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The El Paso Police Department told The Associated Press on Aug. 25 that it has received credible information that Mexican drug cartels have authorized their members to conduct targeted killings in the United States. In response, Customs and Border Protection agents have been put on high alert and security has been stepped up all along the border.

According to officials, this particular threat did not specify targets, unlike a previous hit list reported in June that contained the names of approximately 15 U.S. residents in the Texas-New Mexico border region, including at least one police officer. While the threat of cross-border assassinations has been known for some time now, law enforcement only rarely addresses specific threats like this one in public. The cartels’ target set probably falls into three categories, though this assumes the cartels in fact have targets in mind.

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