May 8, 2025 • 13 mins
1. Operation Restore Justice
- Background: The document criticizes the Biden administration for allegedly ignoring child exploitation issues, contrasting it with the Trump administration's proactive stance.
- Operation Details: Led by Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Caspittel, Operation Restore Justice targeted child sex predators across the U.S.
- Results: Over five days, 205 individuals were arrested, and 115 children were rescued.
- Scope: Involved all 55 FBI field offices, the Department of Justice Child Exploitation Section, and U.S. Attorney's offices nationwide.
- Notable Arrests: Included a Minnesota state trooper, an Army reservist, and a former Metropolitan Police Department officer.
- Statements: Pam Bondi emphasized the seriousness of online child exploitation and the need for parents to monitor their children's online activities. FBI Director Caspittel highlighted the commitment to hunting down child predators.
2. Largest Fentanyl Seizure in U.S. History
- Background: The document discusses the Trump administration's efforts to combat drug trafficking, particularly fentanyl distribution by the Sinaloa cartel.
- Operation Details: The Attorney General announced the largest fentanyl seizure tied to the Sinaloa cartel, which operated in four major U.S. cities.
- Results: The DEA seized 11.5 kilos of fentanyl, including approximately 3 million fentanyl pills, along with other drugs, cash, and weapons.
- Notable Arrests: Included an illegal alien from Mexico leading the cartel's operations in the U.S.
- Statements: Pam Bondi and the Attorney General emphasized the dangers of fentanyl and the Trump administration's commitment to fighting drug cartels.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
You can't comprehend that cities and states would be so
demented to do something like this, to let these violent
criminals trenda. Agua is a terrorist organization. Cinelo is a
terrorist organization. MS thirteen is a terrorist organization.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Good Thursday morning. Nice to have you with us on
the forty seven Morning Update. Ben Ferguson with you, and
we have two major stories for you this morning coming
from the Trump administration. The Attorney General Pam Bondi and
the FBI Director Cash Patel announcing the results of Operation
Restore Justice, a nationwide initiative targeting sex child predators. And
(00:43):
the big question is how are there so many people
to catch and why did the Democrats do nothing to
stop this when they were in charge. We'll have the
details on that story for you first. Also, in another
massive win, the cinelo At cartel was behind the largest
fetal seizure in US history, and the Trump administration is
(01:04):
letting Americans know to be careful of the pills on
the black market, as the cinelo At cartel is flooding
America at record rates with drugs that are killing Americans.
It's the forty seven Morning Updates, and it starts right now.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
Story number one.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
The question every American should be asking themselves right now
is this, Why did our federal government not act sooner?
Why did the Biden administration turn a blind eye on
purpose to the horrific activities that were happening in this
country that they knew about. Well, thank goodness, with Donald
(01:42):
Trump's leadership and the Attorney General Pam Bondi and the
FBI Director Caspitel, they have announced the results of Operation
Restore Justice, something that could have been done under the
last administration. It's a nationwide initiative targeting child sex predators.
Over a five day period, the operation led to the
(02:03):
arrest of two hundred and five individuals, and the most
heartbreaking part of all is the rescue of one hundred
and fifteen children across the United States of America. The
scope of the operation was incredible. The operation involved all
fifty five FBI field offices, the Department of Justice Child
(02:24):
Exploitation Section, and the US Attorney's offices nationwide. Again, why
did the Democrats and the Biden administration not protect these children?
There was also some shocking arrests, including a Minnesota state
trooper and an Army reservist that was arrested for allegedly
producing child sexual abuse material while in uniform. Also, a
(02:47):
former Metropolitan Police Department officer in Washington, d C. Previously
convicted of sex offenses was charged with exploiting additional victims
while on supervise release. And that's not all. An undocumented
individual from Mexico was arrested in Virginia for allegedly transporting
a minor across state lines for sexual purposes. I go
(03:10):
back to the original question, why did our federal government
and the Biden administration purposely look the other way while
they knew this was going on. Luckily, Pam Bondi, the
Attorney General, had this to say about the operation.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
What I will tell you is these depraved human beings.
If convicted, we'll face the maximum penalty in prison some life.
We will find you, we will arrest you, and we
will charge you. If you are online targeting a child,
you will not escape us. The FBI and the Department
(03:45):
of Justice will come after you and we will prosecute you.
