LinkCOMMISSIONER STAPLES POSTS SECOND VIDEO IN ‘TEXAS TRAFFIC’ SERIES
‘Texas Traffic’ offers true testimonies from farmers, ranchers, law enforcement agents who paint grim picture of violence flowing onto U.S. soil from Mexico
AUSTIN—In an ongoing effort to seek increased federal resources to enhance border security, Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples today announced the second video posting in a 16-part series titled “Texas Traffic – True Stories of Drug and Human Smuggling.” The series is available at
www.ProtectYourTexasBorder.com.
“Federal officials in Washington can no longer deny violence in Mexico is flowing into the United States,” Commissioner Staples said. “These brazen transnational criminal organizations are using terrorism to smuggle drugs and people through our Texas farms and ranches. The violence is not only taking place along the Rio Grande River, but also on property 50 or 60 miles north of the border.”
Each week over the next four months, the Texas Department of Agriculture is releasing videotaped interviews with law enforcement agents, farmers, ranchers and other citizens. These “Texas Traffic” stories offer firsthand accounts of drug running, human trafficking, international trespassing and other criminal activities linked to dangerous Mexican drug cartels.
The Texas Traffic Series Introductory Intervews“Our citizens are finding human remains in their fields along with drugs and cut fences,” Commissioner Staples said. “There also have been incidents where fearful U.S. citizens have sold their property or had to hold intruders at gunpoint in order to protect their families. Clearly, this is a national security breach that demands sufficient federal resources to combat the cartels and restore safety and security to Texas soil.”
For the latest border news and new episodes of the ‘Texas Traffic’ series, go to
www.ProtectYourTexasBorder.com.
http://www.protectyourtexasborder.com/portals/border/Narco-Terrorism%20PowerPoint%20%282%29.pdf
