Armed men believed to be Mexican cartel members wearing body armor spotted crossing southern border into Texas 

A trio of armed males had been seen crossing the southern border into Texas on Saturday in what’s believed to be the newest incident of suspected Mexican cartel members making their manner onto US soil. 

Startling pictures of the incident obtained by Fox News present the three suspected cartel gunmen, considered one of whom seems to be outfitted with physique armor, making their manner via the South Texas scrubland, close to Fronton, with rifles on the prepared. 

Border Patrol brokers, together with members of the elite Border Patrol Tactical Unit, or BORTAC, investigated the positioning of the unlawful crossing however discovered nothing, in response to the information outlet. 

In a similar incident in June, 5 suspected members of the Cartel Del Noreste had been arrested in the identical space after illegally crossing the border armed with rifles and tactical gear. 

The unlawful crossings on Saturday come lower than per week after a Texas Rangers drone conducting a patrol flight close to Eagle Cross noticed a person carrying a rifle as he guided a bunch of migrants throughout the Rio Grande and into Texas. 

The unidentified particular person made it again to Mexico earlier than he could possibly be apprehended, in response to a spokesperson with the Texas Division of Public Security. 

In an effort to counter unlawful crossings by smugglers and migrants throughout the Rio Grande, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott approved the installation of a controversial in-river barrier meant to impede would-be border-crossers. 

The Biden administration sued the Lone Star State in July over the set up of the floating buoy barrier in an try and power Abbott to take away it from the Rio Grande, which serves because the worldwide boundary between Mexico and the US. 

The Mexican and US governments share management of the river.

US Customs and Border Safety and the Texas Division of Public Security didn’t reply to The Submit’s request for touch upon the armed border-crossers.