Speaker 1: You can't comprehend that cities and states would be so
Speaker 1: demented to do something like this, to let these violent
Speaker 1: criminals trenda. Agua is a terrorist organization. Cinelo is a
Speaker 1: terrorist organization. MS thirteen is a terrorist organization.
Speaker 2: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
Speaker 3: Good Thursday morning. Nice to have you with us on
Speaker 3: the forty seven Morning Update. Ben Ferguson with you, and
Speaker 3: we have two major stories for you this morning coming
Speaker 3: from the Trump administration. The Attorney General Pam Bondi and
Speaker 3: the FBI Director Cash Patel announcing the results of Operation
Speaker 3: Restore Justice, a nationwide initiative targeting sex child predators. And
Speaker 3: the big question is how are there so many people
Speaker 3: to catch and why did the Democrats do nothing to
Speaker 3: stop this when they were in charge. We'll have the
Speaker 3: details on that story for you first. Also, in another
Speaker 3: massive win, the cinelo At cartel was behind the largest
Speaker 3: fetal seizure in US history, and the Trump administration is
Speaker 3: letting Americans know to be careful of the pills on
Speaker 3: the black market, as the cinelo At cartel is flooding
Speaker 3: America at record rates with drugs that are killing Americans.
Speaker 3: It's the forty seven Morning Updates, and it starts right now.
Speaker 4: Story number one.
Speaker 3: The question every American should be asking themselves right now
Speaker 3: is this, Why did our federal government not act sooner?
Speaker 3: Why did the Biden administration turn a blind eye on
Speaker 3: purpose to the horrific activities that were happening in this
Speaker 3: country that they knew about. Well, thank goodness, with Donald
Speaker 3: Trump's leadership and the Attorney General Pam Bondi and the
Speaker 3: FBI Director Caspitel, they have announced the results of Operation
Speaker 3: Restore Justice, something that could have been done under the
Speaker 3: last administration. It's a nationwide initiative targeting child sex predators.
Speaker 3: Over a five day period, the operation led to the
Speaker 3: arrest of two hundred and five individuals, and the most
Speaker 3: heartbreaking part of all is the rescue of one hundred
Speaker 3: and fifteen children across the United States of America. The
Speaker 3: scope of the operation was incredible. The operation involved all
Speaker 3: fifty five FBI field offices, the Department of Justice Child
Speaker 3: Exploitation Section, and the US Attorney's offices nationwide. Again, why
Speaker 3: did the Democrats and the Biden administration not protect these children?
Speaker 3: There was also some shocking arrests, including a Minnesota state
Speaker 3: trooper and an Army reservist that was arrested for allegedly
Speaker 3: producing child sexual abuse material while in uniform. Also, a
Speaker 3: former Metropolitan Police Department officer in Washington, d C. Previously
Speaker 3: convicted of sex offenses was charged with exploiting additional victims
Speaker 3: while on supervise release. And that's not all. An undocumented
Speaker 3: individual from Mexico was arrested in Virginia for allegedly transporting
Speaker 3: a minor across state lines for sexual purposes. I go
Speaker 3: back to the original question, why did our federal government
Speaker 3: and the Biden administration purposely look the other way while
Speaker 3: they knew this was going on. Luckily, Pam Bondi, the
Speaker 3: Attorney General, had this to say about the operation.
Speaker 1: What I will tell you is these depraved human beings.
Speaker 1: If convicted, we'll face the maximum penalty in prison some life.
Speaker 1: We will find you, we will arrest you, and we
Speaker 1: will charge you. If you are online targeting a child,
Speaker 1: you will not escape us. The FBI and the Department
Speaker 1: of Justice will come after you and we will prosecute you.
Speaker 4: Parents.
Speaker 1: You have to know this is so serious. Your child
Speaker 1: has no right to privacy on the Internet none. You
Speaker 1: have to monitor what your kids doing, whether they're playing
Speaker 1: games on the internet, on social media, any other websites
Speaker 1: that children teenagers frequent, an online predator can find them.
Speaker 1: I always say it's from instant message to instant nightmare.
Speaker 4: Parents.
Speaker 1: They're talking to your kids like their other children, and
Speaker 1: they're not.
Speaker 4: They're predators.
