{"id":2397997,"date":"2025-02-02T13:25:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T18:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-cartels-adopted-dangerous-technology-to-outsmart-biden-officials-now-trumps-sending-in-the-military\/"},"modified":"2025-02-02T13:26:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T18:26:40","slug":"the-cartels-adopted-dangerous-technology-to-outsmart-biden-officials-now-trumps-sending-in-the-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-cartels-adopted-dangerous-technology-to-outsmart-biden-officials-now-trumps-sending-in-the-military\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cartels Adopted Dangerous Technology to Outsmart Biden Officials &#8211; Now Trump&#8217;s Sending in the Military"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fthe-cartels-adopted-dangerous-technology-to-outsmart-biden-officials-now-trumps-sending-in-the-military%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=2397997&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--><p>The article\u200c discusses president Donald Trump&#8217;s efforts\u200d to\u2064 enhance border security in the face of evolving threats from \u200bMexican \u200bdrug cartels.\u200b Trump is taking significant \u2062measures, including designating these cartels as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kentucky-ag-slams-state-department-for-failing-to-halt-fentanyl-crisis\/\" title=\"KY AG criticizes State Dept. for not stopping fentanyl crisis.\">foreign \u200cterrorist organizations<\/a>,&#8221; \u200bdue to their growing sophistication and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-no-new-proactive-step-on-tiktok-deal-under-biden\/\" title=\"White House: No New \u2018Proactive Step\u2019 on TikTok Deal Under Biden\">national security risks<\/a> they \u200dpose. It highlights concerns \u2064that, under President Joe Biden&#8217;s governance, these criminal organizations have been able to flourish and upgrade their technology, including the use\u2062 of electronic signal \u2062jammers to disrupt U.S. surveillance drones at the border. <\/p>\n<p>Border Patrol officials have alerted that these jammers\u200d can cause drones to malfunction, indicating that cartels now have access to advanced technology superior to that of U.S. authorities. The article connects this situation to similar criminal\u200c tactics used in \u200cothre \u2062countries, like South Africa, where such devices are employed during violent attacks. While acknowledging that the U.S. remains better positioned than South Africa in terms of safety,it warns that the\u2064 unchecked growth of cartels under recent administrations has created a new set\u2062 of challenges \u200cfor\u200b U.S. law enforcement \u200dand border security. The \u2064article concludes by noting that Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">recently started deploying \u200cmilitary resources<\/a>\u200c to the southern border, although\u200d the full impact of these actions\u2063 remains unclear.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump is taking unprecedented actions to close the border and deal with the security issues that our current immigration system presents.<\/p>\n<p>That includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/designating-cartels-and-other-organizations-as-foreign-terrorist-organizations-and-specially-designated-global-terrorists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">designating<\/a> cartels as &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-highlights-from-trump-inauguration-address\/\" title=\"7 Highlights From ... Inauguration Address\">foreign terrorist organizations&#038;rdquo<\/a>; since the syndicates &ldquo;constitute a national-security threat beyond that posed by traditional organized crime.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But since the cartels were allowed to flourish under the administration of President Joe Biden, the Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tom-homan-confirms-mass-deportation-operation-already-underway-sends-special-message-sanctuary-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">border<\/a> security team may be facing far more sophisticated criminal enterprises than they would have confronted four years ago.<\/p>\n<p>One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/us-news\/immigration\/border-coverage\/cartels\/mexican-cartels-drones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from NewsNation published in October revealed that Mexican drug cartels are now known to be using electronic signal jammers to block American drones that monitor the border.<\/p>\n<p>An alert sent to all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/numbers-dont-lie-one-simple-stat-shows-just-effective-trumps-illegal-immigration-crackdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Border Patrol<\/a> officials across the southern border said that Cartel del Noreste members are using signal jammers, which can be stationary devices or mounted on gunlike tools.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>They can detect unmanned aircraft, intercept the signal between the drone and the operator, and then cause the drone to crash or improperly function.<\/p>\n<p>In essence, the signal jammers crowd out the connection between the aircraft and the remote pilot.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Judd, the president of the Border Patrol Union, warned NewsNation that the cartels are using more upgraded technology than the United States.<\/p>\n<p>But signal jammers actually have been used by criminals around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Will Tanner, a commentator and attorney who writes about the decline of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nightmare-south-africa-us-embassy-warns-americans-ready-power-grid-collapses-civil-unrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Africa<\/a> and other African nations over the decades since decolonization, wrote in one <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Will_Tanner_1\/status\/1881838632589504722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">viral X thread<\/a> that signal jammers are used in attacks against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/killing-white-farmer-sparks-tension-south-africa-murder-trial-begins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">white farmers<\/a> in isolated areas so that they cannot call for help.