{"id":20073,"date":"2025-10-26T21:14:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T21:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=20073"},"modified":"2025-10-26T21:14:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T21:14:13","slug":"dni-gabbard-reveals-little-known-fact-about-trumps-border-effort-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=20073","title":{"rendered":"DNI Gabbard Reveals Little Known Fact About Trump\u2019s Border Effort"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Saturday that the administration\u2019s recent capture of a high-profile Mexican cartel leader demonstrates President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cseriousness\u201d and determination in confronting organized crime.<\/p>\n

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During an appearance on Fox & Friends Weekend, Gabbard confirmed the October 15 arrest of Sinaloa Cartel plaza boss Leonardo Daniel \u201cEl Pato\u201d Martinez Vera, who is accused of orchestrating crimes including kidnapping and murder. The arrest, Gabbard\u2019s office said, was made possible through intelligence gathered by the ODNI\u2019s National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC).<\/p>\n

When asked by co-host Griff Jenkins whether the operation sent a broader message, Gabbard said the arrest made clear to \u201cthe plaza bosses who have run our southern border under the Biden administration.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, it\u2019s very significant. This operation \u2014 I would love to tell you about how it was carried out,\u201d\u00a0Gabbard said<\/a>. \u201cBecause our folks, who are working now without pay because of the Democrats\u2019 government shutdown, worked tirelessly to get this guy arrested and behind bars, but also the public messaging that we did on behalf of President Trump shows his seriousness.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Nearly all Senate Democrats voted Thursday afternoon to block legislation that would have provided temporary pay to certain federal employees and U.S. service members during the ongoing government shutdown, which entered its 25th day on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd this actually played an integral role in his [El Pato\u2019s] continuing to be behind bars, because people are seeing President Trump is not messing around with this. If they try to resort to their own games of bribery and all of this other stuff, they then will be putting themselves in the target,\u201d the DNI added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not allow cartel gangs who target Americans to roam freely, whether in the U.S. or across the border in Mexico. Our team at NCTC is on the watch, preparing for the moment to strike,\u201d Gabbard noted in a Tuesday press release announcing El Pato\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n

The State Department designated the Sinaloa Cartel as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) in February 2025, alongside other major Latin American criminal networks, including MS-13 and Tren de Aragua (TdA).<\/p>\n

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Since President Donald Trump began his second term, illegal border crossings have dropped sharply from their record highs under the Biden administration.<\/p>\n

Even Democratic Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, a frequent Trump critic, acknowledged during a Thursday appearance on Fox News that the situation at the southern border has markedly improved, saying, \u201cWe don\u2019t have the problem that existed before with people coming across the border.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to Pritzker, left-wing \u201cindependent\u201d Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont\u00a0also praised Trump<\/a>\u00a0last week for his border security efforts.<\/p>\n

During an appearance on The Tim Dillon Show, Sanders said Trump \u201cdid a better job\u201d securing the border than President Biden and urged Democrats to refocus on stronger enforcement measures.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo long as we have nation-states, you\u2019ve got to have borders,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cIf you don\u2019t have any borders, then you don\u2019t have a nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump did a better job,\u201d Sanders admitted. \u201cI don\u2019t like Trump, you know, but we should have a secure border, and it ain\u2019t that hard to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The comments, which aired in Wednesday\u2019s episode of the podcast and have since spread widely across X and YouTube, represent one of the sharpest public breaks between the Vermont independent and the party he caucuses with.<\/p>\n

\u201cBiden didn\u2019t do it,\u201d he added, going on to fault several administrations for failing to enforce border security and laws prohibiting illegal immigration.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to sit here and tell you that overall [Biden] did a good job \u2014 it was not,\u201d Sanders said,\u00a0per Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

U.S. Customs and Border Protection recorded 2.47 million migrant encounters in fiscal year 2023 \u2014 the highest number ever reported \u2014 compared with roughly 458,000 during President Trump\u2019s final year in office, Fox noted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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