Staff Reports
Federal authorities dismantled a massive Sinaloa Cartel drug network operating in Oregon and four other states, seizing record amounts of fentanyl and arresting 16 suspects including six illegal immigrants. Attorney General Pam Bondi confronted Senator Jeff Merkley about the cartel’s operations in his home state, highlighting how Mexican nationals ran a major trafficking ring from Oregon that flooded American communities with deadly fentanyl pills disguised as prescription drugs.
This operation revealed a high-ranking cartel leader, Alberto Salazar Amaya, lived in Salem while directing drug distribution across multiple states. Authorities seized 35 kilos of methamphetamine, 7.5 kilos of cocaine, 4.5 kilos of heroin, and $5 million cash alongside 49 firearms. The scale proves how porous borders and weak enforcement policies directly enable foreign cartels to establish operational bases inside American communities.
Oregon’s lax policies created a safe haven for these criminal enterprises. While Senator Merkley lectures about compassion, his own state housed a cartel boss coordinating the poison killing our children. Bondi’s confrontation exposed the deadly hypocrisy of politicians who prioritize open borders over citizen safety. This isn’t just crime—it’s chemical warfare targeting our families.
The seizure included millions of fentanyl pills stamped as oxycodone, deliberately designed to deceive users. Cartels exploit our weak immigration enforcement to embed operatives who weaponize this fake medication. Every overdose traces back to traffickers Merkley’s policies shielded in Oregon. Americans demand leaders who defend our streets, not foreign drug lords.
Operation Takeback America proves that targeted law enforcement works. By arresting Salazar Amaya and seizing his assets—including luxury vehicles and millions in cash—authorities disrupted a terrorist-backed network flooding cities with weapons of mass destruction. This victory shows we must empower, not defund, our drug enforcement agencies.
Conservatives understand real compassion means protecting citizens from cartels. Bondi’s evidence proves that sanctuary policies sacrifice American lives at the altar of political correctness. While Democrats ignore this crisis, our brave law enforcement secured the largest fentanyl seizure in U.S. history—a battlefield victory against invaders poisoning our nation.
The arrests included three women and exposed how cartels use illegal immigrants as disposable foot soldiers. Six suspects weren’t even supposed to be in our country, yet they operated freely under Merkley’s watch. This is the catastrophic result of open-border ideology: foreign terrorists profiting from American corpses.
We won’t negotiate with traffickers. We’ll lock them up for as long as possible. Bondi’s message to Merkley echoes what patriots demand nationwide: secure the border, support law enforcement, and put American lives before criminal aliens. This historic bust is just the beginning of reclaiming our country from cartels enabled by weak leadership.
