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  • US Border Patrol agents warned of alleged revenge attack after agent ran over Mexican cartel member: ‘Remain vigilant’

    Mexican cartel leaders have put out a hit against US Border Patrol along the San Diego sector after one of their members was run over by an agent.

    Agents were issued a warning on Thursday that a retaliatory shooting could happen in the coming days after an incident from Nov. 27 went viral online showing a Border Patrol officer hit a suspect with an SUV while responding to an illegal entry attempt.

    “Information suggests a cartel member was involved in the incident. Therefore, cartel leaders are angered, claiming the incident occurred without cause or remorse,” the memo said.

    “The information received indicated the shooting could possibly occur over the next few days. All agents, regardless of duty assignment, should remain vigilant,” it added.

    The incident at the center of the cartels’ wrath shows six people near a fence along the San Diego border after entering illegally into the US.

    As a Border Patrol agent rushes to the scene in an SUV, the men could be seen fleeing on foot or trying to scale the fence, with one man briefly freezing on the road.

    The vehicle then zooms by and hits the man, sending him flying a few feet away. The suspect quickly recovers and joins up with three others waiting for him as he leads them down a steep slope to try and get away.

    US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed in a statement that two people were arrested at the San Ysidro port of entry during the “human smuggling incident,” but did not specify if the man hit by the car was one of them.

    Border Patrol officials claimed the agent driving the car, who was not named, was fixated on the two people climbing the wall when he hit the man who froze on the road.

    A source also told The Post that the agent was “concentrating” on a ladder that migrants were using to scale the border wall and that his in-vehicle computer monitor was blocking his view.

    The alleged smuggler then “ran as fast as he could” back into Mexico, the source said.

    The agent has since been reassigned to “desk duties,” meaning he is not on the frontlines at the moment.

    The shocking video drew initial condemnation from human rights groups who slammed the border patrol agent for allegedly using his car to purposefully hit the suspect.

    The tension at the San Diego-Mexico border comes just two months after the Sinaloa Cartel issued an order for its members to shoot at Border Patrol officers in western Texas for the arrest of cofounder Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada.

    The Sinaloa Cartel, which was led by Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, was accused of firing at contractors working along Eagle Pass, Texas, on Oct. 7.

    The area of the San Diego border where the latest incident occured is a hotspot for cartel aggression, where masked smugglers regularly try to assault and block agents and their vehicles, per sources.

    READ MORE HERE: US Border Patrol agents warned of revenge attack from cartels

  • Mobile Civic Center arena update: Final designs accepted this week

    MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mobile City Council provided an update on the civic center demolition and new arena construction Tuesday at its weekly meeting.

    According to the council, the civic center demolition and eventual construction are still on schedule and budget.

    The council said the construction of the south half of the new parking facility is complete, and the north half of the new parking facility is 50% complete. Councilmembers said it is $733,000 under budget and has an estimated completion date of April 29, 2025.

    The demolition of the old civic center is also well underway. The theater and corridors are gone. Meanwhile, the seating bowl interior walls are 75% gone.

    According to the council, the murals should be moved by January and will be temporarily stored in the Expo Hall before going back to its permanent home in the new arena. This project is about $2.4 million under budget with a March 17, 2025, completion date.

    Construction of the new arena is currently in the bidding process. Three pre-approved contracts will submit bids.

    The architects’ designs for the arena are due on Friday, and the bid will be released next week.

    A pre-bid meeting is set for Jan. 8, 2025, and bids are due on Feb. 7, 2025.

    The contract will be awarded on Feb. 26, 2025, and the contractor will receive notice on March 12. The council said the project is still within budget.

    READ MORE HERE: Mobile Civic Center arena update: Final designs accepted this week | WKRG.com

  • New Alabama State House construction falls 6 months behind schedule

    Construction on the new Alabama State House is four to six months behind schedule, according to Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA) CEO David Bronner.

    Members of the Legislative Council approved contracting with the RSA in September 2023 to design and build a new State House. 

    The project costs would be reimbursed to the RSA from the state with an 8% administrative fee added on. The state could either buy the property from the RSA after its completion or enter into a 25-year lease agreement that would eventually also make the state the property owner. 

    The new State House will be located behind the old one. The old State House will eventually be demolished and replaced with a green space area. 

    The current State House opened in 1963 as the Alabama Highway Department Building. It housed the Alabama Department of Transportation, then known as the Alabama State Highway Department, until 1985 when the Alabama Legislature moved in.

    Bronner gave an update on the State House project on Tuesday at an Alabama Employees Retirement System meeting in Montgomery, and said there was an issue with the bidding process. 

    The project was originally expected to cost $325 million and be completed at the beginning of 2027.

    READ MORE HERE: New Alabama State House construction falls 6 months behind schedule

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