From: NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: This is what victory looks like
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 06:56:56 -0400
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 13:05:26 -0700, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>On 2025-08-17 07:25, NoBody wrote:
>> On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 08:23:27 -0700, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2025-08-16 07:32, NoBody wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:14:55 -0700, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2025-08-15 10:00, NoBody wrote:
>>>>>> WASHINGTON (AP) Mexico sent 26 high-ranking cartel figures to the
>>>>>> United States Tuesday in the latest major deal with the Trump
>>>>>> administration as American authorities ratchet up pressure on criminal
>>>>>> networks smuggling drugs across the border.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Those handed over to U.S. custody include Abigael González Valencia, a
>>>>>> leader of Los Cuinis, a group closely aligned with notorious cartel
>>>>>> Jalisco New Generation or CJNG. Another defendant, Roberto Salazar, is
>>>>>> wanted in connection to the 2008 killing of a Los Angeles County
>>>>>> sheriffs deputy. Other prominent figures have ties to the Sinaloa
>>>>>> Cartel and other violent drug trafficking groups.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://apnews.com/article/cartels-trump-administration-bondi-justice-department-712bdb8f99522ee72ec357492cfa393b
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And you libs pay no mind to helping reduce unwanted deaths and family
>>>>>> destruction from drugs.
>>>>>
>>>>> They're certainly pulling out all the stops so you'll "pay no mind" to
>>>>> the Epstein files.
>>>>
>>>> Can you address to the topic please?
>>>
>>> Sure.
>>>
>>> This was political theatre.
>>>
>>> I'll ask you a question:
>>>
>>> Do you think this will change the flow of drugs into the US?
>>>
>>> Yes or no.
>>
>> Yes I do and the previous efforts have paid off:
>>
>> "Both the number of migrants detected by United States authorities
>> after illegally crossing the Mexico-U.S. border and the quantity of
>> fentanyl seized at the border have significantly decreased this year.
>
>Neither of which is in any way impacted by who is running the cartels,
>and you cannot figure out how much illegal drugs are getting INTO the
>country by how much is seized at the borders.
Laughter!
How much is siezed is a direct indicator of how much gets in. And
somehow in your head, removing drug cartel heads doesn't effect drug
cartel heads....
>
>>
>> The reductions indicate that efforts on both sides of the border to
>> stop the entry of migrants and narcotics to the United States are
>> working, even as the U.S. government continues to pressure its Mexican
>> counterpart to do more to stem these flows."
>>
>> https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/fact-check-border-crossings-and-drug-seizures-plummet-statistics-dont-align/
>
>
>Even the report recognizes this:
>
>'A 59% increase in seizures of ammunition and parts of weapons compared
>to the same [unspecified] period of last year.'
>
>versus
>
>'A 70% reduction in fentanyl seizures, with 20,000 pounds of fentanyl,
>heroin and methamphetamine confiscated in total (45% reduction) in the
>past 90 days.'
Thank you for confirming what I said.