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The Sinaloa Cartel told us what they think of President Trump
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- Published on Mar 10, 2026
- US President Donald Trump is pressuring the Mexican government to crack down on Mexican cartels, blaming them for fomenting America's drugs crisis. He’s threatened tariffs and even military strikes. Mexico has sent hundreds of troops to the state of Sinaloa, where a war rages between two factions of the infamous Sinaloa Cartel, putting civilians at risk. CNN's Isobel Yeung visits the region - speaking to a member of the Sinaloa cartel, meeting families impacted by the violence and seeing the work soldiers are doing to destroy drug production in the rural countryside. #CNN #News
A mother’s cry for her lost child is always very heartbreaking to me. RIP to the dead.
What is the solution? Serious question. What is the solution? Anyone? Nobody? No solution?
The root of the problem is the drug culture in the USA that need the stuff! As long as drugs are illegal, they will cost more and the supplier makes more money. Make drugs legal, the price will crash down, and the cartel will go bankrupt.
@cyrusparsa1724 you cannot be serious 😂
Breaks my heart.
Unless you know loss before it’s time, you can’t understand this pain.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA U.S.A. HOW MUCH U.S. CITIZENS AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE INVOLVED IN THE CARTELS. SO MUCH CORRUPTION ON BOTH SIDES!!!
You are correct. Sell them guns, sell them chemicals, don't provide real assistance to the victims because as the cartel guy said, no demand means no need for supply. Corrupt govt will lose money why would they want to fix the problem?
Democrat party should have been designated a terrorist organization.
Oh I do. It’s deep
It’s bigger than both the U.S. and Mexico ruclips.net/video/6nG_4e39gL4/video.htmlsi=aDRNY5OV5X74jdiF
@kateschannel5774 ruclips.net/video/6nG_4e39gL4/video.htmlsi=aDRNY5OV5X74jdiF
I live in Culiacán Sinaloa and that woman has a pretty big pair for doing this coverage, respect!
I am just going to stay quiet because some ppl are watching closely and some ppl might know too much but I agree .. or either she’s fearless or extremely clueless of the risk she’s taken. Damn!
Isobel Yeung is the Hunter S. Thompson of this generation (in terms of journalists who have gained cult following notoriety). She has the gonads to go straight to the source with her stories, no matter how dangerous the area is. She even visited Xinjiang (the Chinese province where uighur Muslims are being rounded up and sent to torture camps disguised as reeducation camps) for a Vice documentary back when she worked w/ them before the bankrupt.
Exactly what I was thinking. May God keep her safe wherever she goes doing her job.
Pensé lo mismo, esa mujer tiene más huevos que alguien más 😅 mil respetos para ella !
WETALKINMEDIA The only reason that gazelle would still be alive is because the lions would be laughing their
asses off at his stupidity.
This girl deserves the highest Journalism award
Yeah the cartels finna fuck the he11 up and it's glorious
I want to see body parts n sh1t
Woman*
And all the journalists in Mexico who have done this before and get murdered every day don't becauuuuuuse...?
@juanantoniolopezchaides2532investigate CNN, this is not right
My brother was killed in Mexico about a few years ago. I was not in Mexico when it happened, but when the woman is asked if the authorities or anyone in power are doing enough and says they do nothing she is absolutely right. My brother was laying in the street they found him in for over two hours, a bystander had to throw a bed sheet over him while people waited. The media also lied about his cause of death and even worse my aunt had told us she asked police if they would investigate and their response to that was “if you pay us more we will”. It’s unbelievable the amount of people dying/ going missing in Mexico and nothings done about it. Lots of open doors and grieving that’s never ending.
Truly sorry for you. I know it may not mean much...simple words from strangers...but I really hope and pray you get justice and peace. Drug violence needs to be taken more seriously by all governments.
Bless both you’re souls
Sorry for your loss man. It’s sad because over here, even if you wanted to do the right thing you would only end up putting yourself and the people you love in danger. Drug Cartels end up corrupting politicians and authorities. You don’t know who is friend or enemy. People accustom themselves to all of this activity and rather ignore it. I love Mexico, it’s a beautiful country but sadly most of it has been plagued by this corruption and violence.
I hope all is well with you guys on the other side of the border!
similar thing happened to my aunt. her boyfriend basically sold her to some cops for a night in exchange for drugs. They raped and killed her, her boyfriend skipped town and my aunt's best friend found her a week later lying dead in her apartment. My grandpa later found a video of the assault that lead to her death. He paid thousands of dollars to police and investigators to try to convict her murderers but ended up just being threatened instead. they took my grandpa's money, did nothing and told him to stop investigating or he would get killed too. cops and unmarked vehicles stalked his house for weeks. all we could do was mourn the loss of my aunt because there will be no closure or justice for her sadly. My grandpa told me that although it hurts him immensely, risking all our family to convict her killers was not worth it because even if there was a way convict them it would never bring back my aunt.
@strawberry444Wow that is horrible. I am sorry for you and your family’s loss. Peace be with all of you
I’m an American (first generation) and lost my mom to the cartel when I was 8 years old. My mom struggled with drug abuse, and my abuelita tried to help her by enrolling her into a drug rehabilitation here in California but my mom would often escape or unenroll herself. My grandmother had no choice but to send her to Mexico and placed her in a “secure” rehab facility. We would visit my mom often, I even attended school my 3rd grade in Mexico. A year after, my mom disappeared along with everyone in the drug rehab facility, we arrived and frantically looked and asked everyone in the vicinity but the only answer we got is that the place was infiltrated with cartel members on a random day and they kidnapped everyone including the staff. To this day my family has struggled with the closure on not knowing what happened or could’ve happened. I miss my mom so much and I think about her daily.
