Mexico Is Complicit In The L.A. Riots, And There Should Be Consequences

The appearance of Mexican flags in the L.A. riots is exactly what it appears to be: a declaration of war by a foreign power.

Texas vs. the Cartel: The DEADLY border showdown



Many small towns in Texas have been overrun by illegal immigrants under the Biden administration — but under Trump that’s hopefully all about to change.

“There was a sigh of relief in Texas when it at least came to the border, because we knew we weren’t going to have to fight our own federal government when it came to actually enforcing the laws,” Greg Sindelar, CEO of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, tells James Poulos of “Zero Hour.”

While it’s been “very overwhelming” for these small towns, Sindelar notes that it was the “system working as designed.”

“So Texas had to jump in. We spent billions and billions and billions of dollars trying to just stem the tide a little bit, but what we learned from that is Mexico is not a good faith actor in this, and I’m talking about the government of Mexico,” he explains.


“And I know they’re very upset by the president saying that they are tied to these cartels. Well, I’m here to tell you they are, at this point, mostly a failed narco state. They have seeded 30% to 40% of their land to these cartels,” he continues, adding, “they let them run anything that they want to do.”

“It’s absolutely horrific what is happening, and the Mexican people are suffering because of it, and Texans and Americans are also suffering because of it,” he adds.

This is why it’s not only important for America to crack down on cartel activity as Trump has promised but Mexico as well.

“Our futures are intertwined,” Sindelar tells Poulos. “If we can’t get Mexico back into being a functioning state again, then we will continue to have these problems, and we’ll continue to pour an immense amount of money and lose an immense amount of American lives until they get their act together.”

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ATF whistleblower reveals where cartel weapons really come from



The Mexican government is suing U.S. gun manufacturers, claiming that they’re designing, marketing, and distributing firearms in ways that facilitate illegal trafficking across the U.S.-Mexico border, fueling cartel violence. Mexico is seeking $10 billion in damages, alleging that 70%-90% of guns recovered at Mexican crime scenes come from the U.S.

Could it be true?

Former ATF agent and author of “The Unarmed Truth” John Dodson tells Glenn Beck it’s all a bunch of lies.

“The only way you can successfully trace a firearm is if it has a U.S. nexus. It was either manufactured here or imported into the U.S. at some point. Either way, it's stamped manufactured in the U.S. or imported in the U.S. by the company that did so,” he explains.

“So to say that all the prime guns successfully traced in Mexico are U.S.-source firearms is kind of a rigged ball game, because the only ones we can successfully trace are U.S.-source firearms anyway. … So the numbers are skewed from the very beginning,” he adds.

Further, they “are not discounting those [guns] that were purchased directly by the Mexican government.”

Dodson, who worked on the border in firearms trafficking for 12 years, says that every year when he ran the data, “70%-75% of the crime guns recovered in Mexico” were “direct purchases by the Mexican government,” which “are considered U.S.-source.”

The ATF, he explains, “doesn't take those [purchases] out of the numbers when they speak to Congress or when they release the information. They count them all as U.S.-source firearms, and so the American civilian firearms market is left holding the bag and blamed for the cartel violence in Mexico.”

“So Mexico is buying [guns] from us, and I assume that those guns are supposed to go to the Mexican government to fight cartels. Are these guns going into the hands of the cartels?” Glenn asks.

“Yes, 100%,” says Dodson.

But it gets even more ironic.

Most of the money the Mexican government uses to purchase these U.S.-source guns comes from the U.S.

“The Mexican government says, ‘Well, we need help fighting the cartels,’ so we give them money to purchase equipment and weapons; they buy these weapons directly from manufacturers,” but then half of those purchased are “diverted into the black market,” where they end up in the hands of cartel members.

The Mexican government then recovers those weapons at crime scenes and turns around and blames U.S. gun manufacturers, even though the government made the original purchase with U.S. dollars.

“Do we have the serial numbers to prove that they were purchased by the Mexican federal government?” asks Glenn.

“100%,” says Dodson.

“Is this because the Mexican government is the drug cartel? The Mexican government is afraid of the drug cartel? Who's really in charge of pushing the government to sue our gun manufacturers?” Glenn asks.

To hear Dodson’s answer, watch the clip above.

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IED kills Texas rancher — Trump must CRUSH the cartels NOW



Ranchers don’t have easy jobs, but when their work straddles both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, the work gets harder — and in some cases, it turns fatal.

This was made clear earlier this month when a Texas border rancher was killed on the Mexican side of his property by a suspected cartel IED.

Rancher Antonio Céspedes Saldierna, 74, and Horacio Lopez Peña, were killed in the blast in Tamaulipas, Mexico, which was just south of Brownsville, Texas. Lopez’s wife, Ninfa Griselda Ortega, was hospitalized with injuries.

“A rancher, calloused hands, sun creased face, the kind of guy that gets up with the chickens in the morning and wrestling a living from Earth,” Glenn Beck of “The Glenn Beck Program” says. “He stepped outside to just check on his herd.”


