The President's Daily Brief
March 20th, 2025: Grisly Cartel ‘Extermination Camp’ Uncovered & Houthi Leaders Go Into Hiding
20 Mar 2025
In this episode of The President’s Daily Brief: • A grisly discovery in Mexico—volunteers searching for missing loved ones uncover what appears to be an extermination site used by drug cartels, complete with burned remains and underground cremation ovens. • The U.S. military launches another round of strikes on Houthi strongholds in Yemen, forcing Houthi leaders into hiding and cutting off communications. • President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy hold what Trump calls a "very good" call, discussing steps toward a ceasefire. • And in today’s Back of the Brief—the European Union unveils a new initiative to cut reliance on U.S. military supplies, as intelligence warns Russia could be ready for war in five years. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Full Episode
It's Thursday, the 20th of March. 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 grisly discovery in Mexico. Volunteers searching for missing loved ones uncovered what appears to be an extermination site used by drug cartels, complete with burned remains and underground cremation ovens.
We've got the details. Later in the show, the U.S. military launched another round of strikes on Houthi strongholds in Yemen. Now, the attacks have forced Houthi leaders into hiding, cutting off communications as they scramble to respond. Plus, President Trump engages in a, quote, very good call with Ukrainian President Zelensky, with the pair discussing steps toward a ceasefire.
Again, and not to beat that dead war horse, but this ceasefire talk with Zelensky only means something if Putin decides that he wants to stop waging war on Ukraine. And in today's back of the brief, the European Union is unveiling a new initiative to cut reliance on U.S. military supplies.
With intelligence warning that Russia could be ready for war in five years, the EU is making moves to bolster its own security. But first, today's PDB Spotlight. We'll begin in Mexico, where the violence and depravity of the nation's drug cartels is once again on display following the gruesome discovery of what authorities are calling an extermination camp.
Mexican authorities recently descended on the Izaguirre Ranch in the western state of Jalisco after a group of volunteers searching for their missing loved ones received a tip about a mass grave hidden at the abandoned ranch just outside of Guadalajara.
When they arrived at the ranch, officials found underground cremation ovens, burned human remains, bone fragments, hundreds of pairs of shoes, discarded clothing and children's toys. That's according to a report from The New York Times. They even found multiple figurines of Santa Muerte, the Mexican folk saint of death, revered by criminals and drug traffickers throughout the country.
As the investigation progressed, authorities also uncovered at least 96 shell casings of various calibers and metal gripping rings likely used to bind the victims. The grisly discovery has raised fears that the New Generation Jalisco Cartel, which previously operated the ranch, likely carried out mass killings at the property.
It's unclear how many people died at the ranch, and authorities have yet to identify any of the remains, but the more than 700 personal items found scattered across the property hint at a disturbingly high number of victims.
Even for a country that is sadly acclimated to episodes of brutal cartel violence, the images send shockwaves through the community, with local media outlets referring to the site as a, quote, extermination camp.
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