A Texas rancher was killed by an explosive device on a road while traveling through Mexico earlier this month, officials said on Tuesday.

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller on Tuesday warned of Mexican cartel violence that he says threatens ranchers and farmers along the South Texas border.

Texas ranchers who are working near the southern border have been issued a grave warning after one of their own was killed by an IED.

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is urging people to “exercise extreme caution” when traveling along the U.S.-Mexico border after a man reportedly died from an explosive device.

US officials have urged those in the agriculture industry near the southern border to be cautious after a Texas rancher checking on a property on the Mexico side was killed when he drove over a suspected drug cartel improvised explosive device.

State government officials blamed Mexican cartels for the death of a U.S. rancher from south Texas who was killed by an improvised explosive device left on the U.S. side of the Mexico border. “A tragic and alarming incident occurred near Brownsville,

Texas authorities confirm a rancher who was killed by an IED. Officials are urging extra caution, suspecting a cartel is behind the attack.

An improvised explosive device, or IED, killed a Texas rancher near the state's border with Mexico, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said Tuesday.