Feds say Border Patrol vehicles being 'cloned' by Mexican smugglers | Washington Examiner: "Federal agents along the Texas border were warned by the Department of Homeland Security that Mexican drug cartels are using 'cloned' Border Patrol vehicles to smuggle drugs into the United States, according to documents obtain by the Washington Examiner.
The DHS report was sent to Border Patrol officials in Webb County, Texas, in March. It asked Border Patrol agents and local law enforcement officials to be on alert for 'a suspected cloned marked Crown Victoria' the same vehicle type used by the agents.
The alert was part of a 'significant incident report,' which contains information that is not to be made public or released to the media. A U.S. law enforcement Official, with knowledge of drug cartel operations along the border, said 'cloned vehicles pose a significant problem for both law enforcement and citizens.'
He said, 'It's especially dangerous since attacks against federal and local law enforcement agents has increased over the past year. The cartels are finding more innovative ways to move across the border and we have to be one step ahead of them.'"
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