>> well, let me tell you the cartel definitely are emboldened not just gulf cartel but several cartelmexico and problem with mexico the cartels are running mexico that is the bottom line. that became evident as best in 2019, november, there arrested one of the -- and president ordered his release and all of that did was emboldened and empower cartel so they call shot and in control now. as far as any type of military intervention on our part, i think, you know, people don't have an understanding of imheact that means. first of all, i really think that all of the cartel not just the -- gulf cartel but all of the cartel need to be declared as terrorist organizations. now once that happens, then our country would treat them as any other terrorist anywhere else in the world like iraq or afghanistan. so people need to not thinking because we're going after cartels in mexico that doesn't mean we're going to be rolling into mexico with tanks and shooting missiles stuff like that. i can envision our military being involved. cia, if i and dea and hopefully, hopefully working with a mexican off

there are two or three primary cartels. the gulf cartel operates in brownsville, matamoros. again, the challenge is the cartel -- it is not quite the same as a corporation in the united states. there is a lot of infighting and splintering. often when a kingpin is eliminated, what happens is, there is fight for control of the cartel so you see an increase in violence. host: which one of the three was el chapo's cartel? guest: you got me. i think it was helly scope. host: the line for democrat, good morning. caller: there seems to be a big demand, so to decrease the demand for drugs in united states, perhaps we should use money for drug addiction by putting up billboards all over the interstates. that, use of drugs finances terrorist organizations. perhaps it will weigh on the conscience of the american public that demands these drugs. guest: again, that is an interesting idea. i think the connection you are making is an important one. these organizations that sell drugs also are engaged in other illicit activity, whether smuggling of people, cigarettes -- we had a program at

again, the cartel stresses these men never got any orders to conduct this attack from cartel leadershiping to say these five guys went rogue. it is all there are a fault. here you go, authorities appeared in the meantime, mexican media outlets say mexican law enforcement is investigating and he is a leader of the mexican cartel that runs the model morris area and he suspiciously involved in this attack. the mexican government trying to find him since last year. they have $140,000 bounty on his head placed on him in the spring of last year. mexico media authority is looking into him as well. lastly, look at that shed that the american citizens were found in after kidnapped. two of them were killed. this is a tiny little wooden shed in the outskirts in the middle of nowhere where the americans were eventually taken to and held. we reported yesterday the mexican authorities have arrested one man who is found regarding that shed where those americans were being held. you can see what those conditions were like. and circling back to that letter come i talked to several sources about the lett

the cartels are richer than ever.oes anybody really believe biden has a good relationship with mexico? the mexican president snubbed biden in l.a. at the summit of the americas. didn't even show up. in president biden's policy is to handle. then biden doesn't understand a thing about mexico. >> the mexican government is being held hostage by tens of thousands of paramilitary members of terrorist organizations that effectively control mexico. it's pretty close at this stage to a failed narco-state. they can use violence and oceans of cash to corrupt the government. it's impossible to work through the mexicans because whenever you give information or try to work on a law enforcement basis with the mexicans, the information goes right to the cartels. >> jesse: if you can't trust the mexican government to crack counsel down on the cartels we have to take matters into our own hands. so what is the white house's policy on the cartels? well, we asked the state department and the defense department and we couldn't get an answ

u.s. -- >> those who say bomb the cartels, attack the cartels, get tough, what do you say? >> so, i would say that there's no question our top operational priority is to defeat those two cartels worldwide. and so, we're mapping them. and we're investigating the entire networks to dismantle them and degrade them. i believe that's where we have to start because again, this is a limitless amount of a drug that could be on the streets of our country. >> you said that was interesting how social media is the highway for fentanyl in america. explain that. >> yeah. so one of the things we have seen is that the cartels are flooding the u.s. with fentanyl. and one of the things they're doing is they're traffickers and people selling it for them are all over social media. so, it used to be that someone who was purchasing drugs would go into an open air drug market or have to know a dealer. now, every single american that has a cell phone, a smart phone, literally has a drug dealer in their pocket. there is no more dangerous place right now in the united states than social media sites