“One moment, he is breathing in the morning air near Brownsville, Texas, and the next he’s gone,” he continues. “There was an IED, a coward’s weapon, planted by a cartel. It turned this American just living his life into pieces, a mangled memory.”

“This isn’t murder, this is a declaration of war by the cartels. So what did the U.S. State Department do? Well, this happened a few weeks ago, and the State Department just put a warning on border towns like it’s some third-world hellhole,” he adds.

The Texas AG Commissioner Sid Miller warned ranchers to exercise caution.

“I encourage everyone in the agricultural industry to stay vigilant, remain aware of their surroundings, and report any suspicious activity to law enforcement. Additionally, you can avoid dirt roads and remote areas, refrain from touching unfamiliar objects that could be explosive devices, limit travel to daylight hours, stay on main roads, and avoid cartel-controlled regions,” said Miller.

“Like, what? Like you’re dodging snipers in Fallujah? This is America, we’re not supposed to cower on our own soil?” Glenn says. “Foreign criminals have turned our ranches and many of our cities into kill zones.”

While Trump has called these cartels “terrorists,” Glenn believes the president needs to go scorched earth on them.

“I think we should use some of those tools that we have at our disposal, crush this cancer, use them, tell Mexico and their cartel buddies, ‘Sorry gang, homie don’t play this game anymore,’” Glenn says.

“I want to hear Trump say that America should not ever bend or ignore. You spill blood on our soil, we bury you. That’s the line. We don’t want war with anybody, we don’t want foreign wars, but if you bring death onto our soil, we will kill you. We will kill everybody that’s involved. We will burn your empire down to the ground, and then we will go home,” he adds.

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Trump Designating Cartels Terrorists Isn’t ‘Worrisome’ To Lawful U.S. Gun Manufacturers

The assertion that U.S. firearm manufacturers 'sell arms to criminals' is a flat-out lie.

Mexican cartels greenlight explosive drone assaults against Border Patrol agents



Mexican drug cartels have instructed members to attack Border Patrol agents by deploying drones equipped with explosives, according to an agency memo.

An "Officer Safety Alert" obtained by the New York Post and NewsNation stated that the El Paso Sector Intelligence and Operations Center received information on February 1 indicating that "Mexican cartel leaders have authorized the deployment of drones equipped with explosives to be used against U.S. Border Patrol agents and U.S. military personal currently working along the border with Mexico."

'We don't want the bad guy to know we're coming.'

"It is recommended that all U.S. Border Patrol agents and DoD [Department of Defense] personnel working along the border report any sighting of drones to their respective leadership staff and the EPT-IOC," the memo added.

Border Patrol officers were advised "to remain cognizant of their surroundings at all times" and "carry proper equipment," including first-aid kits and body armor. The memo also told agents that their rifles "should be readily available."

The directive from the cartels comes during President Donald Trump's nationwide crackdown on illegal immigration and mass deportation efforts.

NewsNation reported Sunday that threats against Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have escalated on social media.

Memos circulated by Customs and Border Protection cited two posts that encouraged assassination attempts against ICE agents. Another social media post instructed illegal aliens in the U.S. to "spit and urinate" in ICE agents' food and defecate in their vehicles, NewsNation reported.

Last month, a Texas Department of Public Safety memo obtained by the Post revealed that a group of 20 Tren de Aragua gang members armed with blades, tire irons, and broken liquor bottles attempted to break into the U.S. at an El Paso border crossing.

A source reported that TDA intended to "cause harm" to the Texas National Guard troops stationed near the border.

The San Diego Sector Intelligence Unit received an alert in early December that a Mexican cartel had issued a hit against Border Patrol agents stationed at the Imperial Beach and Chula Vista Border Patrol Stations.

"Information received indicated top cartel leaders ordered the shooting towards agents in response and retaliation for an incident that occurred," an internal memo read.

Border czar Tom Homan told NewsNation last week, "We've got many target cities, but I'm not going to share them with you because we got to keep our officers safe."

"Matter of fact, Chicago, that operation was leaked, so we had to reschedule that one. But we need an element of surprise because of officer safety issues. We don't want the bad guy to know we're coming," he added.

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It’s Time To Start Treating Mexico Like A Hostile Foreign Power

We’re never going to have peace and security on our southern border until we deal with the corrupt and criminal elements that run Mexico.

'Asylum seekers' caught transporting 30,000 rounds of ammo — cartel link suspected: Report



Several "asylum seekers," believed to be connected to a Mexican drug cartel, were reportedly caught transporting nearly 30,000 rounds of ammunition in Arizona.

A multi-agency investigation in mid-January led to the seizure of 10,000 rounds of .50 caliber ammunition and 19,640 rounds of 7.62x39 ammunition from two vehicles traveling on Interstate 10.

'The Cartels have engaged in a campaign of violence and terror.'

Cochise County Counter Narcotics and Trafficking Alliance released a statement over the weekend concerning the bust.

