{"id":2245818,"date":"2024-05-16T10:22:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T14:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-years-into-operation-lone-star-texas-sheriff-highlights-successes\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T10:30:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T14:30:40","slug":"three-years-into-operation-lone-star-texas-sheriff-highlights-successes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-years-into-operation-lone-star-texas-sheriff-highlights-successes\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Years of Operation Lone Star: Texas Sheriff Celebrates Achievements"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fthree-years-into-operation-lone-star-texas-sheriff-highlights-successes%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=2245818&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--><p>Three years into\u200c Operation Lone\u2062 Star, \u200bTexas&#8217;s\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-tragesser-alternatives-to-immigration-detention-are-deeply-flawed-and-poorly-timed\/\" title=\"Exclusive--Tragesser: Alternatives to Immigration Detention Are Deeply Flawed and Poorly Timed\">border security initiative<\/a>,\u2064 a sheriff applauds the successful efforts of his deputies combating\u2063 cartel-related crime across multiple\u2062 counties. Retiring Sheriff Janica highlights the task\u2063 force&#8217;s achievements,\u200c emphasizing\u2063 the dedication of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-did-best-they-could-with-cocaine-probe-despite-no-suspects-john-kirby\/\" title=\"White House's Cocaine Probe: No Suspects, But 'Best Efforts' Made\">law enforcement\u200c officers<\/a>. The \u2063mission includes intercepting traffickers and smugglers operating on key highways towards Houston.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 Three years into Texas\u2019 border security mission, Operation Lone Star, a Texas sheriff is highlighting the successful efforts of his deputies, who have been involved in a multi-county operation committed to combating cartel-related crime.<\/p>\n<p>Retiring Jackson County Sheriff Kelly R. Janica was a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/texas\/article_d58abf3c-4fec-11ed-bcf9-ff9ed4140b42.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">founding member<\/a><\/strong> of an Operation Lone Star Task Force headed up by Goliad Sheriff Roy Boyd. Janica, who came out of semi-retirement to fill an open sheriff\u2019s seat in December 2021, soon joined Boyd\u2019s OLS task force. The group includes law enforcement officers from roughly 30 agencies in nearly 20 counties dedicated to stopping cartel-related trafficking and smuggling operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe send these men and women into harm\u2019s way every day,\u201d Janica said in a video his office put together to educate county residents, and Texans, about the successes and dangerous work of the task force. The video depicts deputies involved in thwarting cartel-related criminal activity, and engaged in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-finally-preparing-major-border-bill\/\" title=\"House Republicans Finally Preparing Major Border Bill\">high-speed car chases<\/a> and bailouts. Accompanying it is audio from part of a 2017 Liberty University commencement speech given by former President Donald Trump. In it, he encourages graduates, and Americans, to \u201cnever, ever give up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWharton County Sheriff Shannon Srubar and I are the last two links in the enforcement chain on US 59,\u201d Janica said. \u201cWe\u2019re committed to criminal law enforcement in our counties. We will not give the cartels a foothold. We will not allow them to use our county for stash houses and staging areas. We will not allow them free passage through our counties so they can prey upon other Texans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>OLS task force members in Jackson and Wharton counties have been described as the \u201clinebackers\u201d and last line of defense to stop cartel-linked smugglers before they reach Fort Bend and Harris counties to their north. Those counties are considered the \u201cend zone\u201d because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-governor-encourages-people-to-call-police-on-neighbors-violating-covid-orders\/\" title=\"Oregon Governor Encourages People To Call Police On Neighbors Violating COVID Orders\">law enforcement agencies<\/a> there aren\u2019t participating with the OLS task force.<\/p>\n<p>OLS task force members have focused on combating traffickers of people, weapons, drugs and money using stolen vehicles along highways 281, 77 and 59 going to and from Houston. Along the way, Janica\u2019s deputies have excelled at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-democratic-lawmaker-calls-on-pete-buttigieg-to-prevent-carjacking\/\" title=\"Top Democratic Lawmaker Calls On Pete Buttigieg To Prevent Carjacking\">recovering stolen vehicles<\/a>. In the first year, they apprehended over 100, which for the small county was unprecedented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of the stolen vehicles being used are coming out of Harris County,\u201d Janica told The Center Square. \u201cCartels are paying fugitives to drive them to the border to pick up illegal aliens and bring them back north to Houston.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just stolen cars they\u2019re catching, they\u2019re also stopping attempted smuggling events.<\/p>\n<p>One of Janica\u2019s first calls as sheriff was finding a truck off Highway 59 that had roughly 70 to 80 people inside. \u201cWhen we opened the back door, people fell out on the ground,\u201d he said. \u201cThey were so dehydrated and couldn\u2019t even run away. If we hadn\u2019t opened the door, there would have been casualties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His deputies also <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_225005aa-eb71-11ed-b32b-3fd9ce01ff8f.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stopped<\/a><\/strong> Hondurans who they believed had illegally entered the country and were being smuggled to North Carolina. The Hondurans \u201csaid they were all family members,\u201d Janica said, but \u201cwe don\u2019t believe that for one minute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under normal circumstances, if federal law were being enforced, Janica said his deputy would have arrested the driver and front passenger and they would\u2019ve been charged with human smuggling. The reason they couldn\u2019t arrest them is because Border Patrol said they wouldn\u2019t come and get them and they had been given papers with court dates in 2026, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration was \u201cfinding a way to get people into country under the auspices of a court proceeding in three years, moving people across the country to North Carolina,\u201d Janica told The Center Square. Not only had Biden administration policies created \u201can unmitigated disaster,\u201d he said, but the \u201cfederal government is involved in legalized smuggling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to these types of stops, his deputies have been involved in dangerous, high-speed car chases and bailouts in Jackson and other counties participating in OLS. \u201cThis activity has become the norm all over south Texas,\u201d Janica said, with crime skyrocketing in 2021 and 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas legislature responded by surging resources and allocating funds, which helped them be as effective as they have been, Janica said. With the commitment of \u201clike-minded motivated sheriffs,\u201d their efforts have \u201cpaid off.\u201d They are still actively patrolling but there are fewer apprehensions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that the governor has stopped the invasion in Eagle Pass, we stand ready to continue the fight for Texas,\u201d he said, referring to Texas\u2019 efforts that have pushed illegal activity west to states without similar operatons, The Center Square first <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_655960f8-cc35-11ee-b50e-235450d616e7.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Janica previously served as Jackson County\u2019s sheriff from 1988 to 2005 and as the county\u2019s emergency management coordinator. County commissioners appointed him as sheriff to fill the remainder of a term vacated by the previous sheriff.<\/p>\n<p>Edna Police Chief Rick Boone, who previously served on the Edna City Council and as chief deputy at the Jackson County Sheriff\u2019s Office, ran to replace Janica. He won his unopposed primary election and is expected to be elected in November. Boone plans to continue the county\u2019s involvement in the OLS task force, he told The Center Square at a recent <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/texas\/article_0a4ac3c0-ecfe-11ee-9e29-c32831cb1499.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OLS task force meeting<\/a><\/strong> in Goliad.<\/p>\n<p>Boyd, Janica and Srubar are among more than 100 Texas sheriffs who <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/texas\/article_5d0d598c-eaf7-11ee-9265-cb6217208da5.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">support<\/a><\/strong> OLS, arguing federal policies have created an \u201cunsecure border\u201d and \u201cdeliberate, destructive, and inhumane violation of Texas and federal law.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In its third year, Operation Lone Star in Texas sees a sheriff praising his deputies&#8217; success in fighting cartel-related crime across multiple counties. 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