John Torres, former ICE acting director, says Mexican cartels are “getting desperate” as President Donald Trump’s border policies continue to hurt their operations.
“They’re really being impacted here with what President Trump and his team have been doing to close the border and make it much more difficult for these cartels to bring drugs across the country,” Torres said on Newsmax’s “Sunday Report,” adding that “it’s hurting their bottom-line dollar.”
As a result, the cartels are turning their anger toward U.S. law enforcement officers enforcing the border crackdown, he said.
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