Several enhanced outbound operations conducted at the Eagle Pass, Texas Port of Entry by OFO, the Office of Border Patrol (OBP), and ICE along with State and Local Law Enforcement (STL) such as Texas Department of Public Safety (TXDPS), Eagle Pass Police Department (EGPPD) and Maverick County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) resulted in the recovery of stolen vehicles that were destined for Zeta TCO operating in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. Vehicles were driven by Mexican Mafia gang members out of San Antonio, Texas.
OFO and OBP also conduct daily operations at the port of entries in search of illicit bulk currency and weapons being smuggled through the port of entry from the United States to Mexico. In their daily operations OFO and OBP encounter suspected Texas gang members who are associated with the Zeta TCO.
The Case of Yasiel Puig and Leonys Martin …show more content…
They do not discriminate between statuses as money is involved. Both baseball stars were smuggled into the Mexico from Cuba with passage into the United States. Each star was held for ransom until it was either paid or they escaped their captors. Other stories are similar as the organization may be a catalyst for other Cuban baseball players needing to escape Cuba (“Yasiel Puig,” 2014). The experience by Puig and Martin were two incidents that brought about awareness of the smuggling of Cuban baseball players to the United States. José Dariel Abreu, another baseball player, was believed to have disappeared from Cuba; however, there was no official word on his whereabouts during the time he was gone. Abreu, like Martin and Puig, refused to discuss about their