Polls show Americans’ first concern is the open southern border. For that, Victor Avila has answers. His first-hand experience as a former border agent, including a deadly cartel ambush, informs his views. Hear his ideas for border security at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, January 11, in the Myrtle Wilks Community Center in Cisco. Come early: Doors open at 6:00.
Mr. Avila is a retired Supervisory Special Agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
While on official assignment in Mexico, Special Agent Avila suffered multiple gunshot wounds and survived a violent ambush by the Mexican Los Zetas drug cartel in which another Special Agent, Jaime Zapata, tragically lost his life.
Victor also served as an accredited diplomat to Mexico, Spain, and Portugal, advising these governments on complex and wide-ranging criminal investigations including narcotics trafficking, arms trafficking, human trafficking, financial violations, commercial fraud, and counterterrorism.
He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Texas at El Paso while focusing on the identity of Hispanic Americans along the border and has won many coveted awards for excellence and valor. He authored “Agent Under Fire: A Murder and a Manifesto” recounting the story of the 2011 ambush by Cartel hitmen and outlining a strategy to secure the border.
Victor has been featured on FoxNews, Newsmax, Univision, OANN, Telemundo, and various Radio and Podcast interviews discussing border security, drug smuggling, human trafficking, and other subject matters in which he is considered an expert.
He is a lifetime member of the NRA who set the world record for the longest handgun shot.
Victor is running for Congress (CD23) to finally deliver much-needed border security solutions.