"The vehicle containing the 7.62x39 ammunition was interdicted by the Pinal County Sheriff's office. Still, the second vehicle containing the .50 caliber ammunition was located by CNTA investigators at Motel 6 in Benson," the sheriff's office wrote.

The statement further noted that three of the vehicles' occupants were "asylum seekers," one of whom was a Cuban national. A fourth individual was identified as an American citizen from Texas.

Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels stated that the individuals were arrested.

Homeland Security Investigations and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives lead the ongoing investigation.

While it has not yet been confirmed, authorities suspect the large ammunition haul is tied to a Mexican drug cartel.

Bernard Zapor, a retired ATF special agent in charge, told KSAZ-TV, "One thing for sure is that U.S. ammunition is a massively sought commodity in Mexico. It is priceless."

"There's a couple of things that are very interesting about this: the way that it was being transported, it wasn't concealed from the photographs of the arrests. It was very blatantly just stored in an SUV, which indicates to me that they probably had the crossing into Mexico completely arranged," Zapor said.

On Monday, day one of President Donald Trump's second term, he signed an executive order designating cartels "as foreign terrorist organizations."

"The Cartels have engaged in a campaign of violence and terror throughout the Western Hemisphere that has not only destabilized countries with significant importance for our national interests but also flooded the United States with deadly drugs, violent criminals, and vicious gangs," the order read.

"The Cartels functionally control, through a campaign of assassination, terror, rape, and brute force nearly all illegal traffic across the southern border of the United States," it continued. "In certain portions of Mexico, they function as quasi-governmental entities, controlling nearly all aspects of society. The Cartels' activities threaten the safety of the American people, the security of the United States, and the stability of the international order in the Western Hemisphere. Their activities, proximity to, and incursions into the physical territory of the United States pose an unacceptable national security risk to the United States."

Last week, the Department of Justice announced that it sentenced a "prolific firearms trafficker" to 19.5 years in prison for smuggling weapons and ammunition into Mexico for the Sinaloa Cartel.

U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California Tara McGrath stated, "Guns and ammunition smuggled into Mexico support cartels and empower drug traffickers."

DEA Special Agent in Charge Brian Clark called the firearms and ammunition trafficking "a lifeline" for the cartel.

"Weapons trafficking fuels drug-related violence," Clark said.

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Trump’s Executive Orders On Immigration Prove Biden Could Have Secured The Border At Any Time

Chaos on the border and mass illegal immigration were policy outcomes the Biden administration chose on purpose.

Discovery of sophisticated 'narco tunnel' in highly visible border area raises questions about surveillance



United States federal agents on Thursday uncovered a sophisticated "narco tunnel" between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico.

The tunnel was approximately four feet wide and six feet high, reinforced with wooden beams, and equipped with electricity and a ventilation system.

'Someone had to have noticed that.'

A map of the man-made tunnel shared by Border Report showed that it began next to a six-lane highway in Juarez and continued under a levee and the Rio Grande. The entrance, a three-foot-by-three-foot hole, was hidden behind a metal plate.

Authorities stated that the tunnel, which was discovered by Border Patrol's Confined Space Entry Team, appears to have been constructed within the past year and was used to smuggle drugs and people into the U.S.

Homeland Security Investigations El Paso Special Agent in Charge Jason Stevens stated, "Transnational criminal organizations mistakenly think they can avoid detection by moving people and contraband underground."

"This recent discovery is a significant blow to their operations, as it highlights our capability to disrupt their sophisticated smuggling networks," he said.

Border Patrol El Paso Sector Chief Patrol Agent Anthony Good attributed the discovery to regular probes around the border.

However, former Border Patrol Tucson Sector Chief Patrol Agent Victor Manjarrez questioned how the tunnel was built in a high-visibility area without being detected sooner. He noted that the structure could not have been built with "a pick and shovel" but must have been built with construction machines.

"I find it hard to believe someone on the Mexican side did not know of a tunnel. There are too many logistical things that have to occur. One is, you gotta bring the equipment in. You may have started with a pick and shovel or vertical drilling, but ultimately you have to bring in equipment," Manjarrez told Border Report. "You are bringing a tremendous amount of dirt, rocks, things of that nature. You gotta put that somewhere."

"I'm certain the cartel did not hook up to the meter so they could pay their monthly bill on that, so they hooked that up to somewhere else, and someone had to have noticed that. To say they did not notice, that they weren't aware of that at this point, is not believable," he stated.

Manjarrez speculated that the tunnel was likely used to smuggle drugs or "high value" foreign nationals.

"It would make more sense it was being used to bring people from China, from Southeast Asia, or Europe that can pay $25,000 to $30,000 to be smuggled to the United States. If you go for volume, it becomes a risk because someone could talk. This isn't for the economic migrant you normally see here," he said. "Also, people coming from special interest areas. They may not be on the list itself but come from a terrorist region. Those are the ones more invested in not being detected."

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