Border Patrol agents and their law enforcement partners have been able to seize and prevent more than $25 million in cocaine from reaching the US in the past seven days. The latest attack that occurred Thursday near San Clemente, California was captured after a Border Patrol K-9 unit sniffed out illegal material hidden in a garbage bag on the trunk of a vehicle.
According to Border Patrol Chief Michael W. Banks, Thursday's attacks brought cocaine totals over seven days to more than $25 million. As reported by Breitbart Texas, in just three separate events on the morning of February 23, agents in the Rio Grande Valley sector seized nearly £560 of cocaine, with an estimated street value of $18 million. Two of the three attacks occurred at fixed highway checkpoints after regular immigration testing. The third attack was the result of a roving patrol halt initiated by Border Patrol agents on a nearby highway.
The serious attack comes after several actions taken by the Trump administration to combat Mexican drug cartels. On February 19, the Trump administration declared several major Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs). As reported by Breitbart Texas, the US State Department has designated six Mexican drug cartels, the infamous Mara Salvatrucha gang in El Salvador, and the violent Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang as foreign terrorist organizations.
At the same time, reports have been revealed that the US is using military “grim Reaper” drones to monitor Mexican drug cartel activities within Mexican airspace. When asked about daily drone flight reports Morning press conference On February 19, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum did not deny that the flight operation had been carried out.
Responding to a reporter's question about the unmanned US military flights within Spanish Mexican airspace, Sinbaum said, “These are not new agreements. They are from President Manuel Lopez Obrador or someone else. We had meetings with the Northern Command, the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Marines.”
Sheinbaum showed that this operation is merely a collaboration and coordination with the cartel, but not part of a new phenomenon or new contract. In addition to the Trump administration's declaration of drone flights and foreign terrorist organizations, the Mexican Senate announced approval of plans to allow executives of the country. US Army Green Beret for entering Mexico Training Mexican Marines in Campeche.
The rise in seizures could be attributed to a move by Mexican drug cartels to reduce the inventory held in Mexico in anticipation of further enforcement measures to combat cross-border criminal organizations.
Randy Clark He is a 32-year veteran of the US Border Patrol. Before retiring, he served as Chief of Law Enforcement Business and oversaw the operations of nine Border Patrol Bureaus in Del Rio, Texas. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) @randyclarkbbtx.
