Sam Cooper

Mexican law enforcement, acting in coordination with U.S. agencies, raided multiple BLO-run fentanyl superlabs in Sinaloa on December 3, 2024, seizing 1,500 kilograms—over 1.65 tons—of fentanyl, a volume U.S. officials say constitutes the largest single fentanyl seizure in the world to date.

In a sweeping escalation of America’s war on cartel-driven drug violence, U.S. authorities have unsealed the nation’s first-ever narco-terrorism indictment against alleged leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel—following the world’s largest fentanyl seizure late last year in Mexico.

Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California announced charges Tuesday against Pedro Inzunza Noriega and his son, Pedro Inzunza Coronel, accusing the pair of operating one of the world’s most prolific and violent fentanyl trafficking operations under the Beltran Leyva Organization (BLO), an ultra-violent faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. The charges include narco-terrorism, material support of terrorism, drug trafficking, and money laundering.

The historic indictment stems directly from President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14157, which designated the Sinaloa Cartel as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. The designation was formalized by the Secretary of State on February 20, 2025.

According to court filings, Mexican law enforcement, acting in coordination with U.S. agencies, raided multiple BLO-run fentanyl superlabs in Sinaloa on December 3, 2024, seizing 1,500 kilograms—over 1.65 tons—of fentanyl, a volume U.S. officials say constitutes the largest single fentanyl seizure in the world to date.

Among the narcotics seized were rainbow-colored fentanyl pills—of the type Drug Enforcement Administration sources say are deliberately marketed to young people—as well as fentanyl bricks stamped with “Louis Vuitton” and “Rolls Royce” brand marks.

The designation of these narco cells as terrorists is more than legal jargon to senior U.S. officials. Tom Homan, President Trump’s appointed border czar, has called for aggressive, coordinated action against Mexican cartels. He argues that the United States should conduct military-style operations in partnership with Mexican authorities to dismantle these groups, which he says are fueling destabilizing violence, including the murders of thousands of journalists, public officials, and civilians, while corrupting entire tiers of government through terror and coercion.

“We need to play the away game, play where they’re at,” Homan said in a recent interview. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL and Texas congressman, shared the clip, adding, “Homan gets it.”

This alignment between Homan and Crenshaw underscores a growing consensus among some U.S. officials that cartels should be confronted with the same urgency—and the same operational tactics—that U.S. Special Forces have used against terrorist networks in Middle Eastern war zones.

“This is what justice looks like when the full measure of the Department of Justice and its law enforcement partners is brought to bear,” said U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon of the Southern District of California. “Narco-terrorists operate as a cancer within a state. If left unchecked, their growth would lead to the death of law and order.”

Attorney General Pamela Bondi said the Inzunzas, whose organization operates with violent impunity across key trafficking corridors like Tijuana, have brutalized the American people without consequence for too long.

“We will seek life in prison for these terrorists,” Bondi stated.

The charges are part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations, and protect U.S. communities from violent crime. The operation streamlines enforcement across the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces and Project Safe Neighborhoods.

Five other BLO figures—described as high-ranking cartel leaders—were also charged with trafficking and laundering profits from heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl in the United States. All are accused of helping sustain an empire of murders, kidnappings, torture, and violent collection of drug debts to finance their global operations.

“This group is responsible for some of the largest-ever seizures of fentanyl and cocaine targeting the U.S.,” said FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Houtan Moshrefi. “Their drugs destroy lives and communities, but they also threaten our national security.”

The indictment marks the first case brought by the Southern District of California’s newly established Narco-Terrorism Unit, launched last month following Gordon’s appointment. It signals a strategic shift in U.S. prosecutions of cartel activity—treating such groups as transnational insurgents rather than traditional criminal enterprises.

In addition to the Inzunzas, federal prosecutors confirmed that long-standing indictments remain active against several top-tier Sinaloa and BLO leaders:

Fausto Isidro Meza Flores aka “Chapo Isidro”
Oscar Manuel Gastelum Iribe aka “El Musico”
Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar aka “El Chapito”
Ismael Zambada Sicairos aka “Mayito Flaco”
Jose Gil Caro Quintero aka “El Chino”

Together, these men represent what prosecutors described as the military-grade leadership of a cartel apparatus now formally treated as a terrorist threat to the United States.

“Cartel-driven drug trafficking is not just criminal—it’s insurgent,” said Special Agent Shawn Gibson of Homeland Security Investigations San Diego. “We are lasered in on dismantling every node of these terror networks.”

This might be the biggest shake-up in American healthcare history.

President Trump just did what every other politician only talked about—he took a sledgehammer to Big Pharma. With the stroke of a pen, he signed an executive order that could slash drug prices by as much as 90%.

And then RFK Jr. stepped up and revealed why no one else—not even Bernie Sanders—ever followed through.

Standing before reporters and his healthcare team, President Trump announced the most aggressive move on drug pricing America has ever seen. The plan? To cut prescription drug costs by up to 90%—a direct strike against the industry that’s drained American families dry for years.

“Starting today, the United States will no longer subsidize the health care of foreign countries, which is what we were doing,” Trump said. “We were subsidizing others’ health care, countries where they paid a small fraction of what for the same drug that what we pay many, many times more for.”

