Texas Gov Abbott defies Biden administration amid border battle over island used by cartels
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he will defy the Biden administration after he was instructed to remove what was built on an island on the Rio Grande.
Fronton Island sits on the border between the U.S. and Mexico on the Rio Grande. The 170-acre island has seen an assortment of cartel activity, including gunfights and illegal immigration. Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.
"For years, the cartels were ‘running rampant’ in Fronton Island’s ‘thick vegetation’ and ‘bullet-pocked structures’ along the river to stage illegal entries, surveil state and federal law enforcement, stash weapons, plant explosives, evade apprehension, and engage in open warfare against rival cartels and against state and federal officers," Abbott wrote.