They say everything is bigger in Texas, and the Lone Star State itself is growing a bit.
Texas has claimed two cartel-infested islands along the Rio Grande as part of an ongoing state effort to eliminate safe havens used by Mexican drug organizations.
The @TXGLO has recently surveyed two new islands in the Rio Grande and identified them as Texas and federal land!
I am proud to work with our state and federal partners to eliminate all criminal activity on these islands. Together, we are keeping Texans safe! https://t.co/b4EY3PfTtx
— Dawn Buckingham (@DrBuckinghamTX) March 31, 2025
In a letter to border czar Tom Homan, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham requested that the Trump administration secure and defend Beaver Island, a 20.3-arce island in Starr County, Texas, and the Roma Islands.
NEW: @TXGLO @DrBuckinghamTX takes “smuggler’s paradise” islands away from cartels in the Rio Grande Valley.
Commissioner Buckingham saying, “The Texas General Land Office has recently surveyed two new islands in the Rio Grande and identified them as Texas and federal land!”
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— Ali Bradley (@AliBradleyTV) March 31, 2025
