Garda and Revenue customs officials are engaged in a constant intelligence war against drug cartels that are using new shipping routes set up since Brexit to traffic cocaine
at all present in captagon of tablets. and then sometimes it s up to almost 40% metabolised inside of a pill. they also found that sometimes toxic levels of zinc, copper and other chemical inputs are often found in these captagon tablets. and what does this tell us about how this trade is being able to flourish, not only the manufacture, but the distribution? because this now showing up in africa, in parts of asia and also in europe. what does it tell us about the regime that is aware, seemingly, that this is happening but allowing it to flourish to such an extent? well, i think that these regime aligned actors, they re incredibly creative and they are smart when it comes to the new obstacles that are put in their way to try and constrict the trade. when, for example, they really relied on maritime smuggling routes in 2020 to 2022.
had two minors with them, 15 and 16 years old. take a look at this picture. we have blurred out their eyes, but they were reportedly terrified and believed they may have been part of a recruitment effort. officials say the northeast cartel routinely kidnaps teenagers and even kids and then them. and with a spike of illegal immigration it s a turf war with cartels fighting for highly profitable smuggling routes. the mexican drug cartels have become even more emboldened, more powerful because of that, they re able to profit off human smuggling. with that, now you re going to have increase in cartel violence in mexico with rival cartels fighting each other for human smuggling and drug smuggling into the united states. the five men in custody will be questioned to gather
illegal immigration it is and call out turf between rival cartels fighting for control over highly profitable smuggling routes. the mexican drug cartels have become even more emboldened and more powerful because of that. again they are able to profit on human smuggling. so with that now you re going to have more increasing cartel violence in mexico with cartels fighting each other smuggling in drug smuggling from mexico into the united states for. a five minute custody are being questioned to gather intel about the cartel. and texas may also file weapons charges in this case at the federal government doesn t. it s the prime suspect in the high-profile disappearance of american teenager is one step closer to extradition to the u.s. dutch citizen joran van der sloot charges in connection with the 2005 disappearance of
teenagers and even kids threatening to kill them unless they help with their drug and human smuggling operations. texas border officials say that with the spike in illegal immigration, it s an all-out turf war between rival cartels fighting for highly profitable smuggling routes. the mexican drug cartels have become more emboldened, more powerful because of that because they are able to profit off of human smuggling w. that, now you re going to have more increase in cartel violence in mexico with rival cartels that are fighting each other for human smuggling and drug smuggling routes from mexico into the united states. the five men in custody will be questioned to gather intelligence about the cart eat and texas may also file weapons charges in this case if the federal government does not. griff. griff: that s right, texas does not hold back on prosecuting in the cases that they can. claudia cowan with the latest.