Descansa En Paz Natividad Mendez… ❤
Sorry for your loss.
That’s terrible. Hope you make a successful life so your mom can rest her soul. 😢
And that's exactly what the people in the us and many other countries nowadays don't understand. People don't just flee from their home cause they don't earn enough or their house isn't pretty or modern enough, they flee from stuff like this and they deserve asylum, not another holding cell. I'm very sorry to hear your story and wish you luck on your journey.
Most American voters helped create the cartels by making drugs illegal. They have known that the drug war was a failure but still continued doing same thing. Sorry for your loss.
@ legalize heroin and cocaine!
No mother should ever have to go through that 😢
The mother's are the worst accomplices never trust a chola mom.
No folk should ever go through this 😢
@leinas_sandbox The mother's are their biggest accomplice, they hate their children
As Mexican-American no one should go through this. I have family in Mexico and believe me. I fear for them all the time. It's not too bad where they live, but I just wish Mexico could get better. But in order for that to happen, the United States has to stop with their stupidities admit that there's a lot of consumers inside our country and when they stop consuming then drugs will stop being transported to the us and that would be the end of it.
This happens because the cartels know there are too many poor persons,hungry ,with no studies,no skills,so they "hire "them. The poor should not have kids.
'If there were no consumers in the US, we would stop.' That right there should say it all.
If drugs were legal and controlled and regulated the cartels would lose all their power. It's as simple as that.
@brett_kendrick82 its not as simple as that since theres also human trafficking and other stuff the cartels do. But what youre saying is true.
People are actually buying this argument?? 😂😂😂😂 Like addictive drugs are like video games or toys or something, the key feature of addictive drugs is that your consumers get addicted to it 😂😂
@matthewhernandez5365 yeah so the usa should do something abt it’s citizens, but they don’t cause they don’t care, and they just resort to blame México
US citizens pays it with money. Mexico citizens pays it with lives.
As a veteran who did all of my tour of duty in the Caribbean in drug operations. (I served in the late 90’s early 2000’s). Our government is 100% behind and in-front of this. The war on drugs was a joke. Mexico loves guns the 🇺🇸 loves getting high. I personally have friends that got stepped on coke that was fent and od and are gone. Personally I am over the empty talk. Parents talk to your children educating them. They want to kill us.
Do you really think that the cartels wouldn't find another weapons supplier?
@siyar-mc1xz good job missing the entire point there buddy
I couldn't agree with you more. I work as an addiction/psych nurse, so I talk directly to people impacted on both sides. I've done research for many years, and you are absolutely correct. The money needs to be put towards helping the people who use drugs (usually underlying mental health or trauma) and helping make our neighbors country livable, so people don't want to do this and look for other countries to flee to just for safety. Money is at the root of all of this. The US is not innocent, follow the money and the history. Then give a shit about humans. This comment is right on!
@felicityhoneycutt8570 No apparently you don't seem to get it. If fighting the drug war is pointless because of the addiction in the US you could say the same thing about the arms trade. Furthermore the US is not the main market anymore. They have shifted towards Europe.
I don’t believe this guys story. A federal drug agent with drug addicted friends he hangs with that od? Come on. I think I saw that movie
I am Mexican, and I am urging all Americans who use drugs to please stop. Every time you purchase drugs in the U.S., you are empowering the cartels that are endangering our families. Please help us. 🙏🏼
Tell your people to stop making the drugs.
@ you go tell the cartels that. Let me know how it goes.
@elainebricken9980supply and demand.
@elainebricken9980he will once you tell your people to stop being drug addicts
What a dumb ass thing to say. We all have drug addicts in our families. Fu idiot. It's not your people. It's all people
Yo cnn I clicked because you hired a real reporter like her from vice news
😂😂😂😂 when that is a compliment...
Low hanging fruit, CNN.
Does Fox have real reporters?
@BladeBrown-o9x yes
right? I was suprised CNN let the good news go about how they respected trump because he was doing thing that actually cared about his people.
@BladeBrown-o9x No, propaganda channel.
Ya lo dijo Molotov; "de la droga que sembramos, ustedes son consumidores".
A mother grieving her child screams like nothing I've ever heard. It is bone chilling to hear so much pain from one person
A mother never deserves to see their kid die before them😢
Frankly, I don't give a goddamn about any of those people. 💯
These cartels are who BUMBLING RETARDS BIDEN/HARRIS let into our country purposely to turn them into democrats voters. You CNN viewers are terrorists by proxy.
Why does the dad have a shit-eating grin on the whole time?
@ryanmccarthy8625Trust me, we know you don’t.
Mama made me cry 😢bless her heart like others saying we should never have to bury our children
I was drunk watching this, thus it really hit me at the end, the crushing sadness
My son is dead because of the fentynal. 1 pill = DEAD! 3 babies without their daddy.
@teresapalmer2809 Think my country's leaders are using things like these to justify capital punishment (e.g. against drug trafficking), arguing that it's "saving lives"
I’m a retired firefighter paramedic from a very busy urban city -not one of the best-Pretty dangerous. But it’s got nothing on these guys. The paramedics and police and all the public safety that really do their jobs in Mexico ..hats off to you. I’m sure they’re not making much money. They certainly deserve the props that no one will give them.