the cartel leads to the generation and the sinaloa cartel are the enemy of our children. in my view, fentanyl is a chemical weapon and the narco terrorists in mexico are destroying the country and they need to be held accountable, even if it t means using the u.. military. the cartels are taking total advantage of weak security at the poorest border killing more americans than any terrorist organization in the history of the country. after my dea career, i've been supporting law enforcement agencies and working closely with families like the rachwel's and we're working hard to save lives. i teamed up with the loss forces of fentanyl and see the collages of all the dead kids we've made and teamed up with other people in america that care about our country. the work done last week in phoenix, arizona, and throughout arizona, 4.5 million fake pills? remember what the dea administrator said, six out of ten pills have a potentially fatal dose of fentanyl. cheryl jackson-lee, ranking member, the pills are outdoubted and update it had to six. out dated and updated to six. accord

so those who, say bomb the, cartels attack the cartels, you're tough, would you three? >> i would say that, there's no question our top operational priority is to defeat those two cartels worldwide. so are mapping them, and we're investigating the entire network, to dismantle them and degrade them, i believe that's where we have to start. because again, this is a limitless amount of drug that could be out on the streets. >> it's interesting, because social media networks is the highway for fentanyl in america, explain that. >> so one of the things we've seen is of the cartels are flooding the u.s. with fentanyl, and one of the things are doing, is there traffickers on the people sign up for them are all over social media so used to be that someone who is purchasing drugs we go into an open air drug market, arsenault dealing. now every single american that's the cell phone, a smartphone, literally has a drug dealer in their pocket. there is no more dangerous place or a now, in the united states, the social media sites, or hundreds of million americans around every day. >

the cartels are hiring u.s. citizens because it is easier for them to drive through a port of entry than a foreign national. it's the cartel that is controlling it, even our testimony last week said there is nobody that enters the u.s. without the cartel controlling it. we went out in a caravan the other night to go to the border. as i got in, i said, nobody is coming. the cartel would see 30 cars coming, they are not going to allow anybody to come in. nobody came. not until everybody was gone, then they started the flow again. we don't control our own southern border. we have been called for votes on the floor, i ask witnesses to take a recess. we will probably be back here in 45 minutes. we will be in recess for 45 minutes, and we will continue the hearing. thank you. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2023]

these are cartel territories, seven major cartels throughout mexico.s particular green corresponds with the gulf cartel, we mentioned. like at the sinaloa, aqua color here, closest to the border, new mexico, texas and ca.. what if they move human beings or drugs into america or american cities? on this map, the sinaloa cartel is in orange. this is two months ago. you expect major cities like new york or boston or washington, d.c., but stuns me. this is boise, idaho. this is grand junction, colorado. this is allentown, pennsylvania. this is where the cartels can have influence all across the country. take a walk over here, crime is one thing, the drugs is a different thing, dana. these products are made in china, shipped to southern ports of mexico. they are produced in mexico and then transported across our border and you are seeing the fentanyl from the major cartel areas in mexico. >> dana: there is the human smuggling of which this could have been a part. the trafficking of humans is a profitable enterprise for cartels, that is another thing we're l

they cut a deal the cartel.of two options that are either going to be indentured servants or slaves are going to to the cartel. the other option is backpacking heroin or cocaine across the board's have you heard of those stories? we try to get to the bottom of what these policies are doing the receiving influx of people in drugs. >> thank you for the question break cartels run a multibillion dollar enterprise version pointed out there some experts that suggest they're making more money from the migrant smuggling than drug smuggling. they are doing whatever it takes to get theirru poisonous drugs into this country because they want to drive addiction and they alsoso want to make as much mony as they can.ri i have talked to homeland security experts that office are very concerned for the national security of the country because we've never seen anything like this in the history of the country. i just want to make it clear to everyone in the room this is nothing we have ever seen. there are so many migrants coming

