{"id":2023995,"date":"2023-09-06T20:44:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T00:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/authorities-discover-backpacks-filled-with-ammo-homemade-explosive-at-southern-border\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T20:46:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T00:46:02","slug":"authorities-discover-backpacks-filled-with-ammo-homemade-explosive-at-southern-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/authorities-discover-backpacks-filled-with-ammo-homemade-explosive-at-southern-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Backpacks filled with ammo and homemade explosives found at the Southern border, authorities reveal."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fauthorities-discover-backpacks-filled-with-ammo-homemade-explosive-at-southern-border%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=2023995&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--><h2>Explosive \u200cDiscovery \u200dAlong\u2062 the Rio \u200cGrande Valley Border<\/h2>\n<p>In a startling \u2064development, U.S. Border Patrol authorities recently made a chilling discovery along the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/border-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rio Grande Valley<\/a> sector. Backpacks containing ammunition\u2064 and a homemade explosive\u200d were found, highlighting the ongoing\u200d control exerted by Mexican cartels in \u200bthe region.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Patrol Agent Gloria\u2063 I. Chavez, who oversees enforcement operations along\u2064 264 border miles between\u200c West Texas\u2062 and southern New Mexico, expressed \u2063her concern about the incident. She emphasized the\u2064 dangerous tactics\u2062 employed by criminals against border agents.<\/p>\n<p>The McAllen Police Department played a crucial role \u2063in averting\u200c a potential \u2064disaster.\u2064 They assisted in \u200csafely detonating the homemade explosive\u200d device after it was discovered by border patrol\u200c agents patrolling around Fronton,\u200d Texas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks to\u2063 McAllen PD\u2063 for assisting \u200din safely detonating this homemade explosive!\ud83d\udc9a\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XknOkLiX8m\">pic.twitter.com\/XknOkLiX8m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chief Patrol Agent\u2062 Gloria I. Chavez (@USBPChiefRGV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USBPChiefRGV\/status\/1699502396391444675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is not the first time explosive devices\u200c have been intercepted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fifth-bus-of-migrants-arrives-in-la-from-texas\/\" title=\"Fifth batch of migrants reaches LA from Texas.\">border\u2064 patrol agents<\/a>. In a separate incident,\u200b authorities\u2063 in Arizona intercepted an Improvised \u200bExplosive\u2064 Device at a port of entry in Douglas. The Department of Homeland Security has warned that these devices can \u2064range from small pipe bombs to sophisticated devices capable of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-palestinian-terrorists-launch-rockets-at-israel-end-up-hitting-gaza\/\" title=\"WATCH: Palestinian Terrorists Launch Rockets At Israel, End Up Hitting Gaza\">causing significant damage<\/a> and loss\u2064 of life.<\/p>\n<p>During a congressional hearing, U.S. Border \u2064Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz\u2064 admitted that Mexican\u2062 cartels have been\u2063 smuggling\u200b drugs \u2064and immigrants along the Southwest border, indicating a loss of operational control. Lawmakers were \u200balso informed about the discovery\u200b of another &#8220;explosive device&#8221;\u2063 near the region.<\/p>\n<p>While \u200bthe\u200c border \u2063chief could not\u200c openly discuss the details, he later \u2062clarified \u200don social media \u2062that the found object was \u200da <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/authorities-discover-backpacks-filled-with-ammo-homemade-explosive-at-southern-border\/\" title=\"Backpacks filled with ammo and homemade explosives found at the Southern border, authorities reveal.\">duct-taped ball filled<\/a> with \u2062sand, \u200bwhich posed no threat to \u2064agents \u2062or \u200bthe public.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, I\u200b testified before \u200dthe \u2062Committee on Homeland Security &#038; it was \u2062alleged that Agents found an explosive device near the\u200b border. \u200bDuring\u200c a Jan. \u200cbriefing, leadership was notified that Agents found\u2062 a duct-taped ball filled with sand that\u200d wasn&#8217;t deemed a threat to agents\/public. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SXV9qK8uo1\">pic.twitter.com\/SXV9qK8uo1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200dChief Jason\u200d Owens \u200b(@USBPChief) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USBPChief\/status\/1636091215035629570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Border Patrol found ammo and a homemade explosive in backpacks along the Rio Grande Valley sector. Mexican cartels control the area, as admitted by authorities. Chief Patrol Agent Gloria I. Chavez called it a demonstration of criminals&#8217; tactics and weapons against agents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":2023996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2023995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2023995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2023996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2023995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2023995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2023995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}