Dan Brunner is a seasoned expert in federal law enforcement with 29 years of combined service in the FBI and the US Navy. With over two decades of experience as an FBI Special Agent, Crisis Management expert, and SWAT Tactical Operations Team Leader, Dan has unparalleled insight into the dark world of organized crime. We are going deep into the operations of the Tren de Aragua, one of the most dangerous and elusive criminal cartels in Latin America. Drawing on his extensive expertise in Latin and South American geopolitical matters, Dan sheds light on the cartel's reach, methods, and growing influence across borders. From his firsthand experience tracking down “Top Ten Most Wanted” fugitives to navigating the complexities of legal systems and international security, he provides a rare, in-depth perspective into the fight against transnational crime.
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Morning, everybody. Hope you had a pretty awesome Thanksgiving. This comes out on Monday, which I think is Cyber Monday, so it's going to be madness if you didn't get enough on Black Friday. Talking about that, let's get into who makes this episode possible. Everybody doesn't answer that question. It's Black Rifle Coffee. Let's head to the website.
It looks like they still have a Black Friday sale going on right now because this is Being recorded on Sunday, the day before the episode comes out. So 30% off site-wide. I bet you that is going to last for Monday as well. Let's see what we got here. 70% off select items. The ID.me customers, those are for military members or people who can verify a government ID.
Apparel gear, coffee bundle samplers, all these things. From now until the end of the year, it's going to be me talking to you about government. gifts for people in your life who either like Black Raffle Coffee or like the brand. Maybe they like coffee and they don't even know about the brand. I am going to recommend, let's just start here, a bundle or a sampler. Let's go to the sampler. $22.99.
Four bags of coffee. It looks like they're a little bit smaller than the 12-ounce bag, but you're exposing them to the brand. What do we got here? Beyond Black, Just Black, AK, and Silence to Smooth. Those are great roasts. I have all of those for sale at the coffee shop. And let's just say maybe you want to get them something that they can make their coffee in.
We're in the equipment section right here. And I mean, you could just go to town. So, Think about Christmas now because, I mean, this is December 1st as I'm recording this. I don't even know how this works. I mean, I know how the calendar works, but at the same time, it's a wild thing to me that we're into December. And that's it.
Best thing people can do to support the podcast is support the brand that helps bring me or brings me here to the studio. I actually brought myself, but it allows me to bring the episodes to everybody. Yeah, they provide me the economic ability to make this podcast, to provide it to people for free. So best way you can support me is to support them. My guest for today is Dan Bruner.
He and I connected over email. But it was over originally the topic of Tren de Aragua, which is a Venezuelan gang, that I did an episode of Change Agents about, working with Ironclad, the company that I work with to produce Change Agents. Dan, 20 years in the FBI. Anti-cartel operations largely out of the New Jersey area.
Very steeped in knowledge and experience, not only in TDA, but other cartel-associated gangs. Individuals, how they're put together, their network, how they're coming into the country, how they are structuring what they do inside of the country that ties back to their home of origin. Pretty wild.
And there was this article that came out, and it was either 13 or 16 states that TDA, or Trend de Aragua, is active in. Montana, my home state, is one of them. And Dan lives in Bozeman, and he bases his business out of Bozeman. I think that's probably the epicenter for the TDA in Montana. And it is directly in front of people, and they're probably not even seeing it.
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