Cartels Get 90 Percent of Drugs Past Border Patrol in Rio Grande City

Deputy Chief Border Patrol agent for Rio Grande Valley Raul Ortiz (R) and Richard Guerra on the Guerra's La Anacua Ranch near Rio Grande City, Texas, on March 22, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

ROMA, Texas—It’s not uncommon to hear gun battles and grenades exploding across the Rio Grande in the Mexican city of Miguel Alemán.

The city is where two cartels—Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas—converge, frequently battling for territory.