Speaker 4 (03:49):
Parents.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
You have to know this is so serious. Your child
has no right to privacy on the Internet none. You
have to monitor what your kids doing, whether they're playing
games on the internet, on social media, any other websites
that children teenagers frequent, an online predator can find them.
(04:12):
I always say it's from instant message to instant nightmare.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
Parents.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
They're talking to your kids like their other children, and
they're not.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
They're predators.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
They pose as children, They get them sometimes to post
explicit pictures of themselves after they talk to them, and
then in some cases they even try to blackmail the children.
The suicide rate among teens ages fourteen to seventeen has
increased as a result of this as well, because teens
(04:43):
are taken advantage of and they're manipulated online by child predators.
So all of you being here today and covering this
is so important because parents need to know you've got
to talk to your kids. They think they're talking to
other children, but most of the time they're not.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
And that's not all A major warning coming from the
FBI director Cash P.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Tell Is.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
He highlighted the operations message, making it clear we're coming
for you if you are harming children. Here's what he
had to say, as well.
Speaker 5 (05:16):
As the FBI director, I'm humbled to leave some of
the greatest men and women in law enforcement.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
And I want to.
Speaker 5 (05:21):
Thank our fifty five field offices, our ninety plus United
States Attorney's offices, ours Section, our crim Division here at
the Department of Justice, and our field offices throughout the country,
with lawyers and prosecutors and agents working tirelessly on some
of the harshest criminality we've ever seen. They don't take
breaks because our children deserve a free and open society.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
I also want to just take a moment.
Speaker 5 (05:48):
To emphasize the priority of this Department of Justice and
this FBI our children. If you harm our children, you
will be given no sanctuary.
Speaker 4 (05:59):
There is no place we will not come to hunt
you down.
Speaker 5 (06:02):
There is no place we will not look for you,
and there is no cage we will not put you
in should you do harm to our children. The prioritization
of this administration in general, BONDI, has made it abundantly
clear to child predators you will be hunted down and
you will be prosecuted. And that is a refreshing thing
to hear for the men and women who do this
(06:24):
work tirelessly, and it's also an acknowledgement of the safety
that we look forward to bringing America. As the Attorney
General mentioned, there are a couple of cases worth highlighting.
People in places of public trust have violated not only
the law, but that public trust, to include teachers, law
(06:45):
enforcement personnel, and other professionals that we look to safeguard
our children have not only violated the law, but violated
the trust. In Minneapolis, defended Jeremy Francis Plonsky, a Minneapolis
State true and former Army reservedis, was arrested for producing
child sexual abuse material while in uniform.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
Not anymore. In Norfolk, Virginia, defendant.
Speaker 5 (07:09):
Jose Alexis Valdez Sosa, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, again
allegedly arrested for transporting a minor across state lines.
Speaker 4 (07:18):
No more.
Speaker 5 (07:20):
Another example right here in Washington, d C. And the
Metropolitan Police Department officer Lynnwood Barnhill, a former already convicted
sex offender, was arrested again for exploiting more victims, more
children while on supervise release. These are just three examples
that show you the extent and the depravity of these
(07:41):
horrific crimes, and we need to team up together with
the American public to find the rest. I want to
give a special thanks to the National Center for Missing
and Exploited Children for the tireless work they do in
partnering with us. And again I want to thank the
Department of Justice and all these folks here and Pam,
thank you for never wavering to defend our time.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Now this operation is not over. It is part of
Project's Safe Childhood. It's a DOJ initiative launch to make
sure that we combat child sexual exportation and abuse. The
DOJ is collaborating with the National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children and they are encouraging you the public to
report suspected exploitation through established hotlines and online reporting tools.
(08:26):
One thing is for sure, the Trump administration is not
going to turn a blind eye to this and they
are going after these predators wherever they are.
Speaker 4 (08:35):
Next story number two, the.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
White House has made it very clear that when it
comes to law and order, they are a full court
press and a team that is working together, whether it's
the Attorney General's Office, the FBI, and local law enforcement.
And now we have the largest fentanyl seizure in US history,
tied to the Sinaloa drug cartel. The Attorney General coming
(08:59):
out and sang a sell of the Cinela Cartel operated
in four major US cities. The cartel conducted a large
scale drug distribution operation throughout the western part of the
country that led federal authorities to the largest fetanyl seizure ever.