what's known as the kingpin strategy, less organized cartels have taken hold the gulf cartel is the prime example last year the head of the group l contador or the accountant was indicted by u.s. officials. the result is a power vacuum which becomes dangerous. you had. >> rival groups within these cartels vying for that top spot and potentially caught in the middle of all this for americans ended up being ambushed, fired upon and taking away the bodies of the 2 americans killed. finally repatriated to the united states thursday, the family of shade woodard finally breaking their silence after his death. >> so hurtful to see it. the video and how they was it was drugged thrown on the back of the truck. >> and just been helping us. reuters is reporting the mexican government is looking into a possible drug motive behind the attack. none of the victims have been accused of any wrongdoing >> with the support and she brought in law for his birthday. the 5 men who the cartels claim are responsible for the attack are in custody. all 5 deny they killed either american. whether true or not, what i

anti- cartel. when you listen to the response to all this you can see how catastrophic it is. >> they want to use military force to intervene under the pretext of fighting terrorist drug traffickers. after all it is all propaganda nevertheless they must reject the claims of interventionism. >> and then he even issued this threat to republicans directly. >> i would like to tell them they need to change their treatment of mexico or today we start an information campaign in the united states all mexicans and fellow countrymen do about their aggression against mexico and continue this attitude to insist not one mexican for hispanic vote. >> amazingly the white house response was not much better. >> designating the cartels word not grantors any additional authorities we don't have at this time so tcs powerful sanctions to designate to come back with narcotics trafficking and we have not been afraid to use them. >> really? how is that going? what a joke the cartels are rampant. 100,000 to americans from

it's because the cartels keep them safe because the cartels want the tourists to come to continue to activities of human done my such in those areas as well. as we see our college age kids go to spring break, to me i wouldn't let my 18-year-old son or 22-year-old daughter go there, that's for sure. but i may know little more what is happening on the ground. it's the risk that is just so high and unprintable. many, many people tell me i went here or there and it was fine and it's great, you can go a thousand times back but it only takes that one time to be a victim at the hands of the cartel and it's too late at that point. >> john: i remember way more than a decade ago my older son went to tijuana for spring break and was robbed and forced to go to the atm and take out money. that was a long time ago. so, things have gotten worse since then. victor, it is great to talk to you again. we hope you can get justice for your deceased partner, jaime zapara, i appreciate you. >> thank you for having me, j john. >> every week we see purchasing power of our dollar continued to decline. the lac

every cartel has cartel members and associates throughout the united states as part of their command. the individuals who distribute the drugs, who control the distribution of drugs in the united states. we need to take those individuals out. actually, three years ago today as the acting administrator of the drug enforcement administration, i announced a dea operation called project python where we arrested over 600 cjnj members here in the united states with over 350 indictments. we demonstrated then that we can attack the drug cartels right here in the united states, and we need to see more operations like that to take out the command and control structures right here in our country. pete: makes sense to me. secure the border and then go at the cartels already inside our country. is there a component of going on the offense as well inside mexico? that's late, recently been discussed. >> absolutely. look, the mexican government over the last few years has really damaged our ability, dea's ability, to operate in mexico. just a few examples, a few years ago the mexican legislature pas

it is a hot zone for cartel violence.rom brownsville specifically. >> bill: thank you. more details when we get it. tough news out of mexico a while ago. 22 minutes now before the hour. turning our attention back to washington. very interesting developments to keep an eye on this week. the democratic-led d.c. city council trying to claw back a controversial bill that would ease up on the district's criminal code. the senate says the vote will happen. it is too late to pull it back. the council chairman in d.c. trying to do just that and explaining his move on monday. >> i don't know that that will stop the senate republicans but our position is that the bill is not before congress any longer. >> bill: let's bring in democratic senator joe manchin. the issue is with congress, not republicans in congress. good morning and thank you for your time, senator. >> good to be with you. >> bill: how many democratic senators will vote with republicans this week on this bill? >> i would like to think quite a few. i was the first one

