Texas Sheriffs Join Forces to Tackle Cartel, Border Crime
KINNEY COUNTY, Texas—Cowboy hats filled a local BBQ restaurant in Brackettville last week as Texas sheriffs convened in a border county that’s being clobbered by human smuggling.
The sheriffs, all from non-border counties, were responding to a call for help from Kinney County Sheriff Brad Coe.
“I am requesting any aide that your county may be able to provide in this border crisis, whether it be manpower, equipment, or operators. This crisis has made all counties a border county,” Coe stated in a letter sent to 40 Texas counties in late January.
Kinney County sits between Del Rio and Eagle Pass and is a main thoroughfare for illegal immigrants trying to get to San Antonio undetected….