This wasn’t just about reining in corporate greed. Trump laid it out clearly: this was a global scam, and America was the one footing the bill.

“And [we] will no longer tolerate profiteering and price gouging from Big Pharma,” he added. “But again, it was really the countries that forced Big Pharma to do things that frankly, I’m not sure they really felt comfortable doing, but they’ve gotten away with it, these countries, European Union has been brutal, brutal.”

Trump promised that would change. “So for the first time in many years, we’ll slash the cost of prescription drugs and we will bring fairness to America.”

How much cheaper? “If you think of a drug that is sometimes ten times more expensive, it’s much more than the 59%… but between 59 and 80, and I guess even 90%.”

For struggling families, this wasn’t just reform. It was real relief.

Then came the reveal that changed everything. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stood beside the president and exposed one of Washington’s best-kept secrets. It wasn’t just corruption—it was betrayal.

“This is an extraordinary day,” Kennedy began. “This is an issue that, you know, I grew up in the Democratic Party, and every major Democratic leader for 20 years has been making this promise to the American people.”

He pointed straight to Bernie Sanders, who made drug pricing the core of his presidential campaigns. “This was the fulcrum of Bernie Sanders runs for presidency, that he was going to eliminate this discrepancy between Europe and the United States.”

But none of them actually meant to fix it.

“As it turns out, none of them were doing it. And it’s one of these promises that politicians make to their constituents, knowing that they’ll never have to do it.”

Why not? Because the system was never meant to be fixed.

“There’s at least one pharmaceutical lobbyist for every congressman, every Senator on Capitol Hill, and every member of the Supreme Court,” Kennedy said.

“There has never been a president more willing to stand up to the oligarchs than President Donald Trump,” he added. “And I’m very, very proud of you, Mr. President, for your courage, for I’ll say it because I don’t want to be crude, your intestinal fortitude, your stiff spine and your willingness to stand up for the American people.”

With one line, RFK Jr. shattered the bipartisan charade—and gave Trump credit no Democrat had the guts to say out loud.

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Then Dr. Oz came with a line that hit hard.

“This is the most powerful executive order on pharmacy pricing and healthcare ever in the history of our nation.”

He explained how Americans were stuck paying five to ten times more than Europeans for the exact same drugs—and why that ends now.

“It’s only happening because we have a president with the fortitude, the guts to stand up to the withering criticism and lobbying that’s going to occur as soon as folks hear about the executive order,” said the head of CMS.

Dr. Oz made it personal. “On behalf of the child in Philadelphia with a $1,000-a-month drug, or the older woman in L.A. who can’t afford her blood thinner—I’m going to thank President Trump. God bless you for having the guts to take on this industry.”

He said Trump’s plan will force other countries to start paying their fair share, just like with NATO.

“When President Trump said you’ve got to pay a little more, they came up. The same thing we believe will happen here.”

Negotiations with drug companies start in 30 days. For the first time ever, prices will be tied to global benchmarks.

“We’re going to be able to get the pharmaceutical industry whole—and finally pay the appropriate amount.”

Then NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya took the mic and called it what it was: long overdue.

“What President Trump has done is a historic measure that should have been done a long time ago.”

He explained the economics behind the scam. “One thing that’s really, really simple in economics is that when you have a persistent price difference for the same product between two countries, there’s something deeply wrong.”

Bhattacharya said Americans were being used to fund global research and development, and that ends now.

“Right now, what’s happening is the American people are subsidizing, in a large fraction, the research and development efforts for drug companies around the world, by the higher prices that we pay.”

“With this new order, Europe will share the burden of that.”

This wasn’t new information. The facts have been known for decades. But no one acted—until now.

“We’re standing up for the American consumer who’s been paying far too high prices for far too long.”

“And nothing has been done about it until this moment.”

He turned to the president and said, “I’m really, really proud, President Trump, that you have done this, and I’m really proud to be included in this and looking forward to the work ahead.”

And just before signing, Trump made it clear: Democrats were now in a tough spot.

“We’re now, on top of the tax cuts and regulation cuts, all the things, now you’re going to say that the price of your medicine is going down by 60, 70, 80%. You’re going to vote against it?”

“I think a lot of Democrats will be forced to do something that their leaders are going to beg them not to do, and that’s vote for the bill.”

“I don’t see how they can vote against it.”

That’s when ABC jumped in with a question about a jet from Qatar, implying it was a personal gift to Trump.

Without skipping a beat, Trump fired back. “You’re ABC fake news, right?”

“Let me tell you, you should be embarrassed asking that question. They’re giving us a free jet. I could say no, no, no. Don’t give us. I want to pay you a billion or $400 million or whatever it is. Or I can say thank you very much.”

When she pressed again, Trump hit even harder.

“It’s not a gift to me, it’s a gift to the Department of Defense. You should know better. Because you’ve been embarrassed enough, and so has your network.”

“Your network is a disaster. ABC is a disaster,” Trump added.

Finally, Trump lifted the bill and called Kennedy up beside him. “Here is the bill, Bobby, come on over here.”

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