Juarez and Chihuahua State, Mexico – April 2024
Daily Mail Cartel Secrets: Inside Mexican Gang Territory, Bensman’s report of how pedophiles and killers pay cartel smugglers to sneak them across the border
Hit the gas!’ I barked at my translator behind the wheel of our tiny rental car. ‘Let’s get the f*** out of here!’ We tore off – and left the reflections of two cartel men shrinking in our rearview mirror. Reporting on the ground in northern Mexico comes with certain risks and chief among them is unexpectedly coming face-to-face with gunmen. I’d come to La Linea Cartel territory, a vast high desert region west of Ciudad Juárez, to document a part of the migrant crisis that few ever see: the smuggling of dangerous criminals into America.Juárez is a crime-ravaged city at the junction of the New Mexico, Texas and Mexico borders. Over the past three years, tens of thousands of migrants have traveled here to willingly turn themselves over to U.S. Border Patrol agents outside of El Paso, Texas. These migrants hope to join the many millions, who’ve been processed and released into the U.S. on the sole condition that they eventually produce a legitimate reason for being in the country. But a few miles west of Juárez, it’s a different story
Video: Welding the Border Shut
During a clandestine trip into La Linea Cartel controlled turf west of Juarez, Bensman came across a welder on the New Mexico side of a border wall who was repairing smuggling holes. The ensuing interview revealed a startling set of facts, including this one: government contractors are never able to work themselves out of a job no matter how many holes a day they refill.
Video: An Epidemic of Runners from Juarez into New Mexico
Thousands of ‘runners’ are pouring into New Mexico from an area west of Juarez totally controlled by La Linea Cartel.
Texas Versus The Wire Cutters
An ongoing battle takes place all day and night between Texas state police and National Guard and illegal immigrants determined to defeat state fortifications in Juarez, Mexico.
Video: Biden’s Mexico Crackdown
President Biden has cut a deal with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez-Obrador to have Mexican troops and immigration officials help him defeat Trump on the mass migration crisis issue. Mexico is cracking down all across the Texas border now to reduce the terrible optics