Texas/Mexico Border Security Update
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Texas/Mexico Border Security Update FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Governor’s Guidance “Using intelligence, available state assets, and a new command and control structure, we are going to take back our border from those who exploit it.” Governor Rick Perry Border Security Threat Matrix Enterprises Activities Tools Cartels Crimes Against People Vehicles Gulf Cartel Violent Crimes Cars Los Zetas Murder Trucks / Containers Assassinations Sinaloa Cartel (CGO) Boats Torture Juarez Cartel (VCF) Beheadings Aircraft Tijuana Cartel Kidnapping Communications Trans-National Gangs Human Smuggling Cell Phones (disposable) Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) Drugs / Contraband Secure Radios Barrio Aztecas (BA) Identity Theft Calling Cards Mexikanemi Internet Hermanos de Pistoleros Latinos Crimes Against Property Intelligence (HPLS) Vehicle theft for smuggling Scouts Texas Syndicate Infrastructure destruction Sensors Tango Blast Infrastructure denial Monitors Tri-City Bombers Cyber attacks Property theft / destruction Human Sources Aryan Brotherhood Money Laundering Terrorism Attacks Cash Other Drug Trafficking Explosives Gift Cards Organizations (DTOs) Chemical Pre-paid Credit Cards Biological Wire Transfers Terrorists Radiological Nuclear Lodging/Storage Al Qaeda and Sunni Terrorist Toxic Industrial Chemicals Safe Houses Hamas Stash/Warehouses Hezbollah Threat Threat Corridors Major Conflict States (Red) Threat •Powerful and ruthless Mexican crime organizations such as the Gulf, Juarez, Los Zetas and Sinaloa Cartels dominate the lucrative U.S. drug and human smuggling market and constitute a public safety and homeland security threat to the U.S. •Mexican crime organizations utilize former military commandos such as the Zetas and Kaibiles, and transnational gangs, such as the Barrio Azteca, Texas Syndicate, MS-13 and the Mexican Mafia to support their operations on both sides of the border. Transnational Threat • Every major gang in the State of Texas is connected to Mexican cartel smuggling operations. These gangs are responsible for a disproportionate amount of the violent crimes in our communities. Gang Recruitment of Teens Cartel hires Laredo teen as hit man Houston Chronicle Gabriel Cardona, who is now 20, was charged with killing five people in the span of 10 months. So far, he’s pleaded guilty to two murder charges and faces three more. Cardona was the “hookup,” the connection between a high- level drug trafficker in Mexico and a rotating cast of teenagers Gabriel Cardona and young men who act as assassins on the U.S. side of the border. At least one, Rosalio Reta, a 17 year old Houston native, was trained at a Gulf Cartel camp in Mexico. - Recruitment profile: American kids, age 17-24 - Dubbed “Zetillas” – slang for “Baby Zetas” - Generally receive $5,000 - $50,000 for murder, Rosalio Reta depending on their role and target Gang Recruitment of Teens Teen made $50,000 smuggling drugs across border El Paso, Texas (CNN), April 21, 2009 Danny Santos, now 21, says he became one of the thousands of American and Mexican teenagers recruited into the dangerous world of drug smuggling. USBP officials in El Paso and San Diego report that in recent months, they’ve seen a rise in the number of juvenile drug smugglers getting busted at border checkpoints. At age 15, Santos says he met “a guy” at a party who introduced him to drug kingpins in Ciudad Juarez, MX. He was arrested once, but spent only a few days in jail. He said charges were dropped because he was younger than 18 when arrested and juvenile cases are sealed. Threat Gang Recruitment of Teens Teen drug-smuggling arrests jump El Paso Times, March 30, 2009 EL PASO -- More juvenile drug smugglers have been arrested in March on the El Paso border than in the last two months combined, USBP officials said. There have been 17 accused smugglers age 17 and younger arrested in March compared with five in February and seven in January Violence in Mexico The body count continues to rise in Mexico as a result of cartel activity: Juarez Mexico 2008 1,609 6,290 2009: 2,657 7,724 2010: 1,631* 6,248** *As of 13 Jul 2010 **As of 15 Jul 2010 Reynosa Shootout: February 17-18, 2009 Across from McAllen, TX. Reynosa Shootout: February 17-18, 2009 Reynosa Shootout: February 17-18, 2009 Reynosa Shootout: February 17-18, 2009 Reynosa Shootout: February 17-18, 2009 Reynosa Shootout: February 17-18, 2009 Matamoros Shootout: September 4, 2009 Across from Brownsville, TX. Matamoros Shootout: September 4, 2009 Matamoros Shootout: September 4, 2009 Matamoros Shootout: September 4, 2009 Matamoros Shootout: September 4, 2009 Matamoros Shootout: September 4, 2009 Matamoros Shootout: September 4, 2009 Michoacan: September 2006 Terror Tactics Horizon