Trump Suggests Mexican Drug Cartels Could Be Next After Venezuela Strikes
Crossroads with Joshua Philipp
The Epoch Times
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🗓️ 5 January 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
The former leader of Venezuela is now set to stand trial in New York after being captured by the U.S. military. Now, President Donald Trump is suggesting other possible actions against drug trafficking, and Mexico’s cartels could be next on the list.
In other news, the scandal involving mass fraud allegedly committed by mostly Somalis in Minnesota is slowly coming to light. After previous investigations found fraud in the health care system, including COVID-19 kickbacks, the latest investigations are uncovering fraud involving daycare facilities.
We’ll discuss these topics, and others, in this episode of Crossroads.
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| 0:00.0 | Big, big things are now happening with Venezuela. Former leader Nicholas Maduro is scooped up, |
| 0:06.3 | brought to the United States. He's now set to stand trial in New York after being captured |
| 0:11.3 | by U.S. Special Forces. But it's actually not even just limited to Venezuela. Mexican cartels |
| 0:18.5 | and maybe even other countries, they can be next on the list. I'll be going to |
| 0:22.4 | what's happening in today's episode. Also in other news, the scandal of mass fraud allegedly |
| 0:28.3 | committed by mostly Somalis in Minnesota is slowly coming to light. And look, after previous |
| 0:34.8 | investigations found fraud in the medical system and COVID kickbacks, |
| 0:38.7 | the latest is the daycares. And also, meanwhile, speaking of which, it's now being revealed how |
| 0:44.9 | your taxes were paying the living costs for illegal aliens, including giving them things that |
| 0:49.6 | even you could not get like free college. Now, it's an inventful start of the year. Welcome to 2026. |
| 0:57.1 | I'll be going to these topics and a lot more today. So make sure to hit the like button. Don't |
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| 1:06.9 | Senior Investigator reporter Joshua Phillip and you're listening to Crossroads. |
| 1:17.1 | The former leader of Venezuela, Nicholas Maduro. He's now set to stand trial in New York after he was |
| 1:23.9 | captured by the U.S. military. And now President Donald Trump, guess what he's |
| 1:28.1 | saying? He's saying he might not stop there. He's saying there's other possible actions against |
| 1:33.6 | drug trafficking, and he's giving a warning straight to Mexico. He's saying the cartels could be |
| 1:39.6 | next on the list. This is Trump discussing the potential actions on Fox. Well, I want to ask you because |
| 1:45.6 | from your vice resident, J.D. Vance, said that the message is pretty clear, the drug trafficking |
| 1:50.8 | must stop. So was this operation a message that you're sending to Mexico, to Claudia |
| 1:58.3 | Scheinbaum, the president there? Well, it wasn't meant to be, and we're very friendly with her. She's a good woman, but the |
| 2:05.1 | cartels are running Mexico. She's not running Mexico. The cartels are running Mexico. |
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