the cartels are hiring u.s. citizens because it is easier for them to drive through a port of entry than a foreign national. it's the cartel that is controlling it, even our testimony last week said there is nobody that enters the u.s. without the cartel controlling it. we went out in a caravan the other night to go to the border. as i got in, i said, nobody is coming. the cartel would see 30 cars coming, they are not going to allow anybody to come in. nobody came. not until everybody was gone, then they started the flow again. we don't control our own southern border. we have been called for votes on the floor, i ask witnesses to take a recess. we will probably be back here in 45 minutes. we will be in recess for 45 minutes, and we will continue the hearing. thank you. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2023] >> the committee is called to order. thank you for b

authorities didn't say whether involved with the cartel. kidnapping was caught on surveillance video that some find disturbing and all four victims dragged into the back of a pickup truck. you can see the suspects holding long guns and bullet proof vests. now that we know the fate of them, the white house response with this senseless violence. >> now, americans are being slaughtered with the president taking the same approach as if al qaeda or isis operating across from the city? >> the president takes this very seriously. the fbi and other agents have been on top of this from day one peer that is what he will continue to do. when it comes to americans lives or the safety of americans, the president is always going to make sure that is a top priority. >> would president biden consider using the military to disrupt cartel operations? >> i'm not going to get into the military and how it is being used. >> lindsey graham and announced introducing a bill for the mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorists organizations. that would arrive to the u

two americans dead at the hands of a brutal mexican cartel. victims were on a trip with two other friends when they were violently kidnapped after crossing the border. video shows the moment when they were abducted and tossed into the back of a truck. the americans were in mexico to get a medical procedure. reportedly got lost looking for the clinic. that's when they got caught in the crosshairs of a cartel shoot-out. authorities think that they were mistaken for a rival gang. mexico says one's suspect has been arrested and they are looking for others. responsible. the two americans who survived are finally back in the u.s. being treated at a texas hospital. republicans say it's a tipping point and it's time to take down the cartels. >> i want to introduce legislation to make certain mexican drug cartels foreign terrorist organizations and set the stage to use military force if necessary to protect america from being poisoned from things coming out of mexico. >> there is another hostage, the mexican government. being held hostage by tens of th

the cartels are in charge. brian: part of the reason there is no accountability is the democrats don't want it. let's explore it with south carolina senator lindsey graham. no accountability is not okay with you. >> accountability is one thing, but i want to stop the number of people coming present mexico. it's all coming from drug cartels in mexico working with the chinese suppliers. i want to break the back of these drug cartels and foreign terrorist designation would change the game. it would allow us to go after chinese suppliers to the drug cartels and bring them into u.s. court without fto designation. i want to break the back of these cartel, using a military force if necessary. brian: they apologized. here is t the apology for kidnapping us and killing us. they at all times acted only their own decision making and lack of discipline. is all good now? the cartels apologized. >> this cartel is deeply involved in sending fentanyl to america. the leading cause of death of americans 18-45 is fentanyl. have t

military against the mexican cartels.mexican cartels, ainsley, had that kind of threat hey, you know what? if we grab people across the border they might send a cruise missile at us or something maybe they wouldn't do it. >> ainsley: lindsey graham is working on legislation too because he represents south carolina where these victims lived, resided. when you hear her say we are at a record low for fentanyl. >> steve: crazy. >> ainsley: it is not true, like you said, steve. in 2022, cbp says they seized almost 15,000 pounds. the year before that 11,200 pounds. it's graze that they are seizing that. if the numbers are increasing in what they are seizing, i'm sure the numbers are increasing in what is actually making across the border that they aren't being able to seize. brian? >> brian: all right. yeah. so, goody goody burg early is where i'm at right now. are you guys happy "fox & friends" is here? [cheers and applause] brian i'm going to be meeting some of tampa bay's finest today and finding out what is going on in this

