{"id":2051298,"date":"2023-10-01T05:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T09:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inside-dan-crenshaws-cartel-task-force-where-kill-or-capture-is-end-goal\/"},"modified":"2023-10-01T05:21:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T09:21:30","slug":"inside-dan-crenshaws-cartel-task-force-where-kill-or-capture-is-end-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inside-dan-crenshaws-cartel-task-force-where-kill-or-capture-is-end-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"In Dan Crenshaw&#8217;s cartel task force, the ultimate aim is &#8216;kill or capture&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Finside-dan-crenshaws-cartel-task-force-where-kill-or-capture-is-end-goal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2051298&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Navy SEAL Officer and Congressman Dan Crenshaw \u2063Takes\u2064 on Mexican Drug Cartels<\/h2>\n<p>Former Navy\u200b SEAL officer and\u200c now-Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) is leading a group of hand-selected House Republicans in \u200bcreating \u200da fail-proof strategy to take down, even kill, the Mexican drug cartel \u200cmembers behind America&#8217;s fentanyl crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Crenshaw, who represents Houston&#8217;s \u200cWoodlands area, knows the end goal is to come up with comprehensive\u2063 legislation\u200d that leads to taking the \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blackburn-cartels-traffickers-exploiting-unfinished-border-wall-construction\/\" title=\"Blackburn: Cartels, Traffickers Exploiting Unfinished Border Wall Construction\">transnational criminal organizations<\/a> down, but his path there is\u2063 a challenging one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m \u2062going into this with an open mind because we have\u200d to be bipartisan, and we have to \u2062actually \u2063get the facts straight and see what\u200c will \u200bwork best, and maybe it&#8217;s my solution, maybe it&#8217;s not,&#8221;<\/strong> Crenshaw said in an interview\u200c with the Washington \u200dExaminer. <strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m not interested \u200cin just passing a \u2062bill out of the House. I&#8217;m \u2062interested in actually passing law. So we&#8217;re doing our best to include Democrats.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy \u2064(R-CA) tapped Crenshaw in July \u2062to oversee the task force after the two \u2063reached an agreement that if the congressman voted for the\u2064 House\u2019s border security bill, H.R. 2, he could lead the panel. Crenshaw\u200c had opposed the bill because he \u200bbelieved \u2063it did not\u2064 go far \u2063enough on the cartels who are behind the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-moving-strongest-border-security-package-in-history-to-house-floor\/\" title=\"Republicans moving 'strongest border security package' in history to House floor\">burgeoning border crisis<\/a>, as well as the \u200dNo.1 cause of death in Americans ages \u206318 to 45: fentanyl.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dtask force begins its travel abroad next \u2064week\u200c with a trip to Colombia to see how the South American nation eliminated much of its drug cartel problem \u2062in the 1980s and \u20641990s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;They\u2019re \u200b30 years\u2064 ahead\u200d of where\u2062 Mexico is,\u200c theoretically,&#8221;<\/strong> he \u200bsaid and \u200badded that there are big\u2063 lessons to \u2062be\u200c learned\u200b in how Colombia overcame its cartel problem and ways to implement similar actions against those in Mexico, particularly the Sinaloa cartel and Jalisco New Generation Cartel.<\/p>\n<p>In early November,\u200c the task force will visit\u2063 Mexico, where Crenshaw hopes to meet with Mexican President\u200b Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, but much could go wrong \u2062between now and\u2063 then, particularly given the political fights that GOP presidential candidates \u2062are waging over the\u2063 issue. Drug \u200dcartels were a hot topic during this \u2062week&#8217;s Republican presidential debate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;I encourage my colleagues and people running for \u200cpresident to make sure that the\u200b goal is to actually kill the\u200c cartel \u2064members \u2063and not to just increase their visibility\u2064 and \u200draise money,&#8221;<\/strong> Crenshaw said. <strong>&#8220;Some \u200dcandidates, like Nikki Haley, others, are pretty\u2062 well-read people, right? They would go about this\u200c the right\u2063 way and talk about \u2062it the right way.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Discussing how to tackle the Mexican cartels and keeping\u2064 it a major issue in the election could backfire for\u200b the country&#8217;s end-all goal\u2064 of eliminating them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;There is a point where your rhetoric can actually be counterproductive. A lot of people\u2064 do\u2062 not understand\u200b Latin American\u2062 culture, and\u2064 they certainly don&#8217;t \u2063understand how the Mexicans operate,&#8221;<\/strong> he said. <strong>&#8220;There&#8217;s some finesse that has to happen there.