Cartels

While the establishment press obsesses over palace intrigue, hard data from the southern border exposes a crisis of sovereignty, safety, and sanity that demands honest reporting.

The volume is down at the line. The intelligence is up at the desk. Anyone telling you the border is fixed has not stood inside a Forward Operating Base lately.

Mexican cartels are adjusting strategy in response to Trump's FTO designations and military pressure. For the first time in a generation, cartel commanders fear American retaliation. That's progress, but only if Washington holds the line.

Former DEA acting administrator Jack Riley, 30 years watching cartel violence, says he's never seen a turf war this intense. When the most experienced man in the room says that, another round of congressional hearings is not the answer.