Speaker 1: They pose as children, They get them sometimes to post
Speaker 1: explicit pictures of themselves after they talk to them, and
Speaker 1: then in some cases they even try to blackmail the children.
Speaker 1: The suicide rate among teens ages fourteen to seventeen has
Speaker 1: increased as a result of this as well, because teens
Speaker 1: are taken advantage of and they're manipulated online by child predators.
Speaker 1: So all of you being here today and covering this
Speaker 1: is so important because parents need to know you've got
Speaker 1: to talk to your kids. They think they're talking to
Speaker 1: other children, but most of the time they're not.
Speaker 3: And that's not all A major warning coming from the
Speaker 3: FBI director Cash P.
Speaker 2: Tell Is.
Speaker 3: He highlighted the operations message, making it clear we're coming
Speaker 3: for you if you are harming children. Here's what he
Speaker 3: had to say, as well.
Speaker 5: As the FBI director, I'm humbled to leave some of
Speaker 5: the greatest men and women in law enforcement.
Speaker 4: And I want to.
Speaker 5: Thank our fifty five field offices, our ninety plus United
Speaker 5: States Attorney's offices, ours Section, our crim Division here at
Speaker 5: the Department of Justice, and our field offices throughout the country,
Speaker 5: with lawyers and prosecutors and agents working tirelessly on some
Speaker 5: of the harshest criminality we've ever seen. They don't take
Speaker 5: breaks because our children deserve a free and open society.
Speaker 4: I also want to just take a moment.
Speaker 5: To emphasize the priority of this Department of Justice and
Speaker 5: this FBI our children. If you harm our children, you
Speaker 5: will be given no sanctuary.
Speaker 4: There is no place we will not come to hunt
Speaker 4: you down.
Speaker 5: There is no place we will not look for you,
Speaker 5: and there is no cage we will not put you
Speaker 5: in should you do harm to our children. The prioritization
Speaker 5: of this administration in general, BONDI, has made it abundantly
Speaker 5: clear to child predators you will be hunted down and
Speaker 5: you will be prosecuted. And that is a refreshing thing
Speaker 5: to hear for the men and women who do this
Speaker 5: work tirelessly, and it's also an acknowledgement of the safety
Speaker 5: that we look forward to bringing America. As the Attorney
Speaker 5: General mentioned, there are a couple of cases worth highlighting.
Speaker 5: People in places of public trust have violated not only
Speaker 5: the law, but that public trust, to include teachers, law
Speaker 5: enforcement personnel, and other professionals that we look to safeguard
Speaker 5: our children have not only violated the law, but violated
Speaker 5: the trust. In Minneapolis, defended Jeremy Francis Plonsky, a Minneapolis
Speaker 5: State true and former Army reservedis, was arrested for producing
Speaker 5: child sexual abuse material while in uniform.
Speaker 4: Not anymore. In Norfolk, Virginia, defendant.
Speaker 5: Jose Alexis Valdez Sosa, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, again
Speaker 5: allegedly arrested for transporting a minor across state lines.
Speaker 4: No more.
Speaker 5: Another example right here in Washington, d C. And the
Speaker 5: Metropolitan Police Department officer Lynnwood Barnhill, a former already convicted
Speaker 5: sex offender, was arrested again for exploiting more victims, more
Speaker 5: children while on supervise release. These are just three examples
Speaker 5: that show you the extent and the depravity of these
Speaker 5: horrific crimes, and we need to team up together with
Speaker 5: the American public to find the rest. I want to
Speaker 5: give a special thanks to the National Center for Missing
Speaker 5: and Exploited Children for the tireless work they do in
Speaker 5: partnering with us. And again I want to thank the
Speaker 5: Department of Justice and all these folks here and Pam,
Speaker 5: thank you for never wavering to defend our time.
Speaker 3: Now this operation is not over. It is part of
Speaker 3: Project's Safe Childhood. It's a DOJ initiative launch to make
Speaker 3: sure that we combat child sexual exportation and abuse. The
Speaker 3: DOJ is collaborating with the National Center for Missing and
Speaker 3: Exploited Children and they are encouraging you the public to
Speaker 3: report suspected exploitation through established hotlines and online reporting tools.
