of straw buyers — U.S. citizens with clean criminal backgrounds bankrolled by the cartels to shop for guns. Two kinds stalk South Texas: ordinary people with perhaps only a sneaking suspicion about who’s ultimately paying them; and those much more … [Read more...] about Gunrunning to Mexico Part III: Buyers remorseless