There was an illegal alien from Mexico that led the
group in the US, and the group ran one of
(09:20):
the largest fetanyl and drug distribution networks the country has
ever seen. Documents from the US Department of Justice are
now revealing the Cinela cartel boss running this fetanyl empire
as it was described today from Oregon that she tells
you everything you need to know. Oregon sanctuary policies kept
(09:41):
this man safe. Pambondi making it clear in her statements
that this is a problem and it's taking the lives
of countless Americans. The number one killer of fetanol in
this country as those between the ages of eighteen and
thirty four. And she had a warning for the American
pe to tell your kids and your grandkids about fake
(10:04):
pills that are hitting the markets at record pace.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
The DEA seized eleven point five kilos of fentanyl, including
an astounding approximately three million fentanyl pills, the largest seizure
in our nation's history. These are the pills in the
bags right there, the main bottom right.
Speaker 4 (10:28):
The head of.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
This organization, Sinaloa organization here in the country illegally. Six
of these guys in women here in the country illegally.
His name is Alberto Salazar Amaya. He is the leader
and he was living in Salem, Oregon.
Speaker 4 (10:45):
With him.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
They got millions of dollars cash, cars, but the drugs
were in Albuquerque, Phoenix, and Utah. That's how insulated these
drug dealer cartel leaders make themselves. This was an incredible
operation and that's why I wanted all of you here
behind me. It took months and months of work, investigation
(11:10):
leading up to smaller buys, smaller cases to get this
massive amount of drugs and guns off our streets. Five
million dollars approximately in cash, thirty five kilos of metha amphetamine,
thirty five kilos of meth, seven point five kilos of cocaine,
(11:31):
four point five kilos of heroin, forty nine rifles and
pistols all shown in the pictures. And then of course
the three million pills. These pills were stamped as oxycodone.
Let that sink in three million pills going on our streets,
three million pills the streets of our country laced with
(11:54):
fentanyl labeled as oxycodone, and they were in all different
strengths of fentanyl within them. This operation was made possible
by over fifty five thousand hours of law enforcement investigation.
And this is a really dangerous job that these DEA
(12:14):
agents face every day, but they are getting very dangerous
drugs off of our streets each day.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
As Pambondi said, this is historic drug seizure led by
the DEA is a significant blow against the Cineloa cartel
that removes poison from our streets and protects American citizens
from the scourge of fetnyl. The Attorney General also making
it clear that she has the Trump administration behind her,
(12:42):
saying that we must continue to fight these cartels that
have been declared by Donald Trump a terrorist organization, a
designation that should have been done years ago by the
Biden administration, but instead Democrats are giving them sanctuary in
their cities.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update
with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever
you're listening to this podcast right now and for more
in depth news. Also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson Podcast
and we will see you back here tomorrow
You can't comprehend that cities and states would be so
demented to do something like this, to let these violent
criminals trenda. Agua is a terrorist organization. Cinelo is a
terrorist organization. MS thirteen is a terrorist organization.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Good Thursday morning. Nice to have you with us on
the forty seven Morning Update. Ben Ferguson with you, and
we have two major stories for you this morning coming
from the Trump administration. The Attorney General Pam Bondi and
the FBI Director Cash Patel announcing the results of Operation
Restore Justice, a nationwide initiative targeting sex child predators. And
(00:43):
the big question is how are there so many people
to catch and why did the Democrats do nothing to
stop this when they were in charge. We'll have the
details on that story for you first. Also, in another
massive win, the cinelo At cartel was behind the largest
fetal seizure in US history, and the Trump administration is
(01:04):
letting Americans know to be careful of the pills on
the black market, as the cinelo At cartel is flooding
America at record rates with drugs that are killing Americans.
It's the forty seven Morning Updates, and it starts right now.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
Story number one.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
The question every American should be asking themselves right now
is this, Why did our federal government not act sooner?
Why did the Biden administration turn a blind eye on
purpose to the horrific activities that were happening in this
country that they knew about. Well, thank goodness, with Donald
(01:42):
Trump's leadership and the Attorney General Pam Bondi and the
FBI Director Caspitel, they have announced the results of Operation
Restore Justice, something that could have been done under the
last administration. It's a nationwide initiative targeting child sex predators.
