16 OCT 2025: Cartels Are Training… in Ukraine! // Venezuela Covert Action // World vs. China // Gaza Troops // (More) Argentina Cash // Good Econ & Energy News // Voting Rights Act Debate
The Wright Report
Bryan Dean Wright
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🗓️ 16 October 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this episode of The Wright Report, Bryan exposes how Mexican cartels are learning drone warfare in Ukraine, Trump's new covert operation in Venezuela, and China's growing stranglehold on the world's rare earth supply. We also cover plans for an international force in Gaza, Trump's expanding bailout of Argentina, and the return of U.S. manufacturing jobs.
Cartels Train for Drone Warfare:
Mexican and Colombian cartels are sending members to Ukraine to study drone combat and jamming evasion. These skills could soon target U.S. cities and law enforcement. Bryan warns, "When the next 9/11 happens, it may come from people we already know — using tech we helped build."
Trump Targets Venezuela's Narco Regime:
The President authorized CIA and Special Operations units to act against the Maduro government and its Cartel de los Soles network. The finding allows covert lethal force against designated terrorists, marking the most aggressive U.S. posture toward Venezuela in decades.
China's Rare Earth Power Play:
Beijing tightened its export limits on critical minerals, shaking global markets. G7 leaders blasted Xi Jinping for weaponizing trade, while Trump's team vowed to counter with new mining and tariffs.
International Force for Gaza:
Indonesia, Egypt, Qatar, the UAE, and Azerbaijan are preparing a stabilization mission as Hamas factions turn on rival clans. Bryan warns, "It may get far worse before it gets better."
Argentina and the Fight Against Socialism:
Trump doubled U.S. aid to $40 billion to back Javier Milei and block China's influence in South America, calling it "a bet on freedom."
Manufacturing Returns Home:
Jeep maker Stellantis and Whirlpool announced new multibillion-dollar U.S. investments, marking major wins for Trump's reshoring plan and America's industrial revival.
"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32
Keywords: Mexican cartels Ukraine drone training, Trump covert action Venezuela, China rare earth exports G7 response, Gaza International Stabilization Force, Trump Argentina Milei bailout, Stellantis U.S. factory investment, Whirlpool Ohio reshoring jobs
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| 0:00.0 | It's October 16th. I'm Brian Dean Wright, former CIA operations officer, and this is The Wright Report. |
| 0:12.4 | Hey, good day to you, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to The Right Report, your daily news podcast. |
| 0:22.5 | I've got a headline brief for you this morning with so much vital news to cover with all of it, |
| 0:27.7 | shaping America and the world. First up, we've got an alarming update about yesterday's news |
| 0:32.9 | regarding Mexican cartels and bounties. Over the past six months, the U.S. intel community has confirmed |
| 0:39.3 | that Mexican and South American cartels are sending their members to Ukraine to join their |
| 0:44.3 | foreign legion, but they're not interested in Kiev's victory. They're interested in learning |
| 0:49.1 | how to fight in the drone wars. The Kiev Post, the LBC of Great Britain, the UK's Telegraph, and others this morning |
| 0:55.8 | report the Mexican and Colombian cartels and maybe more, understand that drones give them a |
| 1:01.0 | profound opportunity to overtake traditional militaries back home. And that is why Mexico's Los |
| 1:06.4 | Zetas cartel has sent at least one of their members to Ukraine. He excelled at the special op school |
| 1:12.5 | that Kiev operates, which they regard as their top gun training facility for drones. |
| 1:17.6 | Mexican intel learned of this cartelito in Ukraine and his call sign, Eagle 7, probably from |
| 1:24.0 | U.S. Intel. The Mexicans then relayed that to Ukraine's Intel service. |
| 1:28.2 | That issue, this guy was addressed, the case. |
| 1:31.4 | But the problem, though, it continues. |
| 1:33.8 | That's because President Zelensky's Foreign Legion allows anyone to join. |
| 1:38.3 | Anyone from any country can sign up to defend Kiev, and there's little to no vetting. |
| 1:43.5 | And that is not lost in the Los Zetas of Mexico or other cartels, including the notorious Sinaloa cartel. |
| 1:51.0 | Last week, for the first time, video has emerged of a Sinaloa cartel member using drones with fiber optic cables, likely from China, as we talked about yesterday, |
| 2:00.6 | will remember that those then allow a |
| 2:02.2 | pilot to remain tethered to their drone, defeating electronic jamming systems to bring them down. |
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