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DOJ Announces Massive Arrest as Dems Protest Trump's Deportations

President Donald Trump is continuing his deportation efforts at a steady pace 
despite growing protests against immigration enforcement and is beginning to 
make progress, according to a new analysis.

In just five months, the US illegal-immigrant population has dropped an 
estimated 1 million - putting Team Trump on course to foster more than 2 
million deportations this year even without (so far) adding to ICE resources, 
" the New York Post Editorial Board noted on Friday.

"It's partly the high-profile arrests and expulsions of child molesters and 
murderers, of course, but also an enormous number of 'self-deportations' as 
illegal migrants realize their odds of staying are dropping fast, " The Post 
board continued.

"This good news also suggests that Trump's instincts were sound when he 
recently called for a slowdown in workplace raids, which anyway don't seem to 
be capturing the most recent border-jumpers, " said the op-ed.

"The president absolutely has a duty to make good on his campaign vows, but 
he's getting it done already: With so much else on his plate now, best not 
mess with success."

Meanwhile, the Justice Department under Attorney General Pam Bondi continues 
to announce the arrests and prosecutions of the most dangerous illegal aliens 
throughout the U.S.

A Mexican national and violent member of the Los Zetas cartel was sentenced 
today to 35 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $792 million for conspiring 
to manufacture and distribute large quantities of cocaine and marijuana, fully 
aware that the drugs would be unlawfully imported into the United States, the 
DOJ said in a Friday press release.

The U.S. Department of State designated Los Zetas-now operating as Cartel del 
Noreste-as a foreign terrorist organization on February 20,2025.

According to court documents, Jaime Gonzalez-Duran, also known as Hummer, 49, 
was personally responsible for importing over 450 kilograms of cocaine and 
90,000 kilograms of marijuana into the United States, said the DOJ. He engaged 
in violent acts against rival drug trafficking groups to control drug plazas 
and trafficking routes, stored and transported weapons, explosives, and 
ammunition, and bribed law enforcement officers to prevent interference with 
drug shipments.

Gonzalez-Duran was a founding member of Los Zetas, a drug trafficking 
organization composed of former Mexican military officers that initially 
served as the armed militant wing of the Gulf Cartel. He later held the 
position of regional commander in the Mexican cities of Matamoros, Reynosa, 
and Miguel Alemán after Los Zetas formed an alliance with the Gulf Cartel 
known as "The Company, " said the DOJ.

In November 2008, authorities seized a warehouse maintained by Gonzalez-Duran 
in Reynosa containing 540 rifles, 165 grenades, 500,000 rounds of ammunition, 
and 14 sticks of TNT-arms used to secure control over drug territories and 
shipments. Additionally, intercepted phone calls from May 2007 revealed 
Gonzalez-Duran coordinating the transport of nearly $1.5 million in cash from 
McAllen, Texas, into Mexico, the press release added.

"Jaime Gonzalez-Duran employed violence and intimidation tactics to maintain 
Los Zetas' reign over key drug trafficking routes, especially on the U.S.-
Mexico border, used to send vast quantities of narcotics into the United 
States, " said Matthew R. Galeotti, Head of the Justice Department's Criminal 
Division.

"Today's sentence is a forceful reminder to Mexican terrorist organizations 
that the Department of Justice is committed to bringing to justice those who 
threaten the well-being and safety of the American people for their own 
personal gain, " Galeotti added.

Gonzalez-Duran pleaded guilty on Feb. 28 to conspiracy to manufacture and 
distribute cocaine and marijuana for unlawful importation into the United 
States from Mexico.

The case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that 
leverages the full resources of the Department of Justice to combat illegal 
immigration, dismantle cartels and other transnational criminal organizations, 
and safeguard communities from violent criminals, the DOJ release added.

Operation Take Back America coordinates efforts and resources from the 
Department's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces and Project Safe 
Neighborhoods to enhance effectiveness, it said.