PrairiePundit

 Federalist Wire: ... President Donald Trump’s announcement of a second U.S. military strike within two weeks targeting alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers just goes to show his administration’s aggressive stance against international drug cartels. The strike, which killed three “male terrorists” in international waters, was aimed at a vessel carrying “big bags of cocaine and fentanyl,” as Trump stated, emphasizing the operation’s role in disrupting narcotics headed for the United States. The president shared dramatic footage on Truth Social, showing a small boat exploding after a U.S. missile strike, reinforcing his message: “BE WARNED — IF YOU ARE TRANSPORTING DRUGS THAT CAN KILL AMERICANS, WE ARE HUNTING YOU!” Trump’s approach, backed by General Dan Caine’s evidence of the boat’s illicit cargo, reflects a strategic shift toward using military force to combat cartels designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, such as Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua. This escalation is justified by...

 Newsmax: Secretary of State Marco Rubio argued against the intelligence community's assessment on Sunday, stating that the terrorist-designated Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, is a proxy of Nicolás Maduro's government. The intelligence community are "wrong," Rubio told " Face the Nation 's" Margaret Brennan. "In fact, the FBI agrees with me that they are. We, the FBI, agrees that not only is Tren de Aragua exported by the Venezuelan regime, but in fact, if you go back and see a Tren de Aragua member, all the evidence is there, and it's growing every day, was actually contracted to murder an opposition member, I believe, in Chile a few months ago. "So one of the warnings out there by the FBI is not simply that Tren de Aragua are a terrorist organization, but one that has already been operationalized, to murder ... an opposition member in another country." ... While I am not privy to the information the intel community uses to make the...

  American Military Action: ... U.S. Customs and Border Protection told Fox News that 40 suspected Tren de Aragua members were arrested between January 20, 2025, and March 21, 2025, at the Ambassador Bridge crossing between Detroit and Canada. According to Fox News, the Ambassador Bridge has a reputation of having confusing roadway signs that cause issues for both U.S. and Canadian citizens at the border. The outlet noted that the bridge has now become a capture point for Venezuelan gang members. Fox News reported that while U.S. Customs and Border Protection indicated that they do not currently have intelligence pointing to any correlation between the president’s border policies and the recent Tren de Aragua gang member arrests at the northern border bridge crossing, former Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Michael Brown suggested that the Venezuelan gang is changing tactics due to the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigrant gang activity. “As a TdA memb...

 Blaze: U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said that one of the three illegal aliens involved in the arrest of a former New Mexico judge had images of a decapitated victim on his cell phone. Bondi offered the revelation as evidence that the illegal alien allegedly harbored by former Judge Jose "Joel" Cano was a member of the vicious Tren de Aragua gang from El Salvador. Cano resigned from his office after his residence was searched in February, and he was arrested on Friday. 'Not only that, this TDA member, and he had on a necklace that said "kill," something about death, he had tattoos all over him.' Democrats have objected to the arrest and accused the administration of abusing government powers, but Bondi appeared on Fox News in order to deny the allegations. Fox host Sandra Smith said the illegal alien was linked to the gang through clothing, tattoos, and text messages, before asking Bondi what charges the former judge and his wife faced. "Judge Cano,...

Headline USA:   Feds Arrest Judge and Wife Who Harbored Suspected Tren de Aragua Gang Member 'I took him in as my own son...' ... KFOX14 News @KFOX14 The home of a former judge in Las Cruces was raided Thursday, following accusations that he and his wife had an alleged Tren de Aragua member living in their home. KFOX14/CBS4 cameras captured the moment both Cano and his wife, Nancy, were handcuffed. https:// bit.ly/3Ruz8bI 5:10 PM · Apr 24, 2025 · 123K Views It is hard to imagine why a judge would want to be associated with such a group unless he saw some financial advantage in the relationship.  See also: Congress Should Expand Scope Of Expedited Removals To Include Mass Deportation That Majority Supports And: Secretary Kristi Noem Every single day I receive a report on my desk of the murderers, rapists, child abusers, and other sickos that our ICE enforcement agents are arresting around the country.  Under President Trump, we have arrested over 150,000 aliens—including ...