border in a cartel-control area. congressman james comer says we need to confront the terror group head on. >> we can't continue to turn a blind eye to what is going on, they are in the transportation business. every person that enters the border pays a toll. the biden administration is making the drug cartel more powerful. >> todd: jackie ibanez has the latest. >> the u.s. is offering $50,000 reward for information leading to their safe return. there is video showing the moment the three men and one woman were kidnapped. they drug the people into the back of a pickup truck after entering the city. authorities believe it was a case of mistaken identity and the victims were wrongful ly targeted. the victims were from south carolina. according to a family member, they were heading to mexico for a medical procedure. she says this is like a bad dream you wish you could wake up from. to see them thrown in the back of the truck and drug is unbelievable. the president of mexico is assuring the families the mexican governmen

military to fight mexican drug cartels. but simply designating cartels as terrorist organizations doesn't give the u.s. the power to do that. on the other side of the border live in washington. alexandra limon, alexandra, thanks for the update. >> coming up next to the kron, 4 morning news. it will be the second meeting tonight about investigation into the thanksgiving refinery release. rumor that happen last year. the details after the break. >> we're just hoping for the best. we were all getting prepared. >> the east bay getting prepped for the upcoming storm. got crews in contra costa county laying out sandbags front homes wednesday. already experienced flooding from recent storms. crews say the sandbags, they help diver water into storm drains for it can get into any homes. governor newsom has replaced a storm state of emergency for 21 additional counties, including napa, san francisco, san mateo, santa clara. they are all in addition to the state of emergency for claims last week and 13 counties due to the storms. well

the reality is that the mexican cartel is.king billions an billions of dollars you know specially under the biden administration because everyone that crosses illegally into the country pays thousands and thousands of dollars to the mexican cartel. not only do they abuse them, rape them, they also takeaway thousands and thousands of dollars from them. maria: wow, if this is true, i would certainly not want to send any young people from america to mexico on spring break, hailey. this is talked about, kids going to spring break. >> i wonder if you think this should change u.s.' perspective on our relationship with mexico, they're a huge economic partner for us and we do have a lot of travel back and forth across the border but should the u.s. change its approach and its relations to mexico? maria: that would be a levered pole. >> we should be working together. this is an enemy that is also mexico's enemy so i think that both governments should be working together to end the mexican cartel. that should be the goal. maria: mayra,

they're not drug cartels, they're not drug cartels. they're narco drug. >> and they're chopping off people's heads and bodies and and they've involved. everything is evolving and the problem is the government is using old talking points. this is not grandpa's opioid crisis, okay. the pills, that's years ago. yes, kids got addicted because the big pharma, somebody said that. and big pharma never got held accountable because it's all about the money. now the cartels and china are the focus of our problem so we need to deal with them. >> so, agent, in light of that changing landscape, in light of the escalation of severity of this type of organization, how does that change what you need and what we should be doing here in congress to equip dea and your law enforcement partners to fight this fight? >> dea needs resources, but so does all the agencies as far as manpower, you know why? a lot of them are quitting. they're running away and getting jobs in the private sector because they're sick and tired of lack of action and the boss of the d

what you see is an empowered cartel.k to any board or agent, texas dps, people on the front lines of the fight, they will tell you they didn't squash it under the trump administration that they have the cartel on their heels. now they are flourishing. >> emily: senator lindsay's life. he is speaking. >> i have a two-step approach to this. first i want to say we have been talking about doing something against mexican drug cartels regarding foreign terrorist organization designation for a decade, since 2012. senator kennedy and i are going to join forces. hopefully democrats will be involved, to label these organizations as foreign terrorist organizations under u.s. law. that is the top of the food chain. mto designation is the highest designation. what would it mean? it means that all the precursors coming from china, chinese chemical companies and chinese enterprises would be subject to being prosecuted under u.s. law providing material support to foreign terrorist organizations, something that you can't do today. we're

