At a press briefing in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, FBI Director Kash Patel celebrated a major drug bust and pledged to go after all cartels.
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00:00General Bondi, we're here today because of your dedicated leadership to safeguard American lives, because you have the courage to follow President Trump's courage to put our children first and to make sure that the narco traffickers and make no mistake, this administration has labeled them foreign terrorist organizations because that's what they are.
00:30There is no lethal force on planet Earth that is responsible for an overdose death of an American citizen every seven minutes, more so than these federal terrorist organizations, foreign terrorist organizations.
00:45We are humbled to be a part of this Department of Justice, and we are going to continue to safeguard our streets.
00:51This is what it looks like when the United States whole of government approach brings every resource to bear from the Department of Defense and the United States Coast Guard, from HSI, from FBI, from DEA and so many others.
01:07They are going to get all the drugs off the streets, off the markets, and as Attorney General Bondi said, we are going to lock them up.
01:17They are no longer going to be free to roam.
01:20We are going to dismantle the next man up theory that has been breeding in these Mexican cartels for generations.
01:29No more.
01:30We are here today because of your brave work, the men and women of the FBI that I lead.
01:35I'm humbled and honored to be here in South Florida, where I spent so much of my career before I moved to Washington, D.C.
01:43And looking around, I'm awe-inspired by the fact that when you take the rules and regulations that blockaded these brave men and women of law enforcement, military, and you unshackle them, then you should look at this seizure, and you should see how much it multiplies, and see how many children, and how many young adults, and how many adults' lives that we have just saved.
02:06They did it.
02:07We're fortunate to be their leaders.
02:09We're humbled to be here.
02:11And you will see this happen across the country because this is not a one-off for General Bondi.
02:17She has made this a mission priority, and the FBI will follow in every corner of this country and every square centimeter of this planet to eradicate the narco-traffickers and the foreign terrorist organizations that are killing American citizens.
02:33They will be held accountable.
02:34We will take preventive measures, and we will scour the ends of the earth to find every single one of them.