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As most know by now, farm attacks against Boers are utterly horrific and generally encouraged by the South African government,&rdquo; Tanner wrote.<\/p>\n<p>One South African he interviewed detailed how the devices are used by violent actors in &ldquo;hijackings, cash-in transfer heists, home invasions, and farm attacks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The devices work by &ldquo;blocking all incoming and outgoing signals from everything from cell phones to radios to even some security cameras in a range of 25 to 100 meters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The reason they use them for farm attacks is that a lot of farmers are out of the community safety initiative and they rely on radios to be able to call for help to one another, to come and assist,&rdquo; the interviewee added.<\/p>\n<p>Tanner then noted that America is in a &ldquo;far better spot than South Africa&rdquo; but still s some commonalities with the former apartheid state, primarily a government which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/daniel-pennys-attorney-reveals-life-altering-trauma-client-went\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">turns a blind eye<\/a> to certain criminal behavior because of identity politics.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of the Biden administration, that includes allowing unfettered illegal immigration, and even the failure to confront cartels and gangs that have experience with signal jammers and similarly malicious technology.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Though we&rsquo;re yet to see the combination of stomach-churning brutality and home invasions that are South African farm attacks, we do have all the elements,&rdquo; Tanner cautioned, noting that gangs like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-doj-gives-disgraceful-plea-deal-vicious-ms-13-leader-admitted-involvement-7-murders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MS-13<\/a> now have known presences in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has only recently started to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2025\/01\/27\/here-are-all-units-now-deployed-border-trumps-immigration-crackdown.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deploy the military<\/a> to the southern border. The nation does not yet know the extent to which our armed forces will see conflict with the cartels.<\/p>\n<p>But leaving the cartels alone for four years to enrich themselves and upgrade their technology will certainly present newfound challenges.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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This includes labeling cartels as &#8220;foreign terrorist organizations&#8221; due to their significant national-security threat, which surpasses that of conventional organized crime. However, with the cartels having thrived during President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration, Trump&#8217;s border security team may now face more advanced criminal operations than they would have encountered four years ago. A report from NewsNation in October indicated that Mexican drug cartels are utilizing electronic signal jammers to disrupt American drones monitoring the border. An alert sent to Border Patrol agents noted that members of Cartel del Noreste are employing these jammers, which can be either fixed devices or mounted on handheld tools. These jammers can detect unmanned aircraft, intercept signals between drones and their operators, leading to crashes or malfunctions by blocking communication between the drone and its pilot.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Judd, president of the Border Patrol Union, expressed concern to NewsNation about how cartels are using technology that outmatches what is available in the U.S. Signal jammers have been used by criminals globally; for instance, Will Tanner highlighted their use in South Africa during attacks on isolated white farmers who rely on radios for help. He explained that these devices can block all signals within a range of 25 to 100 meters.<\/p>\n<p>Tanner pointed out similarities between America and South Africa regarding government negligence towards certain criminal activities driven by identity politics\u2014specifically referencing Biden&#8217;s administration&#8217;s leniency towards illegal immigration and failure to confront technologically adept cartels and gangs like MS-13 now present in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>While America currently avoids some of South Africa\u2019s extreme violence related to farm attacks, Tanner warned we possess many similar elements as gangs become more entrenched here. Trump has recently begun deploying military forces at the southern border; however, it remains uncertain how much conflict will arise with these upgraded cartel operations after years of unchecked growth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2397998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Michael-Featured-Image-96.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3620,13819,11458,3634],"class_list":["post-2397997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-biden","tag-cartels","tag-technology","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Michael-Featured-Image-96.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2397997"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2398001,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397997\/revisions\/2398001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2397998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2397997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2397997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2397997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}