Legislation introduced by the GOP to allow the military to take action to fight drug cartels at America’s southern border
More information is being released on the deadly Mexico kidnapping of four Americans.
Two American survivors – LaTavia Washington McGee and Eric Williams are being treated in a United States hospital, as the bodies of the two who were killed – Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown are being examined.
The group of friends traveled from South Carolina so one of them – a mother of six – could undergo a medical procedure across the border when they were captured at gunpoint, placed in a vehicle, and taken from the scene by armed men in the border city.
A U.S. official said investigators believe a Mexican cartel likely mistook them for Haitian drug smugglers.
Republicans announced a plan to combat the violent and illegal activity of several drug cartels by designating them terrorist organisations and allowing the military to take action to fight the cartels.
According to statistics, 200 Americans die every day from fentanyl overdose and the crisis is receiving attention in Washington D.C.
On Capitol Hill, emotional testimony was recently given from families who lost loved ones to fentanyl poisoning.
Now, it’s up to the Biden Administration to see if they will secure America’s southern border and if U.S. President Joe Biden will sign the legislation if it’s passed by Congress.
