{"id":1450119,"date":"2022-04-22T12:33:31","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T16:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1450119"},"modified":"2022-04-22T12:33:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T16:33:57","slug":"northern-mexico-governor-stages-same-border-security-theater-texas-gov-greg-abbott-did-with-operation-lone-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/northern-mexico-governor-stages-same-border-security-theater-texas-gov-greg-abbott-did-with-operation-lone-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Mexico Governor Stages Same Border Security Theater Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Did With Operation Lone Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnorthern-mexico-governor-stages-same-border-security-theater-texas-gov-greg-abbott-did-with-operation-lone-star%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1450119&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-21-at-1.21.46-PM-e1650565405960.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Coahuila Gov. Miguel \u00c1ngel Riquelme Sol\u00eds choreographed a dramatic showing of border security theater in northern Mexico this week that strongly resembles the flashy launch of Operation Lone Star staged by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott last fall.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>Abbott deployed the Texas National Guard in September with the intent of securing the southern border, \u201cas Biden does nothing.\u201d Since the program\u2019s creation, however, illegal border crossings in Texas and across the southwest border have continued to rise.<\/p>\n<p>In March alone, U.S. Customs and Border Protection arrested <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/national-media-release\/cbp-releases-march-2022-monthly-operational-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">221,303<\/a>\u00a0illegal migrants, a 22-year high. That\u2019s also a\u00a0more than\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/southwest-land-border-encounters\">33 percent increase<\/a>\u00a0from February when officials arrested 165,894 illegal crossers at the border.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"eZntOEmyQNgDFYLqMzHsaCJrojSVhUKTW70pRlX5f438GBb2d\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Texas National Guard Soldiers deploy tactical vehicles to the border in support of Operation Lone Star. <\/p>\n<p>As Biden does nothing, the Lone Star State continues to surge manpower &#038; equipment to put an end to the chaos at our southern border. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IrDH8fN3AO\">pic.twitter.com\/IrDH8fN3AO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1441062106128805888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"960nNmKJbjX2tEx\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Texas National Guard Soldiers identify &#038; apprehend illegal immigrants on land and in water crossing into Texas from Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Through Operation Lone Star, the State of Texas is working night and day to combat Biden\u2019s border crisis &#038; secure our border. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3wa6bgDsQQ\">pic.twitter.com\/3wa6bgDsQQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1443325316282437632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Videos and photos posted to Twitter by Mexican media show armed men posing in front of a long row of law enforcement vehicles and helicopters seemingly ready to take on the challenges required of the U.S.-Mexico border security crisis. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Mexican state\u2019s theatrical show of force comes after the Coahuila government struck a deal with Abbott, who promised to halt vehicle inspections at the border in exchange for beefed-up border security in Mexico. <\/p>\n<p>While Coahuila is responsible for international bridges across from Del Rio and Eagle Pass, Texas, the northern Mexico state can\u2019t really be trusted to secure the border or crack down on illegal crossings. The Coahuila government, like other state governments throughout Mexico, has been partially infiltrated and corrupted by powerful cartels and criminal organizations that profit from illegal immigration. <\/p>\n<p>Last week, Abbott essentially halted commercial traffic at the border in an effort to force President Joe Biden to address the worsening crisis. He also extracted promises from Nuevo Le\u00f3n Gov. Samuel Alejandro Garc\u00eda Sep\u00falveda to help curb illegal border crossings, despite the Mexican governor\u2019s lack of authority to arrest and transport migrants, which falls under the remit of the Mexican National Guard. <\/p>\n<p>As my colleague John Daniel Davidson recently <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/04\/15\/gov-abbott-is-staging-political-theater-as-the-border-explodes\/\">wrote<\/a>, \u201c[B]y targeting international trade and holding a press conference with Mexican governors, Abbott is opting for show over substance, which has been his approach to the border crisis from the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, Abbott has managed to get a governor of northern Mexico to replicate his own border security theater on the south side of the Rio Grande. Too bad it will do as little to secure the border in Mexico as it has in the United States.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire and Fox News. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coahuila Gov. 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