The President's Daily Brief
April 24th, 2025: Cartels Deploy New Tactics At The Border & Abbas Torches Hamas
24 Apr 2025
In this episode of The President’s Daily Brief: We begin at the southern border, where Trump’s immigration crackdown is pressuring Mexican cartels to shift tactics—some now targeting Americans in alarming new ways. Then, a deadly terror attack in Indian-administered Kashmir leaves dozens dead. A known militant group has claimed responsibility, and Indian forces are already responding with major force. Plus, Hamas signals willingness to release hostages under a new truce proposal—but the Palestinian Authority isn’t buying it. President Mahmoud Abbas publicly blasts the group and demands they disarm. And in today’s Back of the Brief: The Trump administration files the first-ever RICO charges against members of the violent migrant gang Tren de Aragua, signaling a new phase in the crackdown on transnational criminal organizations. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief TriTails Premium Beef: Visit https://TryBeef.com/PDB for 2 free Flat Iron steaks with your first box over $250. Plus, for a limited time enjoy 5% off on almost everything site-wide excluding subscriptions and B-stock. Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold StopBox: Get firearm security redesigned and save with BOGO the StopBox Pro AND 10% OFF @StopBoxUSA with code PDB at http://stopboxusa.com/PDB ! #stopboxpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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It's Thursday, the 24th of April. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. We'll start things off today at the border, where the Trump administration's crackdown is shaking up cartel operations. Now, smuggling networks are shifting and adjusting their targets, and Americans are getting caught in the crosshairs.
Later in the show, India reels from its deadliest terror attack in years. A militant group has claimed responsibility, and now Indian forces are hitting back hard. Plus, Hamas says it's ready to release hostages. Oh, it's ready now?
Under a new truce, as the Palestinian Authority openly criticizes the Iranian-backed group, accusing them, meaning Hamas, of prolonging the war and calling for disarmament. And in today's back of the brief, a major legal strike against a violent migrant gang operating across the U.S.
The Trump administration is using the RICO process to go after Trenda Aragua, Venezuela's violent TDA gang that's made significant inroads into America. But first, today's PDB Spotlight. We'll begin today with an update from the US southern border, where Mexico's powerful drug cartels are shifting tactics in the wake of President Trump's sweeping crackdown on their migrant smuggling operations.
According to an exclusive report from NewsNation, the drug barons of Mexico are increasingly pivoting to kidnapping civilians for ransom, including American tourists, to make up for their lost revenue streams. When America's borders were wide open, cartels were making a killing on what they called, quote, floor fees for migrants looking to enter America illegally.
Basically, migrants would pay cartels for the privilege of passing through their territory as they made their way to the U.S. Cartels also generated significant revenue from human trafficking operations, with migrants paying to be smuggled across the US-Mexico border.
But those operations have been significantly undermined by the Trump administration's myriad actions to tighten security and block access routes, along with their mass deportation agenda, which has dissuaded potential migrants from making the trek.
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