Suspected killer of Border Patrol agent expected to face more charges linked to cartel crimes

By Jana Winter

Published August 06, 2014

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FILE: Gustavo Tijerina, 30, left, and Ismael Hernandez, 40, are suspects in the shooting death of off-duty Border Agent Javier Vega Jr., authorities say.Willacy County Sheriff's Office

MCALLEN, Texas –  The alleged gunman in a Border Patrol agent's murder is expected to be hit with additional charges tying him to a series of armed robberies and car jackings at fishing spots in Cameron County over the last six weeks believed to be tied to the Gulf Cartel, sources told FoxNews.com.

One of those prior victims, who apparently was not injured, was an off-duty Border Patrol agent, sources told FoxNews.com.

Gustavo Tijerina, 30, and Ismael Hernandez, 40, were charged Tuesday with murdering off-duty Border Patrol agent Javier Vega Jr. in Willacy County, along with six other charges including aggravated robbery and one conspiracy organized crime charge for his involvement in the recent string of Cameron County robberies, sources told FoxNews.com.

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Regions EXCLUSIVE: Report reveals ‘disturbing trend’ of brazen attacks against border security by gangs, drug and human traffickers

by Jane Winter

EXCLUSIVE: A game warden hit in the head with a rock while trying to seize a raft. Police officers wounded in an hours-long standoff with a gang member wanted for murder. Criminals spewing obscenities and death threats at local cops before asking for – and receiving – medical treatment.

And that was just last week.

A weekly report distributed by a Texas state agency to senior law enforcement officials paints a grim picture of the Mexican border, where authorities regularly confront illegal immigrant gang members and draw automatic gunfire from across the Rio Grande, and where local, state and federal authorities fight a never-ending battle against drug smugglers

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Murrieta Mutiny: Border Patrol Will Not Obey Unlawful Orders From Homeland Security and White House

Mac Slavo 11 Hours Ago

As the Department of Homeland Security and The Department of Health and Human Services scrambled to find food, medical care and shelter for up to 60,000 illegal immigrants making their way into the United States over the last several months, they came up with the idea of shipping thousands of undocumented migrants to detention centers in Murrieta, California.

Americans showed up in droves to protest the proposed drop-offs. So much so that the gatherings made national news. Swarms of Americans, many of whom hailed from foreign countries themselves, stood in the middle of the road blocking scores of buses as they attempted to reach their destinations at makeshift refugee camps set up by DHS and HHS.

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Exclusive: Border Patrol Warns MS-13 Using Nogales Processing Center as Recruitment Hub

Katie Pavlich | Jul 11, 2014

According to Border Patrol sources, violent MS-13 gang members are using the Nogales processing center in Arizona as a recruitment hub and as a transfer point for gang members to get into the United States.

The Red Cross has set up phone banks inside the processing center so unaccompanied minors can make phone calls to family members inside the United States and back home in Central America. According to sources, those phones are also being used by MS-13 members to communicate with gang members already in the United States and operating in cities like Atlanta, New York and Chicago. Further, many teenaged males inside the facility have approached Border Patrol agents and have said gang members have tried to recruit them from shared cells. According to the FBI, MS-13 regularly targets middle and high school students for recruitment.

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Gov. Perry: We Need To Secure Border With A ‘Show Of Force’

Texas Gov. Rick Perry waits to greet President Barack Obama in Dallas, Texas, on July 9, 2014. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

AUSTIN, Texas (CBS Houston/AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry believes that it’s time to put a “show a force” on the border in an effort to halt the influx of immigrants.

Perry, who again visited the Texas-Mexico border Thursday, told Fox News that the way to secure the border is to put boots on the ground.

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Mexican Gunman To Spend 58 Years Behind Bars For 2009 Killing Of Border Patrol Agent

By fox5sandiego.com

Published November 18, 2013

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SAN DIEGO –  One of three gunmen who lured a U.S. Border Patrol agent into a trap in 2009 to steal his night-vision goggles, then fatally shot him, was sentenced last week to 58 years in federal prison.

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