Cartels

Federal agents busted a Missouri man in Aurora, Illinois, after he allegedly delivered more than 11.5 pounds of suspected fentanyl to an undercover officer in a sting operation tied to a Mexico-based cartel, a report says.

House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA) on Monday called for an immediate hearing into President Donald Trump’s authorization of lethal U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean, citing unanswered questions about their legality, oversight, and the recent early retirement of U.S. Southern Command Commander Admiral Alvin Holsey.

During a portion of an interview with CNN aired on Monday’s broadcast of “AC360,” an individual identified as a “senior cartel leader” within the Sinaloa Cartel, stated that the Trump administration has made the cartels’ job more difficult. CNN Senior

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil on Thursday accused Secretary of State Marco Rubio of using “Nazi logic” to reject the United Nations’ glowing review of Venezuela as a country “free of illicit crops and combats drug trafficking with exemplary effectiveness.”

The U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned three top Los Zetas leaders, as well as a recording artist who not only praised them in his songs but was also allegedly using the music business to launder funds for the criminal organization. One of the newly sanctioned leaders is a former Tamaulipas state police officer who secretly worked as a cartel boss while carrying a badge.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed his personal ties to the American fentanyl crisis in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, vowing to “come for” Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) behind the tragic deaths.

The U.S Drug Enforcement Administration called out the cartel led by Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, highlighting the recent terrorist designation by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and pointing to a $25 million reward for his capture on U.S. drug charges

President Donald Trump’s deputies have reversed the Democrats’ “catch and release” migration strategy and are now enforcing the federal law that requires migrants to be detained until their asylum claims are resolved.

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent for the El Centro Sector Gregory Bovino discussed recent operations at marijuana facilities in California and said that those who are trafficked across the border have

Arizona voters will decide in November on whether or not to designate drug cartels operating at the U.S. Southern border with Mexico as terrorists.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has unleashed a massive “pressure campaign” on violent cartels in the first 100 days of the Trump administration, with Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent sharing his progress on President Donald Trump’s vision for a “stronger, safer, and more prosperous America” exclusively to Breitbart News.

The Central Intelligence Agency is opening its aperture on terrorism and is readying to unleash its capabilities against the cartels, according to an exclusive interview with Deputy CIA Director Michael Ellis at the CIA headquarters on Friday.

U.S. immigration officials sprung a former Mexican presidential candidate from federal prison and sent him south of the border this week — where he may one day long for a more pleasant U.S. prison stay.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem led an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation raid in Arizona on Tuesday.

A growing number of illegal migrants are smuggling themselves home to avoid the legal penalties of government deportations. 

During an interview aired on Monday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “The Record,” Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado stated that President Donald Trump’s declaration on Tren de Aragua and Venezuela is “a game changer” because it declares that the Maduro

Biden did little as fentanyl smugglers killed roughly 300,000 Americans on his watch, but Trump has quickly imposed painful tariffs on the countries that are helping those smugglers. 

Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum is making clear her country will expand its lawsuit against U.S. gunmakers if the Trump administration designates cartels as terrorists.

A former Mexican governor sent a series of letters to U.S. President Donald J. Trump, warning him about the alleged cartel connections of Mexico’s new consul in Miami. In the letters, the politician warned Trump to have the U.S. Department of State and the National Security Council properly check the proposed diplomat due to his questionable background.

Un político mexicano envió una serie de cartas al presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald J. Trump, advirtiéndole sobre las supuestas conexiones con cárteles del nuevo cónsul de México en Miami. En la carta, el político advierte a Trump que haga que el Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos y el Consejo de Seguridad Nacional investiguen adecuadamente al diplomático debido a sus antecedentes cuestionables.

Americans could soon hold letters from President Donald Trump empowering them to attack violent gangs and drug cartels in pirate ships and by the border if Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) can persuade Congress to grant letters of marque and reprisal, he explained to Alex Marlow on Monday.

The mass deportations of criminal illegal aliens proves that we knew where they were this entire time, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily, discussing how disastrous the Biden-era policies have been for the U.S. and how wonderful they have been for the cartels.

The Biden administration has pushed a regulation that would effectively ban cigarettes on the market as tobacco users have flocked to Trump during the 2024 presidential election.

President-elect Donald Trump has kicked off his diplomacy by promising a 25 percent tariff until Mexico and Canada shut down their inflows of migrants and deadly drugs.

New Mexico’s border is wide open, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Nella Domenici said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.

Former President Donald Trump unveiled a policy plan on Tuesday to seize cartel and gang assets, which will be used to establish a “compensation fund to provide restitution for the victims of migrant crime.”

Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick exposed Sen. Bob Casey’s (D-PA) record on the southern border during their debate Tuesday, arguing Casey “has very little that he can say with credibility” about the issue.

CLAIM: Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) said some migrant children are “used as drug trafficking mules” during Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate. VERDICT: TRUE. A law enforcement official explained to Vance at an event last month that drug traffickers, when traveling

A Kamala Harris ad paints her as tough on crime by touting her record as a prosecutor — a claim easily torn apart by looking at the data. 

A Mexican “witch” who reportedly had cartel ties was killed while trying to kidnap a baby to use him as a sacrifice to the patron “saint” of cartels.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas responded to concerns that the exemption for unaccompanied children in President Joe Biden’s immigration executive action will result in cartels taking advantage of that by stating

The House Committee on Natural Resources will hold a hearing on President Joe Biden’s border crisis and efforts to combat criminal cartels and drug trafficking on Tuesday, June 4.

President Joe Biden’s border chief says the White House’s border plan “is working.”

A helicopter on a mission over the southern border near Rio Grande City, Texas, crashed on Friday, killing two National Guard soldiers and a Border Patrol agent.

Fentanyl is a “Chinese operation much more than it is a Mexican drug cartel operation,” Peter Schweizer said on Breitbart News Saturday.

Mexico’s President has once again criticized the U.S. government over alleged investigations into his administration’s ties to drug cartels.