Southern Border: Nothing to see here, move along folks

The Pentagon has approved the transfer of up to $1 billion to build 57 miles of the southern border wall, according to a Defense Department statement released Monday night.

As these plans were under way, convoys of cartel gunmen in armored SUVs from a faction of Los Zetas called Cartel Del Noreste drove into Miguel Aleman, Tamaulipas, where they hoped to take control of the region from Mexico’s Gulf Cartel.

Both cartel factions used grenades and explosives which left several burned-out vehicles throughout the city and the surrounding areas. Only one body was found by the police; left outside of a local funeral home in a pool of blood. The deceased gunman wore military-style clothing and carried several pieces of tactical gear but is not a Mexican military member.

The fighting in Miguel Aleman comes just days after cartel gunmen left a headless body and a burned-out SUV near that city. In a fight earlier this year, more than 30 cartel gunmen died with most of them incinerated in a two-day span.

Last month, CDN gunmen left a chest with two human heads and a banner threatening the Gulf Cartel and Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG). The CDN gunmen leaked the identity of Bartolo “El Primito” Rodarte Castillo, the leader of a Gulf Cartel faction called “Los Metros.”

This is the faction currently in control of Miguel Aleman.

Note: Data and images were used from reporting by Breitbart Texas which has traveled to the Mexican States of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, and Nuevo León to recruit citizen journalists.