Nicole Shanahan, attorney, tech entrepreneur, and RFK Jr.'s running mate, stated that the southern border is controlled by Mexican drug cartels due to the Biden-Harris administration. Shanahan made this statement in a September 2 post on X.
"The Harris-Biden administration's failure at our southern border, where they've effectively ceded control to the Cartels, is unforgivable," said Shanahan, Robert F. Kennedy's VP pick. "By leaving our border wide open to these horrors, our government is complicit in the drug smuggling that's claiming the lives of our youth, the human trafficking that's robbing innocent children of their virtue, and the modern-day slavery of undocumented workers."
According to a map of cartel influences from Crashout Media, the Sinaloa Cartel controls a wide area of land in northern Mexico, while the Jalisco Cartel controls areas in the south-central region. In between, regional and local cartels control smaller areas of land.
Nicole Shanahan (Left) and RFK Jr. (Right)
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According to Police1, Mexican cartels' influence and operations have spread globally, engaging in drug trafficking, money laundering, and human trafficking. Cartel members bribe officials and infiltrate law enforcement, enabling long-term influence and control. The Sinaloa Cartel and Cártel Jalisco Nuevo Generación (CJNG) have established networks across the U.S. Investigations have revealed money laundering schemes and drug trafficking networks, demonstrating the cartels' impact on U.S. communities.
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) administrator Anne Milgram said, "the Jalisco cartel has influence through associates, facilitators and brokers on every continent except Antarctica," according to the Financial Times.
Josh Jacobson, founder of the Tucson Crime Free Coalition, said Mexican drug cartels charge migrants $6k to try and cross the border. If they are successful but unable to pay, Jacobson said migrants must pay a debt by smuggling drugs or participating in human or sex trafficking. He made these remarks in a documentary titled "What's Behind the Border Crisis."
Nicole Shanahan is an attorney and philanthropist from California known for being selected by RFK Jr. as his running mate during his 2024 presidential run, according to AP News.
