In a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on October 29, Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump announced measures targeting cartels. He said, "we will be seizing the assets of the criminal gangs and drug cartels and we will use those assets to create a compensation fund."
"So today, I'm announcing for the first time under my administration, we will be seizing the assets of the criminal gangs and drug cartels and we will use those assets to create a compensation fund to provide restitution for the victims of migrant crime and the government will help with the restoration, the government will help in the restitution," said J. Trump.
According to Trump, during an event at Mar-a-Lago on October 30, he would establish a new fund for victims of migrant crime with federal government assistance. "So today, I’m announcing for the first time under my administration, we will be seizing the assets of the criminal gangs and drug cartels and we will use those assets to create a compensation fund to provide restitution for the victims of migrant crime and the government will help with the restoration, the government will help in the restitution," he said.
Derek Maltz, former chief of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Special Operations Division, told The New York Post that the federal government has an asset forfeiture program supporting law enforcement. "It would be a great way to pay back victims that have been hurt by these savages that have come illegally into the country and operate with impunity. It would be a great way to unite American citizens," Maltz said.
According to Newsweek, Tammy Nobles also spoke at the press conference. Her daughter was raped and killed by an MS-13 gang member. Nobles said, "Homeland security did not do their job. Health and Human Services did not do their job. The Biden-Harris administration did not do their job. If they would have done their job, made that one phone call to El Salvador, my daughter would still be alive today."
Donald J. Trump served as the 45th President of the United States after being elected in November 2016. He is known as a business owner, entertainer, and real estate developer from Queens, New York. According to his biography at TrumpLibrary.gov, he attended both the New York Military Academy and the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania.
