An improvised explosive device killed a Texas rancher last month, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller says.
“This shocking act of violence highlights the growing threat posed by cartel activity along our southern border,” Miller said in a statement Tuesday.
Antonio Céspedes Saldierna, 74, was killed at the end of January when his vehicle detonated an IED on his ranch in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, according to local Rio Grande Valley’s KRGV-TV Channel 5, the local ABC affiliate. Tamaulipas borders the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas.
Saldierna was a U.S. citizen and worked on both sides of the border.
