Reported Cartel Kidnap Plot Targets Texas Agents

U.S. authorities are investigating an alert that a smuggler may be planning to bring people from Colombia and Venezuela into the country to target and kidnap Customs and Border Protection personnel in the El Paso and Presidio, Texas, areas. CBP says it is assessing intelligence about potential threats and has measures to protect its personnel, but declined to discuss those measures. Authorities have not publicly identified the cartel allegedly involved, and the reported plan has not been confirmed as an active operation.