Cartels offer $10,000 for shooting at Border Patrol agents: Memo

(NewsNation) — Criminal cartels are offering payments of $10,000 to shooters who fire at U.S. Border Patrol agents on the southern border, federal authorities say in an internal communication.

NewsNation correspondent Ali Bradley obtained a copy of the alert Friday. It says the Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector has received information about “a coordinated attack” in which cartels may be offering the $10,000 payments “to individuals who engage in shooting at” agents.

“Additional reporting suggests that assailants may wear Mexican military uniforms to avoid raising suspicion while carrying long arms or machine guns,” the alert says. “While this threat specifically pertains to the RGV Sector, it reflects heightened cartel frustrations that could extend across the southwest border.”