Assuming the people dont gives those people props is crazy. You are part of the problem clown
They are all corrupt !!!! 😂😂wtf you talking about? They take bribes allow their children to be trafficked ..wtf are you talking about
😂😂😂
Do you know the response time it takes for police officers to get to a shooting in Mexico?
You have no clue what goes on a cross the border.
I'm sure they're also fairly corrupt. Bribery is a national sport in Mexico.
@Nitrousedstang okay, go to mexico and become an EMT and then say they dont deserve the respect
The cartel gave the best description of the problem I’ve ever seen: “Things are sad.”
Sad FOR THE CARTELS!
The propaganda from CNN. If the cartel hates our president, you know he’s gotta be doing something right. Asking the cartel what they think of the US president has got to be the most stupid thing I’ve ever heard. What they expect, to say he’s a great guy or something. Any criminal organization is always gonna hate the government that’s trying to take them down. This is why the mafia in America hated the FBI so much. Because of the ones that were fighting them, and for the most part took them down. So of course the cartel is gonna hate President Trump. Should’ve asked what they thought about Joe Biden, that would’ve been interesting.
@pex320Politicking is a lot more complicated than that. Trump isn’t going to do anything to the cartels as it: a) is intertwined with American big business, and b) would destabilize Mexico which would inevitably being a nightmare for the US.
Donald Trump is the same thing as Joe Biden and the same as the next guy on Mexico. The only difference is Trump tough talks like a middle schooler to impress morons.
@NONONOPE-u9i when the Mexican president doesn’t want any US interference, how is Trump supposed to keep us promise?
I'm not only happy, I'm elated that Trump is taking care of the problem. Where are the Democrats?
Nothing is worse than a grieving mother that's lost her child. So sad to see.
Oh yah I don't see CNN reporting all the mom that lost their kids to these very ppl and illegals
Really? Tell that to everyone who has lost a spouse.
😢
The cartel member said it best, "the consumers are in the United States, if there were no consumers, we would stop". We, the U.S., need to accept and deal with the harsh reality that we have many people addicted to drugs. We must find the reason why and address it.
Not only will they not stop, they have been putting fentanyl, in particular, on an increasing amount of different drugs like marijuana in order to further get people addicted who would have never desired to try fentanyl to begin with. Before long they will be finding it in food imported from Mexico.
@Luka_Maweini😂
The desire to drugs can no one control, but we can control the drugs.
@Luka_Maweiniyts should stop indulging so much, sackley family addicted more murikkkan patriots with their legally pushed oxycotin for decades why do whites hate their own so much
@Luka_Maweiniare you just saying stuff or do you really believe Mexicans put fentanyl in our food?
Its amazing how all news outlet ignores the fact that it is the demand in the US that is driving these Cartels.
@martinesquivel5434 no US money and no US gun and there's no cartel.
The product comes before the demand for the product. You've got it backwards.
@Luka_Maweinihahaha wanna rethink thst? You think the iPhone was developed before there was demand... really?
@dougm7744 believing that addicts were addicted to Fentanyl before it was even synthesized and delivered to your nearest drug pusher... is asinine.
@Luka_Maweinikeep consuming 😂😂😂
Excellent journalism. God bless all the families in Mexico, I pray it gets better for everyone.🙏❤️
Cries from mom was bone chilling.. praying for all families affected. Rest in paradise
80,000 American or more have die 🤔 😢
@Fat12219They chose to pick up a pipe or a needle to get high. What choice did vivian have?
@Fat12219How many Mexicans have died by cartels armed with USA weapons. It's a two nation issue buddy, and it seems like the USs solution is simply to send missiles and destruction in Mexico instead of declaring a national emergency in the US and declaring a public health issue
Nobodies forcing them to put that shit in their bodies. Unfortunately innocents from both countries are the ones that suffer like this mother.
oh she went from VICE to CNN. Honestly the best thing CNN has done in years. This women is bad ass and goes to front lines, talks to the Taliban, basically where most journalist wont go, she will.
she's so brave
@fgh-ff9fk She's got what I like to call "BALLS OF STEEL".
CNN has always done some good docs in my opinion. VICE went bankrupt at one point.
@Nexus20301 CNN back in the day in the 80s,90s and 2000s were the best, there was no one better until VICE in its first 4-5 years. But then they got bought out and was never the same.
This did feel like a Vice piece. Good call out.
I'm mexican. For those wondering why the military blocked the camera, it's because there's a conection between the carteles with them. So... take what they say and do with a huge grain of salt.
I'm Mexican too and that's a lie. Those military men had their faces exposed.
I mean not surprising. The cartels have the military by the neck
They're probably destroyed those drugs just for show
@juniper-salad you know it, for the international media, so it looks like they're actually doing something about it.
@EllaReyesCYeah. As an American, I’ve learned that in these types of videos viewers might think it’s the cartel member they interview that’s fake and just acting. In reality, it’s usually the military or police in these types of videos that are fake and acting.
I can guarantee a few of the military members in this video are on the cartels pay roll.
"The consumers are in the United States" BINGO.
Consumers are world wide
6 of 7 continents consume, not just United Staters
@simpledimple7ftI missed the part where this video was about the rest of the world.
@Cloudy_Days. But the US is the largest consumer of illicit drugs in the world by far. It's not even close. The US consumes more than all of Europe combined. And we have like barely over half the population.
@punxOiOi13I know that & you know that, but the person who posted this doesn't. He made it seem as if Americans were the ONLY consumers. And as for European drug users, they get their shit from Afghanistan, but that's a whole different story on a whole different region.
