Redacted News Total Chaos! The CIA Mexican Cartel PSYOP is Fully Unfolding in Mexico | Redacted News
Feb 25, 2026
Katrina Schultz, Canadian journalist in Mexico covering cartel violence and security. Chad Bianco, Riverside County Sheriff with frontline cross-border enforcement experience. They debate cartel lockdowns, US-sourced weapon flows, claims of foreign intelligence influence, cartels' shift to human smuggling and military-grade arms, and how law and policy shape the growing violence.
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U.S. Weapons Fuel Cartel Military Capability
- U.S. weapons and military-grade arms are a major source of cartel firepower.
- Mexico's Secretary of Defense said ~78% of weapons seized from cartels trace to the United States, including rifles and rocket launchers made for the U.S. military.
Gun Tracing Efforts Are Being Cut
- U.S. investigative capacity to trace illicit weapons is being reduced.
- The 2026 Justice Department budget cut nearly $500 million from the agency that traces firearms and merged or scaled back ATF operations.
California Functions As Cartel Distribution Hub
- Chad Bianco describes California as a cartel logistics hub feeding the rest of the U.S.
- He says freeways (I-10, I-15, I-5) route cartel shipments east and policy choices in California have made enforcement harder.