Florida Teams In Texas Make Contact With 10,000 Migrants On The Border; Florida Officials Come in Contact with 10K Migrants, Including MS-13 Gang Member on Terror Watch List

Florida Teams In Texas Make Contact With 10,000 Migrants On The Border:

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced on Monday that Florida teams had made contact with over 10,000 undocumented migrants,

These teams also assisted the Texas Department of Public Safety with over 600 arrests, including felony charges for human smuggling, drug paraphernalia, unlawful carrying of weapons, a suspect with a capital murder warrant, and an MS-13 gang member currently on the U.S. Terror Watch List.

Florida teams continue to intercede human smugglers and drug traffickers, with over 230 pounds of drugs worth an estimated $184,000 seized over the weekend.

The following state resources remain deployed in Texas supporting the mass migration crisis at the U.S. southern border:

Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) 

• Thirty FDLE special agents and nine support team members remain deployed assisting Texas law enforcement agencies investigating criminal activity along the border associated with human trafficking and drug and weapon smuggling. 

• FDLE agents have assisted the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) with arrests of violent felony suspects including gang members. Suspects were arrested on various Texas state charges including human smuggling, burglary, firearms, smuggling of persons, smuggling of persons with a firearm, child endangerment, escape from federal custody, and possession of controlled substance. As part of the arrests, FDLE agents helped seize cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, drug paraphernalia, firearms, and boxes of ammunition.

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Florida Officials Come in Contact with 10K Migrants, Including MS-13 Gang Member on Terror Watch List:

Florida officials have come in contact with roughly 10,000 migrants, including an MS-13 gang member on the U.S. terror watch list, as part of Operation Lone Star, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced this week.

Florida stands as one of four states that recently deployed resources to support Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, focused on addressing the illegal immigration crisis. On Monday, DeSantis provided an update, revealing that Florida officials have come into contact with roughly 10,000 illegal migrants, including an MS-13 gang-member on the United States terror watch list.

In an update the governor’s office said:

Florida teams have…assisted the Texas Department of Public Safety with over 600 arrests including felony charges for human smuggling, drug paraphernalia, unlawful carrying of weapons, a suspect with a capital murder warrant, and an MS-13 gang member currently on the U.S. Terror Watch List

“Florida teams continue to intercede [sic] human smugglers and drug traffickers with over 230 pounds of drugs worth an estimated $184,000 seized over the weekend,” the press release added.

Deployed Florida resources include over 300 service members with the Florida National Guard (FLNG), as well as Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) agents, Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) troopers, and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officers. —>READ MORE HERE

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