US, Mexico team up to slow Juárez Cartel's drug trafficking efforts | Bradley on the Border

<p>In this episode of &quot;Bradley on the Border,&quot; Bradley is down in El Paso, Texas, where U.S. and Mexican forces teamed up for a rapid-response border security operation. The binational exercise, led by the U.S. Border Patrol’s El Paso sector, included multiple U.S. federal agencies, and on the Mexican side, units from the National Guard and Army. The exercise included a CBP helicopter insertion and a coordinated patrol by the Mexican military across the border in Ciudad Juárez.</p><p><br></p><p>This comes just weeks after the U.S. officially designated the Juárez Cartel — the cartel operating directly across the border from El Paso — as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.” Jesse Muñoz, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection sector chief in El Paso, told Bradley federal officials are now sending a message that those caught assisting criminal organizations will be dealt with more severely, and the goal is 100% prosecution rates.</p><p><br></p><p>#BorderPatrol #cartels #Juarez</p><p><br></p><p>CREDITS:</p><p>Host: Ali Bradley</p><p>Executive Producer: Andy Gipson</p><p>Editorial Producer: Meagan Medick</p><p>Segment Producer: Will Tomasi, Christine Jenkinson</p><p>Editor: Allen Keefner</p><p><br></p><p>On &quot;Bradley on the Border,&quot; NewsNation&#39;s Ali Bradley shows what it&#39;s like along the southern border and across the country as law enforcement agencies work to combat human and drug smuggling and enforce immigration policies.</p><p><br></p><p>NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans. </p><p>More from NewsNation: https://www.newsnationnow.com/ </p><p>Get our app: https://trib.al/TBXgYpp </p><p>Find us on your screen: https://www.joinnn.com/</p><p><br></p><p>Chapter Summary:</p><p>0:00 Intro</p><p>0:51 Operation begins</p><p>7:37 Remarks from Hamid Nikseresh, Special Operations Supervisor, U.S. Border Patrol</p><p>10:01 Remarks from Jesse Muñoz, Chief Patrol Agent, El Paso Sector Border Patrol</p><p>12:41 Remarks from Justin Simmons, Western District of Texas U.S. Attorney</p><p>17:23 Remarks from Ryan Ellison, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Mexico</p><p>20:51 Q&amp;A session</p><p>26:44 Interview with Hamid Nikseresh</p><p>27:10 Designating cartels as terrorist organizations</p><p>29:37 Getting crossings down to zero</p><p>30:21 Cartel aggression</p><p>31:07 Interview with Jesse Muñoz</p><p>32:00 Mirror patrols</p><p>33:00 El Paso crossings</p><p>34:20 Making arrests at the border</p><p>35:00 Cartel tactics</p><p>37:17 Is El Paso prepared for a surge?</p><p>38:04 Should the Border Patrol operate in the interior?</p><p>40:10 Corruption &amp; cooperation with Mexico</p><p>41:48 Drug smuggling</p><p>43:18 Catching gotaways</p><p>44:56 What warrants mirror patrols?</p><p>47:31 Final thoughts</p>