Armed men believed to be Mexican cartel members wearing body armor spotted crossing southern border into Texas 

A trio of armed men were seen crossing the southern border into Texas on Saturday in what is believed to be the latest incident of suspected Mexican cartel members making their way onto US soil. 

Startling images of the incident obtained by Fox News show the three suspected cartel gunmen, one of whom appears to be outfitted with body armor, making their way through the South Texas scrubland, near Fronton, with rifles at the ready. 

Border Patrol agents, including members of the elite Border Patrol Tactical Unit, or BORTAC, investigated the site of the illegal crossing but found nothing, according to the news outlet. 

In a similar incident in June, five suspected members of the Cartel Del Noreste were arrested in the same area after illegally crossing the border armed with rifles and tactical gear. 

The illegal crossings on Saturday come less than a week after a Texas Rangers drone conducting a patrol flight near Eagle Pass spotted a man carrying a rifle as he guided a group of migrants across the Rio Grande and into Texas. 

The unidentified individual made it back to Mexico before he could be apprehended, according to a spokesperson with the Texas Department of Public Safety. 

In an effort to counter illegal crossings by smugglers and migrants across the Rio Grande, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott authorized the installation of a controversial in-river barrier meant to impede would-be border-crossers. 

The Biden administration sued the Lone Star State in July over the installation of the floating buoy barrier in an attempt to force Abbott to remove it from the Rio Grande, which serves as the international boundary between Mexico and the US. 

The Mexican and US governments share control of the river.

US Customs and Border Protection and the Texas Department of Public Safety did not respond to The Post’s request for comment on the armed border-crossers.