The Texas Department of Public Safety dispatched Texas Rangers and State Police to occupy Fronton Island, a 170 acre, mile long island that was a Cartel sanctuary because neither Mexico nor the United States was sure of who owned the Island. The island has high elevation, lots of foliage and vegetation and on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, warehouses and other facilities are tagged as owned by various Mexican cartels. Several times over the previous years Mexican Cartel members have even fired upon US Law Enforcement personnel, occasionally resulting in injuries for US personnel at least in the ensuing gun battles.
After the State of Texas recently conducted a survey, determining Fronton Island to be within the State of Texas, State Law Enforcement was dispatched to the Cartel owned island to seize it from the Cartels and hold it so it can be used to secure that stretch of the Texas border.
Ultra-violent Mexican cartels have occupied and used Fronton Island with impunity to smuggle illegal immigrants, shoot at American law enforcement, and intimidate Texas residents.
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