Over a five day period, the operation led to the
(02:03):
arrest of two hundred and five individuals, and the most
heartbreaking part of all is the rescue of one hundred
and fifteen children across the United States of America. The
scope of the operation was incredible. The operation involved all
fifty five FBI field offices, the Department of Justice Child
(02:24):
Exploitation Section, and the US Attorney's offices nationwide. Again, why
did the Democrats and the Biden administration not protect these children?
There was also some shocking arrests, including a Minnesota state
trooper and an Army reservist that was arrested for allegedly
producing child sexual abuse material while in uniform. Also, a
(02:47):
former Metropolitan Police Department officer in Washington, d C. Previously
convicted of sex offenses was charged with exploiting additional victims
while on supervise release. And that's not all. An undocumented
individual from Mexico was arrested in Virginia for allegedly transporting
a minor across state lines for sexual purposes. I go
(03:10):
back to the original question, why did our federal government
and the Biden administration purposely look the other way while
they knew this was going on. Luckily, Pam Bondi, the
Attorney General, had this to say about the operation.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
What I will tell you is these depraved human beings.
If convicted, we'll face the maximum penalty in prison some life.
We will find you, we will arrest you, and we
will charge you. If you are online targeting a child,
you will not escape us. The FBI and the Department
(03:45):
of Justice will come after you and we will prosecute you.
Speaker 4 (03:49):
Parents.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
You have to know this is so serious. Your child
has no right to privacy on the Internet none. You
have to monitor what your kids doing, whether they're playing
games on the internet, on social media, any other websites
that children teenagers frequent, an online predator can find them.
(04:12):
I always say it's from instant message to instant nightmare.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
Parents.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
They're talking to your kids like their other children, and
they're not.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
They're predators.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
They pose as children, They get them sometimes to post
explicit pictures of themselves after they talk to them, and
then in some cases they even try to blackmail the children.
The suicide rate among teens ages fourteen to seventeen has
increased as a result of this as well, because teens
(04:43):
are taken advantage of and they're manipulated online by child predators.
So all of you being here today and covering this
is so important because parents need to know you've got
to talk to your kids. They think they're talking to
other children, but most of the time they're not.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
And that's not all A major warning coming from the
FBI director Cash P.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Tell Is.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
He highlighted the operations message, making it clear we're coming
for you if you are harming children. Here's what he
had to say, as well.
Speaker 5 (05:16):
As the FBI director, I'm humbled to leave some of
the greatest men and women in law enforcement.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
And I want to.
Speaker 5 (05:21):
Thank our fifty five field offices, our ninety plus United
States Attorney's offices, ours Section, our crim Division here at
the Department of Justice, and our field offices throughout the country,
with lawyers and prosecutors and agents working tirelessly on some
of the harshest criminality we've ever seen. They don't take
breaks because our children deserve a free and open society.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
I also want to just take a moment.
Speaker 5 (05:48):
To emphasize the priority of this Department of Justice and
this FBI our children. If you harm our children, you
will be given no sanctuary.
Speaker 4 (05:59):
There is no place we will not come to hunt
you down.
Speaker 5 (06:02):
There is no place we will not look for you,
and there is no cage we will not put you
in should you do harm to our children. The prioritization
of this administration in general, BONDI, has made it abundantly
clear to child predators you will be hunted down and
you will be prosecuted. And that is a refreshing thing
to hear for the men and women who do this
(06:24):
work tirelessly, and it's also an acknowledgement of the safety
that we look forward to bringing America. As the Attorney
General mentioned, there are a couple of cases worth highlighting.
People in places of public trust have violated not only
the law, but that public trust, to include teachers, law
(06:45):
enforcement personnel, and other professionals that we look to safeguard
our children have not only violated the law, but violated
the trust. In Minneapolis, defended Jeremy Francis Plonsky, a Minneapolis
State true and former Army reservedis, was arrested for producing
child sexual abuse material while in uniform.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
Not anymore. In Norfolk, Virginia, defendant.
Speaker 5 (07:09):
Jose Alexis Valdez Sosa, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, again
allegedly arrested for transporting a minor across state lines.
Speaker 4 (07:18):
No more.
