Southern Border

Gen. Gregory Guillot acknowledged that troops deployed along the U.S.-Mexico border have been targeted by digital and personal attacks in recent weeks as a result of the instability following the death of El Mencho, the longtime leader of the Jalisco Cartel.

Smugglers continue managing to flood Mexico with weapons, the vast majority of which end up in the hands of cartels, despite authorities discussing attempts to crack down on the flows, according to a new report.

Dozens of people gathered near the southern border to protest buoys deployed in the Rio Grande to prevent migrants from crossing into the U.S.

The mayor of the border city of Laredo warned residents to "exercise heightened caution" if they plan to travel to Mexico following the killing of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as "El Mencho," the leader of the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG).

The FBI has been in contact with the Mexican government and law enforcement in the country over the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie, according to a new report.

The high-energy laser used to shoot down what ended up being a party balloon at the southern border, leading to the closure of the airspace above El Paso and parts of New Mexico, was AeroVironment's LOCUST, according to a new report.

The U.S. military used a high-energy laser to shoot down a suspected drone at the southern border that turned out to be a party balloon, according to a new report.

The Federal Aviation Administration's order to closure of the airspace over El Paso and parts of New Mexico is believed to be tied to the use of technology to counter drones being used by cartels at the southern border, according to a new report.

U.S. Border Patrol encounters with migrants crossing into the United States from Mexico fell to their lowest level in more than 50 years in fiscal year 2025, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of federal data.

Tens of migrants were freed from a stash house in Mexico after a neighbor alerted authorities, according to a new report.

Two migrants were detained after dressing up as construction workers to enter the U.S. through a construction site at the border, according to a new report.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said the purpose of the barriers is to make it significantly more difficult for undocumented migrants, as well as drug and human traffickers, to cross the river into the United States.

The U.S. Treasury Department is investigating dozens of money lending companies across the southern border over potential cartel ties, according to a new report.

More than a dozen migrants were rescued from a stash house in Juarez, close to the border with Texas, where they were being held for ransom by smugglers, according to a new report.

Venezuelan-born gang Tren de Aragua continues to be a top facilitator of unlawful migration at the southern border, according to Mexico's police chief

Border agents in Texas brought down a migrant who got stuck in the concertina wire at the top of the southern border wall, according to a report.

A former Border Patrol agent has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for taking bribes from cartel operatives.

A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for letting cars filled with methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl into the U.S.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began the process to allocate $100 million to locate and destroy cross-border tunnels typically used to smuggle goods and people

Two ranchers are facing federal charges after being caught trying to smuggle almost 24 pounds of cocaine into the U.S.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents were shot at twice while patrolling the southern border, according to a new report. The development comes after another report detailing that cartels were offering $10,000 bounties to people shooting at agents

The report from Migration Policy Institute also found that the share of detainees with criminal convictions declined from 65% in October 2024 to 35% in September 2025

Mexican National Guard officials found what they described as a "suspicious underground structure" leading to the banks of the Rio Grande, according to a new report

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) warned agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector that cartels are offering $10,000 to people who shoot at them in the southern border.

Cartels are offering $10,000 to people who shoot at border patrol agents at the southern border, according to a new report

Unlawful border crossings have climbed by 33% in September compared to the prior month, according to new figures. However, despite the increase, they still remain close to historical lows.

The Department of Homeland Security is set to spend $100 million to locate cross-border tunnels, many of which are used with smuggling purposes

The Trump administration is sending hundreds of convicted Cubans to Mexico as the Trump administration continues to carry out its crackdown on migrants, according to a new report.

A drone attack targeted the prosecutor's office in Tijuana, located in the border with California

The mayor of Nogales, a town bordering the United States, has begun taking down migrant shelters erected at the beginning of the Trump administration as crossings plummet due to the administration's crackdown