the criminal cartels of mexico are cultural.but i could take you to three spots in my county, look across the line a football field away and i will show you the cartels in operation as they transport and oversee the transition of people, drugs coming into the country, that's not being touched by the mexican government. i've seen the violence, the shootings, sitting in my county looking across the border, the local police leave their communities until cartels are done with their business, cartels have a hold on that country and we need to do something and the number thing we need to do is to secure the border. paul: mark meadows, good seeing you. all right, we told you at the beginning of the broadcast that donald trump looks to be arrested next tuesday. his supporters should protest the latest act in his view but we are hearing from you on musk who says this all but guarantees that donald trump will be elected in a landslide victory, this is so unfair and unsavory that it all but cemented that. we will see how that falls out at

the cartels are very strategic. they neutralize cdp by having waves of coyote paid people overwhelm the crossing sites causing them to thin out the rural areas so they can process the massive waves of people at the crossing sites. then the cartels were across the border. if fentanyl is being stopped at the crossing sites, why has the street price of a hit of fentanyl gone from $95 in january of 2021 to $28 just last month? it's a supply and demand. a simple supply and demand. and this data comes from sheriffs in my home state of tennessee hundreds of miles from the border. mayorkas was lying when he said he had operational control of the border and that fentanyl is killing americans. let me be clear, mayorkas lied, and americans are dying. here are the images, just a few images, and i say just a few because there are hundreds just like this. fentanyl seizures in my home state of tennessee, weapons, cash, drugs. i'd like to take a moment and recognize the sacrifices of the hard work and courageous overworked, underst

number know wo, the mexican government is either partially paid off by the cartel or fear the cartel, so the fact that biden is saying he will work with them is absolutely a joke. and an insult to the american people. >> todd: to make matters worse, the white house shooting down calls to designate cartels as a terrorist organization. how much more terror do the cartels need to do before the individuals designated accordingly. >> todd, our administration will never wake up, the current administration does not care about the american people or this country. he's a puppet and he's been protected in this country and with him not protecting the people of this country he basically is a traitor in my opinion. >> ashley: there is a bill in the u.s. for the u.s. military to be sent to the border, would that make you feel more secure or like a solution at work? >> that would help, yes, that's a great start. >> todd: debi, traitor is a strong accusation, why do you think the president refuses to do the things that everybody knows that he should do? >> i think he's a very weak individual. he is w

military to disrupt cartel operations?i am not going to get into the military and how it is being used. >> senator lindsey graham's to introduce a bill that would designate the drug cartels as foreign organizations to allow the u.s. to use military force against them. >> ashley: brooke singman, thank you. we asked the u.s. marine veteran and former fbi agent this morning where do things go from here? listen to this. >> i think how things happen with the cartels here at 21 state attorney general's have already requested that they be labeled a terrorist organization and that would allow us to use intelligence and other assets to help the mexicans and ourselves against them. >> ashley: later this morning, we will be joined by former border patrol with more on the story. >> todd: into another story out of mexico, 24-year-old canadian woman found dead at her resort south of cancun the day after she got there. her boyfriend, ryan, who went with her held on mexican authorities in connection with her death. investigators with poss

and it was the cartel allegedly turning them over. matt rivers in mexico. >>> this evening, two storms we're tracking. and even before one of them hits, the awful discovery tonight. loved ones found dead, trapped in their homes. matt gutman reporting. >>> all of this as california tonight declares a state of emergency. an atmospheric river set to unleash another eight feet of snow in some places up to eight inches of rain along the coast. and in the midwest and northeast tonight, chicago to detroit to new york, what so many are bracing for. heavy snow, rain, and strong winds. rob marciano timing it all out. >>> tonight, the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell, in the hospital after a fall overnight at a washington, d.c. hotel. the 81-year-old being watched after suffering a concussion. rachel scott with what we know so far. >>> just hours before the ceo of norle toing southern was set to testify today on the hill, yet another train derailment. gio benitez in that hearing room. >>> the war in ukraine tonight. russia unleas