Speaker 5 (07:20):
Another example right here in Washington, d C. And the
Metropolitan Police Department officer Lynnwood Barnhill, a former already convicted
sex offender, was arrested again for exploiting more victims, more
children while on supervise release. These are just three examples
that show you the extent and the depravity of these
(07:41):
horrific crimes, and we need to team up together with
the American public to find the rest. I want to
give a special thanks to the National Center for Missing
and Exploited Children for the tireless work they do in
partnering with us. And again I want to thank the
Department of Justice and all these folks here and Pam,
thank you for never wavering to defend our time.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Now this operation is not over. It is part of
Project's Safe Childhood. It's a DOJ initiative launch to make
sure that we combat child sexual exportation and abuse. The
DOJ is collaborating with the National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children and they are encouraging you the public to
report suspected exploitation through established hotlines and online reporting tools.
(08:26):
One thing is for sure, the Trump administration is not
going to turn a blind eye to this and they
are going after these predators wherever they are.
Speaker 4 (08:35):
Next story number two, the.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
White House has made it very clear that when it
comes to law and order, they are a full court
press and a team that is working together, whether it's
the Attorney General's Office, the FBI, and local law enforcement.
And now we have the largest fentanyl seizure in US history,
tied to the Sinaloa drug cartel. The Attorney General coming
(08:59):
out and sang a sell of the Cinela Cartel operated
in four major US cities. The cartel conducted a large
scale drug distribution operation throughout the western part of the
country that led federal authorities to the largest fetanyl seizure ever.
There was an illegal alien from Mexico that led the
group in the US, and the group ran one of
(09:20):
the largest fetanyl and drug distribution networks the country has
ever seen. Documents from the US Department of Justice are
now revealing the Cinela cartel boss running this fetanyl empire
as it was described today from Oregon that she tells
you everything you need to know. Oregon sanctuary policies kept
(09:41):
this man safe. Pambondi making it clear in her statements
that this is a problem and it's taking the lives
of countless Americans. The number one killer of fetanol in
this country as those between the ages of eighteen and
thirty four. And she had a warning for the American
pe to tell your kids and your grandkids about fake
(10:04):
pills that are hitting the markets at record pace.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
The DEA seized eleven point five kilos of fentanyl, including
an astounding approximately three million fentanyl pills, the largest seizure
in our nation's history. These are the pills in the
bags right there, the main bottom right.
Speaker 4 (10:28):
The head of.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
This organization, Sinaloa organization here in the country illegally. Six
of these guys in women here in the country illegally.
His name is Alberto Salazar Amaya. He is the leader
and he was living in Salem, Oregon.
Speaker 4 (10:45):
With him.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
They got millions of dollars cash, cars, but the drugs
were in Albuquerque, Phoenix, and Utah. That's how insulated these
drug dealer cartel leaders make themselves. This was an incredible
operation and that's why I wanted all of you here
behind me. It took months and months of work, investigation
(11:10):
leading up to smaller buys, smaller cases to get this
massive amount of drugs and guns off our streets. Five
million dollars approximately in cash, thirty five kilos of metha amphetamine,
thirty five kilos of meth, seven point five kilos of cocaine,
(11:31):
four point five kilos of heroin, forty nine rifles and
pistols all shown in the pictures. And then of course
the three million pills. These pills were stamped as oxycodone.
Let that sink in three million pills going on our streets,
three million pills the streets of our country laced with
(11:54):
fentanyl labeled as oxycodone, and they were in all different
strengths of fentanyl within them. This operation was made possible
by over fifty five thousand hours of law enforcement investigation.
And this is a really dangerous job that these DEA
(12:14):
agents face every day, but they are getting very dangerous
drugs off of our streets each day.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
As Pambondi said, this is historic drug seizure led by
the DEA is a significant blow against the Cineloa cartel
that removes poison from our streets and protects American citizens
from the scourge of fetnyl. The Attorney General also making
it clear that she has the Trump administration behind her,
(12:42):
saying that we must continue to fight these cartels that
have been declared by Donald Trump a terrorist organization, a
designation that should have been done years ago by the
Biden administration, but instead Democrats are giving them sanctuary in
their cities.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update
with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever
you're listening to this podcast right now and for more
in depth news. Also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson Podcast
and we will see you back here tomorrow
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