Thank you, i missed this quality raw journalism
yes very well said ornage man not even looking out for Americans most of us wpuld never ever have voted for him plus he cheated no a real president
Raw journalism? I bet she didn't use a condom.
lol cnn journalism? more like propaganda
Well I got respect for that reporter going there and being in the middle of that😮
Why not go into the American communitys and see what it's doing to the local families in the inner city drug hubs
They do anything for views
She was in Syria during the civil war, Libya during the migrant crisis, and embedded with Filipino Special Forces fighting IS. Frankly, Mexico is an easy assignment for her.
They get paid and propaganda
Her name is Isobel Yeung and she is British.
The funeral ending was poignant and heart shattering. Astounding journalism
Tragic yet nothing new other than it hard to make a dishonest buck when the US military is policing the border.
“If there weren’t any consumers, we would stop” that’s funny statement
It's true. The US is the cartels' biggest market.
They 100% would. Demand is more or less the only thing that drives sales besides necessity and nobody “needs” drugs
What pissed me off was the military blocking the wall of flyers and then saying they’re fake or “copies”, why don’t they just acknowledge it and show some respect to the families?
Wondering this as well…
Re: _"...why don’t they just acknowledge it..."_
Because doing so would beg the question, "Why aren't you doing more to prevent this?" The more probing questions become in that direction, the more uncomfortable the answers would be. Looking the other way may pay very well. On the other hand, doing anything effective to resolve the problem could shorten one's live by a lot.
Because it either makes them look bad/ puts them under scruitiny, or just as likely they are in on it somehow
Agree. That was some corrupt behavior.
Because sometimes it could be fake, what maybe you don't know is that most likely that girl was a cartel member girlfriend. It's the harsh realitu but people don't listen. Yes it is sad but many want easy money and luxury
"If there weren't any consumers, we would stop"
Such true words.
Yeah, I'm sure they would all put down their weapons and go to work mowing lawns and selling tacos lol.
They don't just sell drugs you know, they make millions by smuggling humans, sax trafficking, kidnapping, extortion, hijacking cargo from trucks and trains, anything they can do for money. They aren't going to just stop and get regular jobs because the drugs market disappeared, they would just escalate all their other revenue streams.
The problem is the consumer. The problem is the greed.
And if there were no children, peds would stop.
So this tyrannical unconstitutional opressive terrorists government should repeal all drug laws they are unconstitutional. Only violence when things are illegal. Just like the 20s when they made alcohol illegal gangs took over then once booze was legal again gangs moved on to other things. The government created thw cartels
Yea but they can’t consume a product that’s not there and that’s where their going with this
Poor Girl, that's heartbreaking as a father of three girls i feel the pain of this family, my condolences to the Family.....RIP
If you can’t get your hands on the drugs you can’t use them.
STAY AWAY FROM DRUGS , TEACH YOUR KIDS AND FRIENDS
Ok Nancy Reagan.
That’ll fix it.
You can't stay away from drugs when your government and citizens love using them. Americans are the biggest hypocrites on the face of the earth.
@ChristopherRobinson-l5vI was getting ready to say the exact same thing!
Exactly right 💯💯💯💯💯💯
@ChristopherRobinson-l5v 👏 😂😂😂 I bet he also believes that drugs only come from the border lol
I know the pain of young death, I too lost my son....prayers for your family 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Sorry for your loss 😢
*Isobel Yeung is a real badass reporter!!!*
Yep, came here to say the same thing!
It’s Yeung.
It's good that we see her again.
CIA asset
Good thing shes a cia propaganda asset clown .. your s sucker
Good journo to call out the stage management aspect...kinda sick...
Address drug consumption in America as a public health issue
Address the export of military weapons from the United States to Mexico
Address drug trafficking into America overwhelmingly by Americans through American ports
Stop blaming the rest of the world for the problems that are fundamentally the USA’s
Interesting. It's almost like we need border security.
drug consumption... if only there was a single party in the country that is drug addicts.. dimocraps?
Lmao then why is there no Toronto Cartel or Quebec Cartel? This is a Mexican cultural and economic problem.
@exposingthetruth3821 how does border security cut down on US military weapon sales to foreign countries?
@Economics70 how well does Marijuana and poppies grow in the winter up there? I wonder if it's the same reason coffee, cocoa, teak wood, and many other non drug exports are not sold by canada... critical thinking, it helps!
CNN please please please keep doing stories like this! This is real journalism that we all desperately need.
Let's cover this like an episode of DIRTY JOBS...good job cnn....🤔
You want to know what forgeiners in cartels think of your president when he wants to stop them trafficking drugs and children. Got ya.
CNN doesn't know what good journalism is. They are a mouthpiece.
funny but they didnt care about this with biden and harris were in control
@erichyde9496 Good job??? Nobody gives AF what these monsters who r*p* and t*rture people and import F into this country, think of our President. How low you all have sunk. Unf'nbelievable.
The American drug appetite is insatiable!! They can't get ENOUGH! 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
True that ☮️
@gobigorange And that’s why I don’t have sympathy.
A bunch of ADDICTS!!! 💩😂😂⚰️🥀
Well, once they decided that addiction was a disease in order for the medical and pharmaceuticals to get paid for "treating" them, the incentive to end addiction disappeared.
If AMERICANS were licenced to grow it and sell it like the countries do where it's legal , the demand for illegal marijuana would-be less. Tax it like cigarettes.
Wow the bad guys interview the bad guys!!!!
