Crime
Drug trafficker says Trump battle with the cartels is making an impact
Quick Hit:
A Sinaloa Cartel leader told CNN that President Trump’s border crackdown has made cartel operations “much tougher,” admitting the gang’s smuggling business has been disrupted by the administration’s hardline approach.
Key Details:
- CNN correspondent David Culver interviewed the masked cartel member in the back of an SUV. The man — clad in black clothing, gloves, and sunglasses — conceded that Trump’s policies have made his criminal work harder, responding flatly, “Oh yeah. Yeah.”
- He said Trump’s border enforcement has disrupted cartel routes and made smuggling riskier, limiting the group’s ability to operate freely.
- The trafficker, who admitted to killings and cross-border crimes, said he wanted to warn others, telling CNN, “It’s not a life. It’s not good… Once you get in, you can’t get out.”
A member of the Sinaloa Cartel — responsible for trafficking untold amounts of deadly drugs into our country — says President Trump has unquestionably made his job tougher.
The Trump Admin will not relent until this evil has been eradicated from our country once and for all. pic.twitter.com/1dNYEHlyQi
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 30, 2025
Diving Deeper:
In a rare on-camera interview, a senior figure in Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel — once run by Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán — acknowledged that President Donald Trump’s border and immigration crackdowns are taking a toll on cartel operations. CNN’s David Culver conducted the shadowy interview in the back of an SUV, describing the man as a hardened killer who has “done it all — from killing to coordinating smuggling operations.”
Asked directly if Trump’s border actions have made his job more difficult, the man didn’t hesitate. “Oh yeah. Yeah,” he replied. When Culver pressed further, he added, “Yep.” His matter-of-fact admission underscored what many border agents have long said — that Trump’s aggressive policies are slowing cartel activity and making it costlier, riskier, and far less predictable.
CNN noted that under Trump’s enforcement posture, major smuggling routes have been cut off or heavily monitored, forcing traffickers into less profitable, more dangerous corridors. Those operational disruptions have led even cartel insiders to acknowledge the effectiveness of U.S. countermeasures.
Despite his own record of violence, the masked trafficker told Culver that he wanted to deter others from following his path. “It’s not a life. It’s not good,” he said in broken English, before warning in Spanish, “Once you get in, you can’t get out.”
The man’s comments echoed those of former Sinaloa operative Margarito “Jay” Flores Jr., who told Fox News last month that Trump’s “aggressive approach” would “send a strong message to every drug trafficker across Latin America.” Flores, who worked under El Chapo’s network, said the Trump administration’s actions had already shaken criminal supply chains across Mexico and Central America.
That aggressive campaign appears to be continuing. NBC News recently reported that U.S. forces are preparing operations targeting cartel-linked trafficking hubs inside Venezuela — part of a broader strategy to dismantle networks at their source.
Taken together, the admissions from cartel veterans and the administration’s expanding reach leave little doubt: even the world’s most ruthless traffickers are feeling the pressure. President Trump’s border crackdown is working — and the cartels know it.
From LifeSiteNews
Anti-Christian hate crimes are not properly documented in Canada, but media reports indicate a continuing wave of violence against churches.
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said Monday that Christians may be the “number one” target of hate crimes when asked how he would combat the eruption of attacks on churches in Canada.
“One hundred churches have been burned,” Poilievre said, according to a CBC News report. “Christians may be the number one group that is victims of hate-based violence. But, of course, it’s not politically correct to say that.”
“This anti-Christian hate has got to stop,” said Poilievre, referring to the arson crimes as “terrorist attacks.”
Catholic and Christian churches have seen a spike in arson attacks after a public narrative that Catholic priests had murdered children said to have been found in unmarked graves at the site of Canadian indigenous residential schools run by both the Catholic Church and other Christian churches.
The attacks have reached epidemic proportions. Last week, All Saints Ukrainian Orthodox Church, northeast of Edmonton, was destroyed after being set ablaze by a 23-year-old and a 26-year-old from Saddle Lake First Nation.
At least four other churches in Canada have been set afire this year, according to media reports, including a Catholic church in Saskatchewan, a joint Anglican-Lutheran church in Manitoba, a Greek Orthodox church that had been set afire three other times in recent years, and a Salvation Army church in Newfoundland.
Catholic churches in particular have seen a big spike in violence as compared with previous years, with a jump from 43 police-reported anti-Catholic crimes in 2020 to 155 in 2021, according to Statistics Canada data.
However, hard data on the incidence of overall anti-Christian attacks in Canada is not yet available because the currently cited data on anti-religion hate crimes in Canada does not account for non-Catholic Christian churches.
In recognition of this vacuum, the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada is planning to launch an anti-Christian hate crime tracker.
Poilievre ripped liberals for enabling the rash of church attacks, calling out their policies of reduced penalties for arson, their redirection of resources from police and border services to targeting farmers and hunters, and their “divisive” identity politics.
He said he would take the “opposite approach” if elected prime minister, including “tougher laws” for hate crime perpetrators and redirecting resources away from targeting “sportshooters” and toward police services.
“Because frankly, Canadians of all faiths, including Christians, deserve to worship in peace,” he said.
From LifeSiteNews
An ‘anti-ICE’ message was written on one of the rounds discovered near the shooter’s body, according to an image posted by FBI Director Kash Patel.
Just two weeks after the assassination of Charlie Kirk by a sniper’s bullet, one person was shot dead Wednesday morning by a “possible sniper” outside a Dallas ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility. At least two others were injured.
The shooter, who had positioned himself on a nearby rooftop, died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
According to early reports, none of the killed or injured are ICE agents.
FBI Director Kash Patel posted to X an image of rounds allegedly found by the shooter’s body, one of which included an “anti-ICE” message.
This morning just before 7am local time, an individual fired multiple rounds at a Dallas, Texas ICE facility, killing one, wounding several others, before taking his own life. FBI, DHS, ATF are on the ground with Dallas PD and state authorities.
While the investigation is… pic.twitter.com/SMOyxiKLqA
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) September 24, 2025
“This is the third shooting in Texas directed at ICE or CBP [Border Patrol]. This must stop,” said Sen. Ted Cruz.
“To every politician who is using rhetoric demonizing ICE and demonizing CBP – stop. To every politician demanding that ICE agents be doxxed and calling for people to go after their families – stop. This has very real consequences.”
Vice President JD Vance said, “The obsessive attack on law enforcement, particularly ICE, must stop. I’m praying for everyone hurt in this attack and for their families.”
The obsessive attack on law enforcement, particularly ICE, must stop. I'm praying for everyone hurt in this attack and for their families. https://t.co/wEN3sqyGyQ
— JD Vance (@JDVance) September 24, 2025
This is the second attack in recent months on an ICE facility in Texas.
On July 4, a police officer was shot in the neck at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, southwest of Dallas. Eleven people have been charged in connection with that attack.
On August 25, a 36-year-old man was arrested for making a bomb threat against the Dallas ICE facility where Wednesday morning’s shooting took place.
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