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Ted Cruz: “President Trump has rightly declared the cartels to be…”

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On the Road in Mexico Urging the Mexican Government to get Serious about Defeating Cartels plus D...

Published September 1, 2025 | Video Starts at 10:15

The 2024 election in the United States was clearly a mandate from the American people to close the these open borders. President Trump has rightly declared the cartels to be terrorist organizations. And so my pitch to them was work hand in hand with us to take it to a different level, to take those cartels out. You talk about that. (10:15–10:22)

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States that President Trump declared Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations.

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“El Salvador is now three times as safe [as the United States].”
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“China has a major port at the mouth of both ends of the [Panama] canal.”
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“China is building a bridge right across the mouth of the canal at the Pacific.”
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“China is also digging a tunnel under the canal for a metro train.”
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“Every year, the United States and Mexico, we have roughly $800 billion worth of trade and commerce between our nations and about 300 billion…”
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“In 2018, the Mexican drug cartels made roughly $500 million from human trafficking.”
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“Last year, again, according to the New York Times, the cartels made over $13 billion from drug trafficking.”
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“Chicago has had the most murders of any American city for 13 consecutive years.”
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“Chicago's murder rate is two times higher than Islamabad.”
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“Chicago's murder rate is 15 times higher than Delhi.”
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“El Salvador's murder rate has plummeted by 98%.”
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“Under Joe Biden, the Mexican drug cartels became unbelievably wealthy.”
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“That is a 2,600% increase [in cartel earnings from drug trafficking].”
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“Yesterday, Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum, was asked about my trip, about the offer I made for the United States to assist Mexico in…”
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“I pointed out, number one, Del Salvador. And I said, look, I was just in El Salvador a few days ago and I described to them the unbelievable…”
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“In his region there were over more than 3,000 disappearances of Mexican nationals who just disappear.”
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“In the early 2000s, George W. Bush made an offer to President Uribe of Colombia.”
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“The American military came into Colombia and just all but eradicated the terrorists.”
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“That was called Plan Colombia.”
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“Mexico has a complicated situation because their economy is intertwined with the United States.”
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“Last year we had over 100,000 people die of drug overdoses, 70% of which was fentanyl.”
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“I find it very hard to believe that four years will pass and the United States will not act in a serious military manner against these drug…”
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“President Trump, he's already secured the border.”
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“Joe Biden and the Democrats were actively complicit in waging [war on the United States of America].”
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“Chicago's murder rate is three times higher than Los Angeles.”
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“Chicago's murder rate is five times higher than New York City.”
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“A new poll from AP/NORC found that a large majority of Americans, 68%, see crime as a major problem in large cities.”
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“Democrats, politically, their ideology, they think it's better to side with the criminals than it is with you.”
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“Democrats have gotten so extreme so whack job out there that it seems like they took a list of a dozen 80, 20 issues and they said let's…”
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“They are out raising Republicans three to one.”
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“We just saw a special election in Iowa state senator seat that Trump had won that district by 11 points. They just elected a Democrat state…”
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