Homeland Security official affirms Mexican drug cartel violence has spilled over into Texas

Violence from Mexican drug cartels has spilled over into Texas. , state Homeland Security Director Steve McCraw said Monday. "Yes, absolutely it has occurred; there's no question about it...." "Anything that involves cartel activity that impacts Texans on this side of the border is, by definition, spillover violence," he said after the meeting. McCraw told lawmakers, though, that Texas has a contingency plan to deal with large-scale violence and that local, state and federal agencies are working to prevent that from happening.