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for the larger cartels.ntrol large parts of mexico. they have completely intimidated the government because they either bribe people because they have oceans of money that they deal with, or they terrorize them, the judge x against them and the police officer does his job, their families could be wiped out and assassinated. so it is a terrible situation. this particular mexican government doesn't have the will to deal with it. i think they are content to coexist and allow these cartels to operate against the united states. and we have to be realistic about the fact that this is going to take direct american involvement to deal with these cartels appear they can be destroyed. we destroyed the cartels in columbia when we did so in the early 1980s. >> john: this idea of going after them if u.s. military or designated foreign terrorist organizations has got some supporters. lindsey graham supports the use of literary support and dan crenshaw supports military force. ted cruz says things, but i don't think we nee

military to disrupt cartel operations? >> i will not get into the military and how it is being used. >> dana: biden administration under pressure as border crisis spireals out of control. the white house considering plans to bring back some trump-area policy like detaining families that enter the u.s. illegally bret baier and mark meridith ahead with detention on american families. first live at the justice department, what are they going to do, david? >> it is a great question and as the two americans continue to recover in the texas hospital, it is a safe bet fbi director chris wray, bill burns and others will be asked specifically about cartels. many senators believe a worldwide threat hearing that is taking place today includes threat of cartels just across the border. this video is chilling, we've been showing it for a couple days now. crossed into mexico for a medical procedure, being removed from a white van and being thrown into the back of a flat-bed truck and yesterday merrick garland addressed this tragedy. >> c

the cartel gunmen moved them from spot to spot. of the americans has a gunshot wound to his leg, but expected to be okay. the surviving two victims were transported to brownsville, texas, receiving medical care at a local hospital. one victim sustained serious bodily injury during the attack. we are working with the department of state to get the deceased victims back into the united states. they were shot at within minutes of crossing the border for brownsville. they were in town for a medical procedure and what happened before the shooting is unclear, federal sources say it was likely a case of mistaken identity. some u.s. lawmakers are calling for military action in a stronger u.s. response against the cartels, here is texas congressman troy nehls, take a listen. >> they will sneak across into the united states, take the fight to cartel and use extreme prejudice because they are killing americans. >> bill: taken general merrick garland said he is outraged by the attacks and promising there will be consequences for whoever was in

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esta tÉcnica de los carteles de usar las redes mÁs nueva. >> en 2010 o 2011 cuando el cartel del golfoiÉn son utilizadas por los carteles. aunque esta preocupaciÓn ha visitado el congreso, ha demostrado ser un desafÍo de controlar contenidos en espaÑol. >> en el tema de espaÑol, que es de la mayorÍa donde salen mucho de estos son vÍdeos, fotografÍas y demÁs, no se estaba viendo el efecto. lourdes: contactamos a twitter a travÉs de su misma plataforma para que reaccionara al informe, pero no habÍamos recibido respuesta. jorge: canadÁ, estados unidos, india, taiwÁn, la uniÓn europea, entre otros paÍses, ya han prohibido el uso de tiktok en sus gobiernos, mientras la administraciÓn de biden estÁ tratando de convencer a el propietario chino que venoso acciones. reportera: velÁzquez tiene casi 5 millones de seguidores en tiktok. >> se me han abierto mucha oportunidad de trabajo hoy son ingresos muy buenos para yo poder comprar mi casa. reportera: la influencer mexicana le da vida comer dice que la posible prohibiciÓn de tiktok no le quita el sueÑo. >> no entra en pÁnico porque cualquier cos