Seeing that mother at her child’s funeral crushed my soul and took be back to when I buried my son. Hearing her cries was so heartbreaking. I felt her pain. I hope she finds peace as I have. It’s truly the worst pain one can experience to have to burry your baby. The devastation is unmatched. Rest in peace… 😢
Yes, that's exactly why they show it because they know it will crush your soul. If you keep watching, they can sell advertising for more money.
Truly tragic.
Now do a report on all the victims and their families as a result of the cartels violence and influence
They won't speak and that is clearly not a good idea...
Won't happen doesn't support the agenda
@Fcawf87Isn't that what the Republicans do too? If it doesn't support the agenda then they don't mention it 😂😂
@soulreaperx7x Yep. Both sides are full of shit
@soulreaperx7xYes. Difference: Right: America first. Left: America last. Are you right or left?
1200 is a very low number to report.More like 40 thousand or more
Oraciones a la familia de Vivian Aispuro, y a las familias de todos los fallecidos y desaparecidos.
"Thank you for telling my sisters story" absolutely gutwrenching...
Especially since her story wasn't told, we basically know nothing about her and about what happened, not even if her death was in any way related to the cartel.
This report was fishing very close to the surface, I've seen nothing I haven't seen and known before.
I think it's so weird that the military said the poster was fake. Why lie.
@ What you just did is lying and they didn't. They said they don't know if it's real and active. I agree, that it's wrong that they didn't want the team to film that and I assume they have an agenda to show only the postive they achieve (destroying labs/fields) and don't want to show the negative that's still happening..but they didn't lie...be careful with your words if you want to be taken serious, you accomplish nothing with a false narrative either.
@moos5221 I hope one of those cartel guys pays you a visit very soon. Your opinions might change, lil bro.
Yes, again thank you and hope your family can find peace .
I love how none of the footage is blurred kr censored showing the raw content and action of what's going on
Damn I start crying ouch this shii hurt my heart 💔😢🤬
It’s so sad and the citizens by are the only ones getting hurt
Damn I clicked so fast for this reporter. Didn’t realize I clicked on CNN LOL
How would you know who the reporter is from the thumbnail? 😂😂 prolly a bot
@ yes I’m a bot 100%. You got me.
You are FAKE&GAY 💄💋
shouldnt matter its an interesting piece
Still, how would you know the reporter if she's not in the thumbnail or title? Literally CNN is on the thumbnail.
I have 2.5 years clean from my drug of choice. Opiates are hell. I pray others can get out before they unalive themselves.
Its your fault cartels exist, life is hell, deal with it and dont get addicted.
@mc5708 I just said I’m clean… but okay. 😂 YOU can blame ME for the cartels 😂💀WE GOTTA irl DUMMY right here 😆
Sober (opiates) since December 2019. I'm part of the opioid pandemic. I never thought I'd be able to quit!
@SmutMarkers you really are mind handicapped from your drug usage. If you dont buy drugs, the cartell dissapears overnight. They only exist because of junkies like you. If you useless junkie people stop buying, no cartello. damn junkies. its not the cartell that drops the stuff randomly in your veins, ITS YOU AND YOU ALONE.
@mmc5708 Yes the murderous cartels are the victims of the drug addicts 🤣🤣🤣
None of the guys deceased against the wall had on shoes
That mother's screams of anguish, watching her daughter being lowered into that pit - OMG
Same show different channel 700 times a year in Chicago.
Trump is trying to fix this
@edzzz5043is he really or is it just talk?
@thereissomecoolstuffI assure you Mexico has far more.
@JulieSmith-x8g he is!! Talk was kamala and joe
my heart hurts so much for that family. crying for them
Maintain your compassion if you can towards other human beings if you can. Compassion is a tiny, but rare thing in a world that is increasingly competitive, hostile and indifferent.
@ my life has been non stop pain but one thing that will always remain is my care for others
@peachnecctar1658 I'm sorry to hear about that maam, I'm very sorry. Well if I may say the one nice thing that has come out of all that pain is your humanness. There is a lot of indifference out there. A lot. Maam, please stay safe, be cautious n take care yourself out there bye.
@ appreciate it thank you
Hello friend, I'm mexican and here in Mexico is what happens every single day, many people are dying because of the cartels, we really need the american army here to stop the cartels because our government and army do nothing against cartels, that's the reality!
We need to stop the demand
You can. By legalizeing all drugs in the USA. Cartels would all dissapear real quick!
@DrunkDeadGhostjus not smart🤦♂️
America's social structure and way of life is a dystopia, that's why the demand is high. If there was more equality among people it wouldn't be that bad.
Exactly 💯
Yeah that’s just so easy.
You should ask him that same question now
Reporter has balls of steel
*ovaries of steel 😂
*ovaries
Ovaries that are basically balls inside 💯
She’s safe - she has a whole camera crew with her representing CNN.
And all is set up by the coalition of woke cnn and drug dealers
Le dan tanto credito a los carteles de su crecimiento que hasta los hacen quedar como todos unos genios leyendas dignos de admirar porque les conviene mas decir eso que decir que realmente crecieron totalmente gracias a que las autoridades de Mexico y EUA se los permitieron por las ganacias multimillonarias que deja el consumo de drogas, las autoridades siempre han sabido todo, siempre pudieron evitar que los carteles crecieran pero nunca tuvieron la intencion de hacerlo, siempre solo aparentaron combatir el narcotrafico, si ahora en los ultimos años estan actuando es solo porque las cosas se han salido de control, pero los responsables de todo siempre han sido las autoridades de Mexico y EUA.
De acuerdo con el comentario.
Number 1, people need to be educated not to buy these drugs. With no demand, supply with stop!
