Memo: Cartels Offering $10K to Shoot at Border Agents
4th November 2025
he Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector received information about “a coordinated attack” in which criminal cartels are offering payments of $10,000 to those who shoot at Border Patrol agents at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to an internal memo.
The alert, which was obtained by NewsNation correspondent Ali Bradley, said that “additional reporting suggests that assailants may wear Mexican military uniforms to avoid raising suspicion while carrying long arms or machine guns.”
“While this threat specifically pertains to the RGV [Rio Grande Valley] Sector, it reflects heightened cartel frustrations that could extend across the southwest border,” the federal communication said.