The President's Daily Brief
April 28th, 2025: Border Patrol and Mexico Crush Cartel Posts — Cartels Launch Bloody Retaliation & Trump-Zelensky Private Talks
28 Apr 2025
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: A major cartel crackdown at the southern border scores big wins — but sparks bloody retaliation across Mexico. President Trump and Ukraine’s President Zelensky share a private conversation at Pope Francis’s funeral — before Trump delivers a warning to Vladimir Putin. U.S. and Iran conclude their latest round of nuclear talks — but major divisions remain over key issues. And in today’s Back of the Brief: A deadly explosion rocks Iran’s largest commercial port, killing at least 28 and injuring hundreds, with early reports pointing to a possible link to missile fuel. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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It's Monday, the 28th 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 with a major cartel crackdown at the U.S. southern border and the subsequent violent retaliation that's now erupting across Mexico.
Later in the show, President Trump and Ukraine's President Zelensky hold a private meeting at Pope Francis' funeral, just before Trump fired a warning shot at Russian President Putin. Plus, the US and Iran wrap up another round of nuclear talks. But major divisions, as you can imagine, are still standing in the way of a deal.
Und in heute's Back of the Brief, a massive explosion at Iran's largest commercial port kills at least 28 and injures hundreds, with earlier reports linking to a possible link to the mishandling of missile fuel. But first, today's PDB Spotlight. Auf beiden Seiten der US-Mexiko-Border sind Gefährdungsorganisationen auf der Strecke, und jetzt sind die Kartelle wieder auf der Strecke.
Zuerst in einem großen Wettbewerb für die US- und Mexikanische Kräfte. Die Border Patrol-Agenten in Tucson, Arizona, haben in der Vergangenheit real-time Intelligenz mit ihren Verteidigern auf der Grenze geteilt, lediglich zu der Zerstörung von Kartellschauplätzen auf der mexikanischen Seite der Grenze.
Working off those tips, Mexican forces raided several sites, arresting four suspects and seizing a cache of weapons and drugs. Another major bust happened just south of Arizona, along a popular tourist corridor between the Lukeville border crossing and the beach town of Puerto Penasco.
There, authorities uncovered weapons and equipment used by cartel scouts to monitor border patrol movements and coordinate smuggling operations through remote desert routes. The cartel lookouts serve as the eyes and ears for drug runners seeking weak spots and openings along Arizonas border. And the ongoing crackdown hasn't been limited to the border region.
Last week, Mexican Marines launched a major operation in the rugged mountains of Durango, dismantling two clandestine meth labs in the town of Tamazula. Marines seized roughly 330 pounds of meth, along with nearly 3,200 gallons and 770 pounds of chemical precursors, the raw materials used to manufacture meth destined for U.S. streets.
All of these latest blows are part of what's known as Operation Frontera Norte, the Northern Border Operation, which was launched in February after Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum and Trump struck a deal to escalate joint efforts against the cartels.
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