Borderland: Narcosis with Vincent 'Rocco' Vargas

Today's guest is investigative journalist and filmmaker Guillermo Galdos. Has spent the last 15 years making documentaries and producing exclusive news stories from Latin and South America - topics including human rights abuses, the drug trade, immigration and exposed police corruption and the human trafficking industry. He has personally experienced and documented the treacherous conditions migra...

On today's Borderland, Vince dives deeper into the current situation at the Southern Border by talking to two bordertown sheriffs. Both men previously appeared on an episode centered on Operation Lone Star (which you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSE2M78_MHU ), but today's episode features previously unreleased portions of these conversations. Thaddeus Cleveland is the Sheriff fo...

Today's guest is Marine Corps veteran Daniel Torres. Born in Tijuana, he served in Operation Iraqi Freedom, but was deported to Mexico after years of service. There, he lived in The Bunker, the Deported Veteran Support House. After gaining his American citizenship, he has become an advocate for fellow veterans who have been deported. This episode was intended to spotlight his story and his advocac...

Mike Vigil is the former Chief of International Operations for the Drug Enforcement Administration. He is also the author of DEAL, Metal Coffins: The Blood Alliance Cartel, Narco Queen, and The Land of Enchantment CartelHe is responsible for numerous multinational operations, the largest involving 36 countries, and was involved in the real-life story told in Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico involving the...

Today on Borderland, Vince talks with two asylum seekers who have escaped the authoritarian regime in Venezuela. Jorge Galicia is a Fund for American Studies research fellow, an attorney, and a TPUSA Sunshine Field Representative. Follow him on X:  https://twitter.com/JorgeGalicia95 Andres Guilarte is a political activist, Outreach Fellow for the Venezuela Project and a Fund for American Studies r...

Today is the second in a two-part series on BORDERLAND, examining the MS13 gang and the massive crackdown taking place in El Salvador. Last week, we spoke with Alex Papadovassilakis and Steven Dudley of the organization InSight Crime, to talk about efforts to clear the country of gang violence, the 70,000 people who’ve been arrested, and the mega prisons that are housing them. This week, we do a d...

Today is the first in a two-part series on BORDERLAND, examining the MS13 gang and the massive crackdown taking place in El Salvador. This week, we talk with Alex Papadovassilakis and Steven Dudley of the organization InSight Crime, to talk about efforts to clear the country of gang violence, the 70,000 people who’ve been arrested, and the mega prisons that are housing them. Next week, we do a dee...

Today on Borderland, Vince sits down with cartel and border security expert and Newsmax border correspondent, Jaeson Jones, who reveals the shocking situation on the Southern Border including the prevalence of drugs, human smuggling, and cartel violence. Jaeson is a retired Captain from the Texas Depa rtment of Public Safety’s Intelligence and Counter Terrorism Division and has supervised numerous...

Today on Borderland, Vincent “Rocco” Vargas sits down with immigration attorney and the author of the book No Human Is Illegal: An Attorney on the Front Lines of the Immigration War, J. J. Mulligan Sepulveda for a discussion about immigration, national security, race, and more.  Borderland is an IRONCLAD Original  Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thisisironclad/ Learn more about...

Today on Borderland, Vincent “Rocco” Vargas hears multiple perspectives on Texas’ controversial “Operation Lone Star.” Longer conversations with these guests will be featured in episodes later this season. FEATURED GUESTS: Terrell County, Texas Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland Author and immigration attorney J. J. Mulligan Sepulveda Change Agents host Andy Stumpf  Yuma County Arizona Sheriff Leon N. Wil...

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