City, Texas Kidnapping: September 2009 Juarez: September 2009 Across from El Paso Juarez: October 2009 Juarez: January 2010 Teen birthday party massacre 16 killed, 12 injured Vehicle Borne IED 15 Jul 2010 Juarez, Mexico Texas Response…. Operation RIO GRANDE Border Operation Characteristics Dallam Sherman Hansford Ochiltree Lipscomb • 5 Border Sectors / 1 Corridor Hartley 287Moore Hutchinson Roberts Hemphill • 8-24 Days in Duration Oldham Potter Carson Gray Wheeler June –October 2006 • June 2 – October 8, 2006 Deaf Smith40 Randall Armstrong Donley Collingsworth $9.7m • Local, State, Federal Parmer Castro Swisher27 Briscoe Hall Childress Hardeman Bailey Lamb Hale Floyd Motley Cottle Wilbarger • Intelligence Based Operation EL 84PASO Foard Wichita Clay Montague Lamar Cooke Cochran Hockley Lubbock Crosby Dickens King Knox Baylor Archer 287 Grayson Fannin Red River Bowie Delta Franklin 35 Titus Yoakum Terry Lynn Garza Kent Stonewall Haskell Throckmorton Young Denton Jack Wise Morris Collin Hunt Hopkins Operation BIG Cass Camp Rockwall Rains30 Wood Marion Gaines Dawson87BENDBorden 84Scurry Fisher Jones Shackelford Stephens Palo Pinto Parker Tarrant Dallas Upshur Van Zandt Kaufman Dona Ana Harrison Gregg Hood Johnson35W Ellis Smith Andrews Martin Howard Mitchell Nolan Taylor Callahan Eastland 20 Erath Henderson 20 Somervell Panola Luna 35E Rusk Operation DEL RIO Navarro Hill Comanche Bosque Cherokee Loving Winkler a Midland Glasscock Sterling Coke Runnels Coleman Anderson El Paso Brown Shelby Freestone Hamilton Nacogdoches McLennan Hidalgo Ward Mills Limestone San Augustine Hudspeth Culberson Crane 87 Upton Reagan Tom Green Coryell Houston Concho Leon 20 Irion Sabine Reeves Falls Angelina McCulloch San Saba Lampasas 35 Operation 10 Bell 45 Trinity Robertson Jasper Madison Pecos Newton Schleicher Menard Pecos Burnet Milam CORRIDORPolk Tyler Walker Jeff Davis 10 Crockett Mason Williamson Operation DEL RIO Llano Brazos San Jacinto TBSOC Grimes Sutton Kimble Burleson Hardin Blanco Travis Lee Montgomery June 2-27, 2006 Gillespie Terrell Washington Liberty Orange Bastrop Hays Presidio Kerr Waller Edwards Val Verde Kendall Austin Jefferson Fayette Harris Operation LAREDO Brewster Real Comal Caldwell Bandera 10 Chambers Colorado July 8-20, 2006 Guadalupe Fort Bend Bexar Gonzales 59 Galveston Kinney Uvalde Medina Lavaca Wharton Wilson Brazoria Operation EL PASO DeWitt Atascosa Karnes Jackson Matagorda Zavala Frio 37 Maverick Victoria August 3-17, 2006 35 Goliad Calhoun Dimmit La Salle Bee Refugio McMullen Live Oak Operation BIG BEND 77Aransas San Patricio Jim Wells August 17-30, 2006 Webb Nueces Duval 281 Operation VALLEY STAR Kleberg Operation LAREDO Operation VALLEY Zapata Jim Hogg Brooks September 8-22, 2006 Kenedy 77 STAR Starr Operation CORRIDOR Willacy Hidalgo October 1-8, 2006 Cameron Operation WRANGLER $6,043,937 Jan. – Apr. 2007 Began January 2007 SOs throughout all participating counties Operation WRANGLER Resources Texas DPS (Night) Law Enforcement Agencies 4 X Helicopters 90 Sheriff Departments ICE Texas CAP (Day) 138 Police Departments US Postal Service DPS THP National Park Service 6 X Fixed Wing DPS CLE Railroad Police Texas Parks and Wildlife Texas Parks and Wildlife TSA 8 X Patrol Boats Texas Cattleman’s Asso FBI Texas Task Force - 1 DEA 2 X Patrol Boats CBP Air & Marine (Day / Night) US Coast Guard Law Enforcement / Texas Military Forces 3 X Helicopters 23 X Helicopters • Local Law Enforcement 3 X Fixed Wing 18 X Fixed Wing - 1854 Personnel, 512 Vehicles 8 X Patrol Boats 17 X Patrol Boats • State Law Enforcement Texas Military Forces (Aviation Forces) - 359 personnel, 223 vehicles Operation JUMP START (Night Operations) • Federal Law Enforcement - 10 X Helicopters - 2370 Personnel, 560 Vehicles Operation WRANGLER (Day) •Texas Military Forces (Operations JUMP START) - 5 X Helicopters - 1707 personnel, 751 vehicles - 6 X Fixed Wing •Texas Military Forces (Operation WRANGLER) Texas Military Forces (Ground Forces) - 604 personnel , 154 vehicles Total Forces – 2311 (Operation JUMP START Total: 6894 personnel, and WRANGLER) Operation JUMP START – 1707 Guardsmen 2200 vehicles - 644 (Armed Border Security) Operation WRANGLER – 604 Guardsmen - 356 (Armed Border Security) Aviation – Maritime Assets - 10 Security Platoons Local, State and Federal Aviation / Maritime - 2 Quick Reaction Force Platoons - 45 Helicopters - 4 Logistic Support Bases - 33 Fixed Wing Aircraft - 35 Patrol Boats / Ships Texas Response ( 2008-2009) $110 million from 80th Texas Legislature has enabled: • Border-wide continuous operations with no break • Interagency participation Federal; State; Local • Seamless sharing of information Operation BORDER STAR • Additional boots on the Wal ker ground (overtime) Guadalu Border pe • Rapid re-direction of Operations resources and assets • Deployment of technology Texas Response (2008-2009)