Smugglers planning to kill U.S. border agents, memo warns
Federal officials have warned U.S. Border Patrol agents that they could be the targets of assassins hired by immigrant smugglers, according to a confidential memo. “Unidentified Mexican alien smugglers are angry about the increased security along the U.S./Mexico border and have agreed that the best way to deal with U.S. Border Patrol agents is to hire a group of contract killers,” the Department of Homeland Security said in a Dec. 21 Officer Safety Alert. Full Story