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The President's Daily Brief

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | February 12th, 2025: Drug Cartels Using Tunnels To Avoid Detection & An American Returns Home

The President's Daily Brief

The First TV

Politics, News

4.7 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: The Trump administration’s border crackdown is showing real progress on the surface, but underground, cartel tunnels remain a major challenge. We’ll break down how smugglers are bypassing security with sophisticated passageways beneath the U.S.-Mexico border. American teacher Marc Fogel is finally back on U.S. soil after spending three and a half years in a Russian prison on trumped-up drug charges. We’ll bring you the latest details on the negotiations that secured his release. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Ramp: Get $250 when you join Ramp. Go to ramp.com/PDB. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Thank you. It's Wednesday, 12 February. Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. We'll start things off with a look at the Trump administration's border crackdown.

1:07.3

Now, on the surface, the numbers show real progress, but when you dig into it, get below the surface, the cartels are still finding ways in.

1:14.1

Later in the show, American teacher Mark Fogel is back on U.S. soil after spending three and a half years in a Russian prison on drug charges related to a small amount of medical marijuana.

1:21.5

We'll bring you the details of his release. But first, the afternoon spotlight. The Trump

1:26.7

administration's border crackdown appears to be making

1:29.4

a serious impact if the numbers are anything to go by. According to our report from Fox, the daily

1:35.9

average number of known gotaways, that's the illegal migrants who successfully entered the U.S.

1:41.2

without apprehension, has dropped to just 132 per day since the beginning

1:47.0

of February. Now, that's a staggering 93% decline from the peak numbers seen under the Biden

1:53.6

administration, according to a senior department of Homeland Security source. But while the numbers

2:00.1

above ground look promising, below the surface, well,

2:04.1

there's another battle playing out, one that's been going on for decades. Mexican drug cartels

2:10.4

have been using tunnels to smuggle drugs, people, and weapons into the U.S. for years. And even with

2:17.0

enhanced border security, these underground

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