Yes
We must kill the suppliers and stop demand thru rehab resources
Keep these kind of stories going and you might just get the ball rolling. And the reporter is A +.
"if there were no consumers, we would stop" this, right here is the crux of the issue.
Nope, Cartels arent about drugs is all about power, when they dont see a clear bussiness they change it, it was weed but when they legalize it they jump to harder drugs, in Covid the cartel was selling avocados cause the market was low, they work with Real Estate, human trafficking, etc, there's a drug problem in America but it ain't like is everything. The Cartel is accountable of its part.
And no, if there were no consumers, theyll find another product.
No it’s not you momo. You’re excusing the devil for people listening to his words. Yes they shouldn’t listen, but also the devil is evil and shouldn’t be spreading this curse. Do the cartels bare any responsibility?
You truthfully believe a word that these animals say? Holy sh*t…. they’d just move their focus to something else like human trafficking instead, you know something they do by the boatloads now. What would they say then?
@JoseAv-tx4ylCartels are all about drugs and money bruh, they just need power to coerce the public / government so they can continue profiting. It's simple supply and demand, you take away the demand they lose profits.
Do this kind of investigations in the USA too!!
They won’t let them trump is painting Mexico as the villains to push his agenda.
If they went against the US government too hard then CNN could lose their licensing real easy, there are many ways a government can hit back against a domestic media company. Call it indirect censorship, it doesn't matter if a news network works with diligence and integrity if they could end up retaliated against by their own government, hence all commercial news network goes along the mainstream narrative to at least SOME level.
Even most of the so-called "free" news agencies mainly operating on the net have an agenda to push, whether that agenda is politically based and supported or it's their personal bias. The very few sources who are truly free are usually solo operators and they either use open-source intelligence or the already tainted information sources others use. It is pretty much impossible to construct a picture that's both unbiased and complete.
This is why we can't have nice things but it's better than nothing. 😮💨
Yes investigate maga like this
@5tak5
CNN would have to go to a job site... something they never have done
The Trump Administration is... thanks for the advice😂
Americans have got to realize that this is an addiction problem. As long as the demand is there, there will be a supplier.
You think social media addiction started because the addiction existed first, or because the product existed?
@TheRealAetherFlow In other countries the same social media platforms exist and the addiction is very low compared to the US.
Correct. It's not a border issue or a black and brown people issue. American's love their drugs. All Americans of all backgrounds.
@TheRealAetherFlowfor an addiction to set you need to have a setting around you: negligence and taboo around mental health, weak community bonds, maybe genetical predespositions (like when you talk about people prone to depression and anxiety, to say the least), life stressors and, yes what you're talking about: the addictive element (call it tobacco, alcohol, fentanyl, opioid, pick your poison).
The US is the only developed nation that has never comed with a strategy on dealing with all the other factors, but the last one. Why? Because it requires recognizing a deep failure in the own culture, it's uncapable of giving well-being to its society in spite of being the most wealthy nation of the world. The US has money, but it has no mental health, no sense of community, no awareness on the things that are important for human beings to flourish apart from a big bank account, and it instead blames the rest of the world on its own problems.
The first step into treating your addiction problem, is being an adult and recognizing you have a problem. The US hasn't got to that place yet.
@TheRealAetherFlowFor an addiction to take root, there needs to be an enabling environment: neglect and taboo around mental health, weak community bonds, possible genetic predispositions (as in people prone to depression and anxiety, to say the least), life stressors - and yes, the addictive element itself (be it tobacco, alcohol, fentanyl, opioids, social media, pick your poison).
The US is the only developed nation that has never seriously addressed all these underlying factors - only the last one. Why? Because doing so would mean acknowledging a deep failure within its own culture. Despite being the wealthiest country in the world, it struggles to provide well-being to its people. It has money, but lacks mental health infrastructure, community cohesion, and a deeper understanding of what humans truly need to flourish beyond a bank account. Instead, it shifts blame to the rest of the world for its own issues.
The first step to treating addiction is acting like an adult and admitting you have a problem. The US hasn't reached that point yet.
You can all choose a different way.
Cartels get paid in dollars not pesos 😂😂 think about that.
The way she wailed for her baby girl it pierced my soul😓😓 Rest In Paradise Forever and Always Young Queen🙏🏿💜🙏🏿
Well done CNN!! No propaganda today. Just straight facts. Keep it up.
So crazy
Glad to see isobel is back .
This is the news we should be seeing. Bad ass! Watching that family bury that girl was so heartbreaking.
Not gonna lie....the "allergies" acted up a bit on that part
My family is from Culiacán and it’s nearly impossible now to visit my grandma who is close to passing. It’s a risk taking to saying one last goodbye. Wish there was just peace
Tu puedes venir no te hagas la gente alla afuera tambn Exageran esa guerra es solo entre los carteles no gente que No esta Metida en eso
Why don't Americans deal with social issues that lead to drug use instead of telling foreign countries what they need to do.
Sadly, a government can't provide eternal happiness far as i know..
Have you ever heard of the Opium wars? I suggest you do a little history lesson, to learn how drugs being pushed by one country into another can affect a population.
To kill a plant you dont cut it from the stem, because it will grow back. You must take it from the roots. Same logic.
Local production.
Legal weed states have far smaller black markets.
Great business for the United States of North America
when they seize all those drugs, who gets them now...? Demand is so high in the USA.... are they resold.?
The Mexican government sure can find out where the fields and labs are rather quickly when it's time for public relation raids. LOL
You are misinformed, buddy. The mexican government, specially the army, is among the most reputable institutions in the country. They've been finding and shutting down these kind of plantations and drug labs for years. I encourage you to seek more accurate information.
