On Friday the U.S. State Department dismissed a recent report that Islamic State fighters, being helped by drug cartels, were running training bases near the U.S. southern border in an effort to smuggle terrorists into the U.S..

On Tuesday a Judicial Watch report cited an unnamed Mexican Army officer and a Mexican police inspector who identified the locations of two alleged bases.

The report was specific about cartel involvement, stating, “Cartel control of the Anapra area make it an extremely dangerous and hostile operating environment for Mexican Army and Federal Police operations.”

As reported by Fox News, a State Department spokesman informed the news agency that U.S. authorities have worked closely with Mexican officials in order to investigate the allegation.

Both countries have determined that the claim was an “unfounded” one.

In an email statement, the spokesman said, “The United States and Mexico work together on counterterrorism and border security to protect the citizens of both of our countries from the threat of terrorism and violent extremism.”

The Judicial Watch report suggested that one of the two bases discovered was in a town west of Juarez, which is a mere eight miles away from Texas. The sources informed that Mexican authorities had found possible evidence last week in the town of "Anapra." According to the sources the evidence included plans written in Arabic and Urdu.

These sources also informed Judicial Watch that "coyotes" who are employed by drug cartels assist in the smuggling of terrorists between Fort Hancock, Texas, as well as other undisclosed locations.

The spokesperson emphasized to Fox news that the U.S. State Department was “concerned about the spread of ISIL (Islamic State) outside of Iraq and Syria, and take any threat to the United States seriously.”

“ISIL has clearly stated its intent to spread its violence into other parts of the globe. This is something our intelligence community is watching diligently,” the spokesperson added.