and the cartels control that. designate them.t says it doesn't give us more tools, first of all, they're wrong. secondly, if it doesn't do any harm, it doesn't benefit because it draws attention to the fact that they are a national security risk. we use that tool in reference to other terrorist organizations. colombia has been talked about. i was engaged as head of the d.e.a. in fighting the terrorist organizations in colombia. we have been successful. we have been successful going against the cartels in mexico. we need to re-engage and elevate them as a concern and designate them a national terrorist foreign or foreign terrorist organization would do that. >> do you think the military force should be used to combat the cartels, u.s. military force? >> your previous guest was very close to being right on point that we ought to use them for intelligence purposes. we need to work with mexico on it. but if you use your military to go in without authority, that becomes an invasion. and so in colombia's instance, we had the cooperatio

the cartel was in the clear.etheless, ainsley, you brought this up, a lot of people traveling to new mexico for spring break and other purposes, here is what chris olivera said earlier on "fox & friends" about whether you are thinking about doing it. essentially, don't. >> one thing we are telling people wanting to travel to mexico is to restrain from traveling to mexico. it is too dangerous. there was too much crime as far as the cartels operating and especially matamoros, mexico and the cartel that controls that area. but you have smaller groups, smaller groups of enforcement come enforcement groups that pretty much carry out attacks here they will do kidnappings ar the cartels. within those groups, you can have several groups fighting with each other. because of that, the violence has increased in that area. you talk about that haitians, one thing there are thousands of haitians in mexico and they settle in mexico right now. those cartel groups are recruiting patients for organized crime. because of the outcom

take a listen, chris. >> the general problem of the cartels, look, the cartels are responsible for the deaths of americans, and we are fighting as hard as possible, the dea and the fbi are doing everything possible to dismantle and disrupt and ultimately prosecute the leaders of the cartels and the entire networks that they depend on. >> and, chris, of course, this incident is putting a spotlight on just how much of mexican territory is really open to the cartels who seem to be operating with impunity and raising questions about what the mexican government is doing about it, and what the u.s. government is doing to help, chris. >> thank you so much. i appreciate that. i know you're going to continue to let us know if you get more information. frank in the meantime, you have been involved in the investigations like this. what are u.s. and law enforcement officials doing right now to get those answers and what resources do they have in place? >> so, first, ken already referenced the complete debriefing that is going to occur between u.s. law enforcement, particularly led by the fbi, and

in tucson sector everything south of the board is controlled by the cartel. >> do the cartels try to overwhelm border patrol agents illegally crossing large groups of individuals at a single time? >> yes, sir. what we see, although that is very rare in tucson sector. in tucson sector they do what's or twice a week will see a group of about 100 people so you will refer to as a give up group that gets up in a very remote area. of course when that happens our first priority is to get to that group, so to triage the crew, determine if there is mobile populations in that group. these locations could potentially be hours from the nearest paved road. so to get the group out takes a tremendous amount of personnel which leads other areas vulnerable. >> right. as you mention it takes significant law enforcement to respond to those large groups. have these crossings large groups gotten more frequent over the last couple of years? >> sir, in my experience and the tucson sector it has gone up a little bit. however, the biggest change we seen in the tucson sector as a making in my opening statemen

cartels, terrorist organizations.did it in the '90s in columbia without a single american combat troop on the ground. we can do it again now which welcomed those additional resources. >> you will not find an fbi director that won't welcome that. >> as fears grow for americans to travel to mexico, the president gave an unclear answer when asked if to do so, listen. >> should america be concerned about traveling to mexico? >> the state department has issued its own travel warnings and americans to avoid popular places in mexico and that includes cancun, todd, ashley. >> todd: arizona sheriff, great to see you as always. does weakness of the biden administration on the border lead this cartel to not only kill these americans but then simply write a letter saying we are sorry and think they can get away with it? >> the weakness of these policies is creating strength for the cartels. that is why they think they can get away with all the things they do which is not only killing americans but enslaving people, killing americ