@celveredeI have a bridge to sell you lmao
Kinda pointless, when the US basically armed cartels to the teeth.
And the US goverment keeps arming them to the teeth. I suggest you pay attention to the other guy's comments. Issues like these are always.. complex.
The ATF sure can lose a bunch of guns quickly in Mexico while simultaneously trying to take your rights away ,and suddenly they appear in cartel hands LOL stupid clown
I was prepared to think this was fake CNN. The story really very deeply struck a chord in me, at 63 years of age I cried for this poor family . Kudos to the reporter and crew for having the guts to take us to the story and for not making this an opinion piece !
Out of curiosity, what makes you believe a news source is “fake”? Like what is your proof when deciding an organization with decades of experience that is dedicated to exposure is “fake”?
@PneumaNoosebecause Trump told “them” CNN was fake news. Nuts
@PneumaNoose well probably the most obvious reason is CNN has been proven to have manipulated information and maliciously edited videos on multiple occasions
@PneumaNoose The most obvious reason is CNN has been proven to have manipulated information and maliciously edited videos on multiple occasions.
@PneumaNoose The most obvious reason is see en en has been proven to have manipulated information and maliciously edited videos on multiple occasions.
cnn intervieweing cartel to talk about their feelings
For some reason, you don't hear much about poppy being grown in Mexico 🤔
Where there's demand, someone will supply
*Nope, you just cut the MONEY they earn doing this...NOBODY will do it as a hobby.*
When there's more supply the price goes down. When the price goes down people get addicted faster, more severely, and demand goes up.
Its true that demand drives supply. But with drugs its also a bit more different and complex than with other products, since its addictive.
A large presence of drugs in the us makes alot of people addicted and then creates a demand. Its not that the demand just came out of nowhere, but rather that the supply of drugs in us communities created demand.
Its true that demand drives supply. But with drugs its also a bit more different and complex than with other products, since its addictive.
A large presence of drugs in the us makes alot of people addicted and then creates a demand. Its not that the demand just came out of nowhere, but rather that the supply of drugs in us communities created demand.
Common and Oversimplifed argument. Drugs arent any normal product where only demand drives supply, drug is addictive, so a high presence of drugs in the us CREATES demand.
And what came before? Drugs or the high demand for it?
The money comes from American consumers mainly.
No, they also target avocado PRODUCERS, lime producers, they also kidnap and kill people if families don't pay ransom,
They don't care where the money comes from... escorts to human smuggling
The addictive drug force the consumer to spend the money
thank you Dr Sackler
@HryeD018 Force?? How addicted are you n who put a gun to your head to buy their drugs?? Exactly.. Anybody drug addicted brought it to themselves.. You gringos need to take responsibility for your actions, keep funding the CIA n you'll always have problems..
It's even obvious who the Mexican Military protects in Sinaloa. Not the people, that's for sure.
Go to sleep buddy. This ain’t a Netflix sicario movie.
Exactly.. its shi$$&thole
Place to be
I think they were ashamed of their failure, and was the reason they were trying to cover that up. I don't think it had anything to do with covering for the cartel or they wouldn't be destroying their drugs, and lab set ups.
@asole100LOL!!! This was the worst “performance” I’ve ever seen! Let’s set up a little poppy and cannabis field to destroy for CNN when they get here! They’ll love that guys 😂😂😂It’s a joke
@cesarst3720Genaro García Luna is very real, lad.
Minute 7:35 tells everything
Cartel bunnies in Sinaloa are very common. Women involved with cartel members end up like this girl.
You solve the drug problem when you help the users who are addicted. No demand, no profits. Thats the solution, but you cut funds and sercices to help people.Thiis method has not worked and will not work, its beyond someone running their month. The people who profit are not afraid of America n politicians.
You can't help an addict. They can only help themselves
Always a pleasure to see Isobel Yeung in the field! She did a lot of great reporting from wars in the middle east and Afghanistan and now on to the next hot spot. A great fearless reporter.
I'm a bit scared for her. But, I hope she's as careful as she is brave. Very good reporter.
Don’t be surprised when she gets rayped
that didnt age well
Interviewing people from each side makes an excellent report. Well done! ❤
They killed and rape. Tf kinda insight do you need from these kinds of people.
@BrandySalinas-m1sIt is an indicator of thorough & brave journalism to interview each side, especially in a dangerous country like Mexico.
@HistoryTowerIt’s giving a voice to some of the worst criminals on the planet. And people in the comments are sticking up for them.
@BrandySalinas-m1sTo fight your enemy, you must understand your enemy. This reflects a core principle from Sun Tzu's Art of War, emphasizing the importance of knowing your adversary's strengths, weaknesses, tactics, and motivations to effectively defeat them.
@Charliefox71 Yes the difference is they aren’t trying to do this. If they were, they wouldn’t have been asking soft questions and asking why they rape and kill innocent people traffic KIDS. Miss me with that oh they wanna know their enemies bull
We need to solve our addiction problem that we have in the states. You see so many people on the streets just doing drugs openly. And there’s hardly any help for them. The government is failing on this.
government is the problem. the reason the addicts can survive on the streets is that our government gives them just enough to survive and still get their drugs. mandatory drug testing for anyone getting government assistance. test positive then nothing for you. starvation is a great motivator.
Addicts can only stop themselves. You can put them in rehab a dozen times and they don’t stop until they want.
Maybe if the government provided the basics for quality of life to its citizens, people wouldn’t have a need to escape from their lives.