Speaker 3: One thing is for sure, the Trump administration is not
Speaker 3: going to turn a blind eye to this and they
Speaker 3: are going after these predators wherever they are.
Speaker 4: Next story number two, the.
Speaker 3: White House has made it very clear that when it
Speaker 3: comes to law and order, they are a full court
Speaker 3: press and a team that is working together, whether it's
Speaker 3: the Attorney General's Office, the FBI, and local law enforcement.
Speaker 3: And now we have the largest fentanyl seizure in US history,
Speaker 3: tied to the Sinaloa drug cartel. The Attorney General coming
Speaker 3: out and sang a sell of the Cinela Cartel operated
Speaker 3: in four major US cities. The cartel conducted a large
Speaker 3: scale drug distribution operation throughout the western part of the
Speaker 3: country that led federal authorities to the largest fetanyl seizure ever.
Speaker 3: There was an illegal alien from Mexico that led the
Speaker 3: group in the US, and the group ran one of
Speaker 3: the largest fetanyl and drug distribution networks the country has
Speaker 3: ever seen. Documents from the US Department of Justice are
Speaker 3: now revealing the Cinela cartel boss running this fetanyl empire
Speaker 3: as it was described today from Oregon that she tells
Speaker 3: you everything you need to know. Oregon sanctuary policies kept
Speaker 3: this man safe. Pambondi making it clear in her statements
Speaker 3: that this is a problem and it's taking the lives
Speaker 3: of countless Americans. The number one killer of fetanol in
Speaker 3: this country as those between the ages of eighteen and
Speaker 3: thirty four. And she had a warning for the American
Speaker 3: pe to tell your kids and your grandkids about fake
Speaker 3: pills that are hitting the markets at record pace.
Speaker 1: The DEA seized eleven point five kilos of fentanyl, including
Speaker 1: an astounding approximately three million fentanyl pills, the largest seizure
Speaker 1: in our nation's history. These are the pills in the
Speaker 1: bags right there, the main bottom right.
Speaker 4: The head of.
Speaker 1: This organization, Sinaloa organization here in the country illegally. Six
Speaker 1: of these guys in women here in the country illegally.
Speaker 1: His name is Alberto Salazar Amaya. He is the leader
Speaker 1: and he was living in Salem, Oregon.
Speaker 4: With him.
Speaker 1: They got millions of dollars cash, cars, but the drugs
Speaker 1: were in Albuquerque, Phoenix, and Utah. That's how insulated these
Speaker 1: drug dealer cartel leaders make themselves. This was an incredible
Speaker 1: operation and that's why I wanted all of you here
Speaker 1: behind me. It took months and months of work, investigation
Speaker 1: leading up to smaller buys, smaller cases to get this
Speaker 1: massive amount of drugs and guns off our streets. Five
Speaker 1: million dollars approximately in cash, thirty five kilos of metha amphetamine,
Speaker 1: thirty five kilos of meth, seven point five kilos of cocaine,
Speaker 1: four point five kilos of heroin, forty nine rifles and
Speaker 1: pistols all shown in the pictures. And then of course
Speaker 1: the three million pills. These pills were stamped as oxycodone.
Speaker 1: Let that sink in three million pills going on our streets,
Speaker 1: three million pills the streets of our country laced with
Speaker 1: fentanyl labeled as oxycodone, and they were in all different
Speaker 1: strengths of fentanyl within them. This operation was made possible
Speaker 1: by over fifty five thousand hours of law enforcement investigation.
Speaker 1: And this is a really dangerous job that these DEA
Speaker 1: agents face every day, but they are getting very dangerous
Speaker 1: drugs off of our streets each day.
Speaker 3: As Pambondi said, this is historic drug seizure led by
Speaker 3: the DEA is a significant blow against the Cineloa cartel
Speaker 3: that removes poison from our streets and protects American citizens
Speaker 3: from the scourge of fetnyl. The Attorney General also making
Speaker 3: it clear that she has the Trump administration behind her,
Speaker 3: saying that we must continue to fight these cartels that
Speaker 3: have been declared by Donald Trump a terrorist organization, a
Speaker 3: designation that should have been done years ago by the
Speaker 3: Biden administration, but instead Democrats are giving them sanctuary in
Speaker 3: their cities.
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