A U.S. CBP officer allegedly involved in migrant smuggling on the Texas border was a member of a Mexican drug cartel, a federal agent testified.

A leader of the Cartel del Noreste, who smuggled drugs into the South Texas border town of Laredo, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

"We need to go on the offense. We don't need to be cowering in our holes," Congressman Keith Self told Newsweek.

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