This is exceptional content from CNN. Something beyond the talking heads. The reporter in this video is awesome.
Absolutely
Yep
The "talking heads" aren't news. They are opinion making on news subjects.
News is bringing facts. Facts do not have/choose sides.
We can perfectly fine make our own conclusions about facts.
Fr 🔥
This whole situation breaks my heart
Thank you for this piece and hope you produce many more like this! I miss true journalism, getting out there, researching, interviewing and hearing their stories, not opinions by broadcasters.
i was very surprised to see this type of format from cnn
Thanks for bringing on Isobel she’s a great frontline reporter.
Super Reporter 👌
Hopelessness breeds drug addiction
Give people hope and you will begin to control demand
Honestly, it breaks my heart how Manifest the Unseen by Luna Rivers isn’t getting the attention it deserves. This book changed me. People need to wake up to this.
The level of gaslighting to make Sinaloa cartel members seems like victims is next level
A lot of them are though. Many members were literally forced into it and they can't leave. It's scary and sad stuff.
@princessleiraaaplus sometimes they realize the truth and by then it’s too late to leave without them being killed
Unfortunately many of them are victims, if you are in a position (in gov or law,etc.) or just simply a location they want control of they give you two choices: silver or lead.
Well, United states criminals basically keep feeding cartels weapons. Then they force people and members to join. It's true, Mexican education programs have weakened cartels immensely in the last 6 years. Still, as long as there's a market, there will be sellers. Reduce the market, the sellers will implode.
@MPAPAyes No one is excusing them of their actions. It's a terrible situation all around
How to fight a drug war, when your people are buying the drug.
Stop the people from buying.
@u-dumbass The major customer is the US
let the customer OD, it's not like they are productive members of society
CCP can make it happern in one week
Stop selling
you'll stop, you just don't know it. it will happen fast and unannounced
The Mexican government is part of the cartel.
No shit sherlock what about the U.s 9/11?
CNN is REALLY good when they do actual journalism like this. They should do more of this and less of those "round table" political panels they have these days.
You're so brainwashed you wouldn't know good journalism if it squatted over your forehead and took a shit.
really?
@billl.4410 ur brainwashed
@billl.4410 ur brainwashed
Propaganda at it's finest, wake up PedoProtector 😈
The most American thing ever. Blane everyone else for the demand of a product…by Americans.
If Americans want to use drugs, the supply will happen.
Exactly. No one wants to blame the addicts.
Things were way better in the early 2000s when doctors atleast prescribed. They need to educate people but offer proper meds for pain. What else can we do at this point?
You're right the cartels would simply stop trying to make money if there wasn't any addicts in America, cause that's only where they are. Should we blame the homeless addicts in America for all the disappearances and murders in Mexico too?
@decollector95 illness???? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That Guy is a paid actor that works for cbs news. 😂😂😂😂just like the Oklahoma building bomber. 😂😂😂
Who is forcing the Americans to take the drugs?
The democrats and liberals do
I haven't seen Isobel Yeung's reports before but this was the kind of journalism the world needs more of. Telling the story from many perspectives: the military, talking to narco-trafficker, and connecting with victim, Vivian Aispuro's family. Stay safe.
"No consumers we'd stop"... truer words have never been spoken
Instead it'd be something else. Basic supply and demand, neither is to blame. If there was nobody to produce it, in theory drug use would stop.
@dynagaming2693 that's not entirely backed up by the data. The war on drugs has been costly, ineffective, and harmed marginalized communities. Look at Portugal or any other country who has adopted the decriminalization of use, addiction rates dropped significantly. Treat it like a health issue and the nerfs the supply. It's not just some other drug, because we'd be treating all addiction.
They'd switch to trafficking more people for sex work instead, or to more armed robberies, burglary, extortion....
Their consumers are created by doctors and hospitals, who hand and push these same drugs in patients. The only unsafe thing about the drug is how it's made and incorrect dosages. Even cocaine was medical before it got banned, although it's still sometimes used in medicine. Coca cola was firstly a medicine, not a soft drink.
"about 80 percent of people who used heroin first misused prescription opioids." - NIH NIDA
Do you realise how insane this is? And that's just heroin, how many on lean or something else? The problem isn't the user or the gangs, it's how we handle them ourselves, allowing big pharma to profit and when they get hooked, saying" oh no, we better take them away"and throwing them to the street. They're no different, they just control the law in their favour. How many of those drug dealers have ever been treated the way a cartel has after the fentanyl epidemic? We still hand it out in hospitals, works great. Who got punished for the oxycotin epidemic? They handed them out like candy as an everyday cure all, millions hooked.
They created this war, just so you'd all keep paying for it. It's far easier than actually helping the users and addicts, that requires a facility just for them. By paying for this war, you can also pay for the one over oil too and they'll bundle it all up for you, like it's a little present for the American public. When did you ever get a car full of free gas for all those tax dollars you spent fighting in the middle East?
Let's not even get started talking about how upset USA was over the taliban wanting to destroy all the poppy fields lol.
@Tiramisobaoexactly, these aren't "street drugs", they're medical drugs sold on the street. People are given small safe doses of the correct and clean drug, with safe equipment and knowledge. People mistake this for handing out or selling drugs to these people legally, rather than a controlled amount. We treat alcoholics this way, yet no other users. You walk into an alcohol addiction centre and they're walking around handing out cans to patients each day. It won't stop the sale of street drugs but it would absolutely destroy things like cartel production, making the fight not only a little easier, but a lot safer.