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Crenshaw\u200c has \u200dled a charge in the House with his own cartel-focused legislation but said he has, at times, \u2063been misunderstood,\u2062 and it was \u2063those kinds of misunderstandings that threaten to ruin the task force&#8217;s work before the\u200c real work has even\u2063 begun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been accused of\u200c all this crap by the president of Mexico himself, wrongly accused that I&#8217;m calling for \u2063unilateral action. Now look, if [the cartels] got so bad and [the] \u200cMexicans just refused to\u200c work with us, you can&#8217;t\u2063 take that kind of option off the table. But our first step in all \u2064of this\u200c is a much more serious military cooperation with \u200cthe Mexican Armed Forces,&#8221;<\/strong> Crenshaw said. <strong>&#8220;We have to be very clear about that \u2064because \u200cthe Mexican politicians will take \u2063our words and \u2064twist them and use it for political \u200dgain. \u2064And then they won&#8217;t go after the cartels the way we need them to.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Crenshaw debuted a bill to stomp out fentanyl production and smuggling by Mexican criminal organizations. The Declaring War \u2064on the Cartels Act of 2023 was formulated to appeal to both Democrats and Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Crenshaw anticipates completing the task force\u2019s report later this year or in early 2024. Recommendations would then be transformed into legislation. Members on the task force have purposely\u200d been\u2063 pulled from relevant committees across \u200dthe\u2063 House and will play a leading \u2062role in winning\u200b support \u200cfrom Democrats.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What strategies and tactics used by the Colombian government can be applied\u200b to the\u200b situation in Mexico\u200c to combat drug cartels effectively<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ht way, and I think they would realize that the goal isn&#8217;t just to arrest people, the goal is \u2064to get\u200c \u2063them\u200c off\u200c the\u200d streets and to keep\u200c them\u200c there.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Crenshaw, \u200cwho\u2063 lost an eye during a deployment in\u200d Afghanistan, has a unique perspective on the\u2064 issue of drug cartels and the devastation they wreak \u200don communities. He understands that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inside-dan-crenshaws-cartel-task-force-where-kill-or-capture-is-end-goal\/\" title=\"In Dan Crenshaw's cartel task force, the ultimate aim is 'kill or capture'.\">simply arresting\u200c \u2063cartel \u200d\u200cmembers<\/a> is not enough to solve the problem. The\u2063 focus needs to be on dismantling the entire\u2063\u200d organization\u2062 and preventing them\u2062 from regrouping and continuing their operations.<\/p>\n<p>The trip to Colombia \u200bwill serve as a learning experience for Crenshaw and the task force, as they study\u200b \u200cthe tactics and strategies used \u2062by the Colombian government to tackle the drug cartel problem. This knowledge \u2064will then be applied\u2063 to the situation in Mexico, where the task force hopes to work with the Mexican government to\u2063 develop a comprehensive plan to\u200c take down the \u2062cartels.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to\u200d the foreign visits, Crenshaw and his team are also gathering information and meeting with\u2064 \u2064experts in the United States to fully understand \u2062the scope and \u2062scale of the fentanyl \u2062crisis. They are\u2063\u200c examining the various ways in which fentanyl is entering the country\u200c and identifying the \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kash-patel-clinton-campaign-and-dnc-are-paying-fec-fines-in-attempt-to-bury-story\/\" title=\"Kash Patel: Clinton Campaign and DNC Are Paying FEC Fines in Attempt to Bury Story\">key players involved<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbp-halts-two-smuggling-attempts-carrying-over-30-illegal-immigrants-and-fentanyl-at-border\/\" title=\"CBP stops 2 smuggling tries with 30+ illegal immigrants and fentanyl at border.\">illegal \u2062drug trade<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;We need a multifaceted approach\u200d. \u2062It&#8217;s not just about law enforcement; \u200bit&#8217;s about diplomatic relations, intelligence sharing, and cutting off the financial \u200cstreams that keep the cartels operating,&#8221;<\/strong> Crenshaw explained. <strong>&#8220;We need to\u2064 use every tool \u200dat our disposal to take them down once and for \u200ball.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The fight against the Mexican drug cartels is a difficult and complex \u200bone, but Crenshaw is \u200bdetermined to \u2064make\u200d a difference. With his background as \u2062a Navy \u2064SEAL officer and his\u200b experience serving in Congress, he is well-equipped to lead this effort. By working with both \u200bRepublicans and Democrats, learning from\u2063 successful approaches used in other countries, and gathering the necessary information and expertise, Crenshaw and his task force have a \u2062real chance of making a significant impact on the fentanyl crisis and the\u2064 overall drug cartel problem in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;This is not an \u200dissue that can be solved overnight, but we are committed to seeing it through,&#8221;<\/strong> Crenshaw emphasized. <strong>&#8220;We owe it\u2062 to the American people \u200dto do everything \u2064in our power to protect them from the devastating effects of the fentanyl crisis.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Navy SEAL officer and now-Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) is spearheading a team of House Republicans to devise an infallible plan to dismantle the Mexican drug cartel responsible for America&#8217;s fentanyl crisis. 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