the state department is aware of the missing citizens and doing everything in its power to find them and saying we re aware reports of three u.s. citizens missing. and we share information with families however we can. the department of state has no higher priority than the welfare and safety of the u.s. citizens abroad and stand ready to provide appropriate assistance to citizens in need and their families. lieu lieutenant, this is getting to be pretty thorny, chris. this is the second such incident on missing americans. what do you think is going on? well, neil, good afternoon. great to be with you. of course we know the dangers taking place in mexico with the recent tragedy. our department is urging anyone who is travelling, spring
these questions. i want to keep checking in with you how you re doing because you re a brave man and you re trying to do the right thing and the government is not making it easy. darrel hanson, economy muffler s owner. the city makes it tough. neil: the development at the border. word of three women missing in mexico after crossing the border in texas. we re trying to piece all of this together. the latest after this. all across the country, people are working hard to build a better future. so we re hard at work, helping them achieve financial freedom. we re investing for our clients in the projects that power our economy. from the plains to the coasts, we help americans invest for their future. and help communities thrive.
they re beginning to mass produce fentanyl at record levels, we need to do as much both side with the government of mexico as well as the united states and these organizations. lieutenant, it s always good seeing you. hopefully this calms down and never seems that way, anytime to calm down for you. chris olivarez, texas department of public safety. thank you, again. in the meantime, we re learning a little more about what made silicon valley bank implode. a lot of folks are saying it s unique to silicon valley, that there s no contagion theory here and there are those, and charlie gasperino what he s hearing.
this case as well. and back out here live, this is happening one week after four americans were kidnapped in mat mo mexico and they re do not go to mexico for spring break. it s too dangerous. back to you. neil: have they extended to all of texas, cancun, et cetera? that s right. they have. texas dps put out a press release, an advisory saying, we understand that a lot of people go to mexico without incident, but they say the cartels are emboldened right now and too much cartel activity going on and they believe in their opinion the risk is just too high for any texas resident to go anywhere in mexico right now. neil: thank you for that update. bill melugin.
neil: some are saying it s time tore troops, u.s. troops at the border. and mexico s president not a big fan of that. what do you think of that? anytime you have new type of military response it s beneficial, especially we have the manpower, the technology, resources the weaponry, of course, an uphill battle with the president of mexico. we need cooperation from both sides and it s going to a placebo challenge trying to get the challenge especially with comments made from the president of mexico. we have to do our part as law enforcement since march of 2021 operation lonestar at the state level going after the organizations, seizing profits, and vehicles used for crime. fentanyl coming across the borders. and again, we talk about the situation at the border especially with the federal government not doing its part. right now is not the time to take victory laps because we re seeing increase of fentanyl at the borders and even the ports of entry. by doing that, and that happening. tha