Feds confirm surge in troops, Chinooks for border mission

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Local News · Florida · October 11, 2026

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Border Report on Wednesday confirmed that "hundreds" of military troops have been repositioned from other border posts to the Rio Grande Valley and are actively patrolling from McAllen, in Hidalgo County, and throughout Starr County. It comes after Coast Guard were shot at Sept.

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