The areas are targeted for exploitation by [[ISIS]] because of their understaffed municipal and county police forces and the relative safe-havens the terrain provides for the unchecked large-scale drug smuggling. In the aftermath of Judicial Watch's story about [[Islamic]] [[terrorist]]s operating in [[Juarez]], Beto tried to silence federal law enforcement sources.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/feds-el-paso-rep-orourke-called-ban-contact-jw/</ref> | The areas are targeted for exploitation by [[ISIS]] because of their understaffed municipal and county police forces and the relative safe-havens the terrain provides for the unchecked large-scale drug smuggling. In the aftermath of Judicial Watch's story about [[Islamic]] [[terrorist]]s operating in [[Juarez]], Beto tried to silence federal law enforcement sources.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/feds-el-paso-rep-orourke-called-ban-contact-jw/</ref> |