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60 Minutes

03/23/2025: Death on the Chazy River, Larkin’s War, Mr. Clooney Goes to Broadway

60 Minutes

CBS News

Cbs, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, News

42.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Correspondent Cecilia Vega reports from the U.S.-Canadian border – the longest international land border in the world – near the Chazy River, where migrants are crossing with the help of human smugglers who openly promote their services on popular social media platforms. Vega speaks with one of those smugglers, a Sinaloa cartel member who claims that there will always be ways to bypass barriers, no matter what steps the two countries take – and with an American sheriff who has seen the impact of President Trump’s policies to reduce illegal immigration from the north. Frank Larkin’s commitment to America is remarkable. A former Navy SEAL, he served in the Secret Service, at the Pentagon and as sergeant-at-arms of the U.S. Senate. However, as correspondent Scott Pelley reports, Larkin’s most significant contribution may be what he’s done since his son, Ryan, took his own life. Ryan was, like his father, a decorated Navy SEAL, and his death by suicide was attributed to depression. But Frank Larkin did not accept this explanation, and when pathologists discovered Ryan suffered from scarring in his brain, likely due to repeated low-level blast exposure, this father campaigned for a change in how Special Operations and the rest of the military train and protect their service members. Correspondent Jon Wertheim goes behind the scenes as George Clooney makes his Broadway debut, starring in an adaptation of the 2005 Oscar-nominated movie “Good Night, and Good Luck.” Clooney co-wrote both the original screenplay and this play, which tell the story of pioneering journalist Edward R. Murrow, who took on Senator Joseph McCarthy. Clooney calls it a fight for the ages and says the plot, which revolves around themes of truth, intimidation and courage in corporate media, resonates today. At 63, the actor tells Wertheim why he finally feels ready to take on the role of Murrow himself. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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He goes by the name Javi and agreed to speak with us only with his camera off.

1:10.7

He told us he's a smuggler for a Mexican cartel, guiding people into America across the

1:16.6

Canadian border.

1:17.6

Do you work only with humans, or do you move drugs also?

1:21.6

Everything.

1:23.6

How much fentanyl do you move across that border?

1:28.3

Lately it's been quiet, but for a while there we were bringing in 30 kilos per month.

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