Foxnews.com: Feds likely Eyeing 'Cover-ups' to Bust Mexican Cartels along Border

Feb 12, 2025

This video and article first appeared on Foxnews.com.

Mexican drug cartels are using high-tech tunnels with rail systems to smuggle drugs under the U.S.-Mexico border, posing a major challenge for federal authorities. Former DEA agent Michael Brown warns these tunnels are sophisticated “underground cities” hidden beneath storefronts and warehouses. While law enforcement works to shut them down, the fight against subterranean smuggling remains a top priority. 

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Michael W. Brown is the global director of counter-narcotics technology at Rigaku Analytical Devices. He has a distinguished career spanning more than 32 years as a Special Agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). He served as the country attaché in India and Myanmar; During his tour in Myanmar, he provided foreign advisory support for counter narcotic enforcement that, to date, has resulted in the interdiction of over US$250 million in precursor chemicals and implementing the regions first use of Raman spectroscopy to degrade the supply chain for narcotics production. He was also part of a special specialized counter narcotics unit operating in the jungles of South America tasked with locating and destroying drug labs and narcotic supply chains. Most recently he was the DEA Headquarters staff coordinator for the Office of Foreign Operations for the Middle East-Europe-Afghanistan-India. Michael is a graduate of the United States Ranger Training Battalion and has a master’s degree in interdisciplinary technology and management from the University of Eastern Michigan.

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