The DeVory Darkins Show - Americans caught in Cartel War 73 people killed as Mexico BURNS

Episode Date: February 25, 2026

Americans are caught in Cartel Civil War that has left 73 people and 25 national guardsmen dead. This comes after the top drug lord's death, prompting a the U.S. State Department to issue a shelter-in-place order. Also, President Trump honored Angel Families at the White House. And Gavin Newsom is in hot water again after he got caught pandering to black voters.EPISODE SPONSOR: Go to ⁠https://ninelineapparel.com⁠ and use code DEVORY to save 15%. FOLLOW ME:⁠https://www.x.com/devorydarkins⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/devorydarkins⁠⁠https://www.rumble.com/c/devorydarkins⁠⁠https://devory.wtf.tv⁠BUY ME A COFFEE:⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/devorydarkins⁠SHOP OUR MERCH STORE:⁠https://store.devorydarkins.com⁠BUSINESS INQUIRIES:⁠[e-mail]⁠

Okay, so a few breaking updates, starting with American citizens. They are caught in Mexico after the cartel organization retaliated against the country for killing their leader. Also, the president, hosted Angel Families at the White House. And Gavin Newsom, he's in hot water. But before we get to all that, like this video, share this video. Please leave your thoughts and then comment section below. And do not forget to subscribe to our channel. Here's what's happening in Mexico.

The U.S. State Department is telling Americans in Mexico to shelter in place as law enforcement tries to regain control of cities that have fallen into chaos in the hands of the Mexican cartels. This is after the Mexican military took out a notorious cartel kingpin with U.S. support. We're learning a little bit more about our role in all of that. Not a lot of detail, but we had one. The carnage, cars, torched, roads, blocked, banks, and local businesses set on fire as those cartels are now fighting for power. It's like everybody else is in the middle of a gang war right now. This whole thing highlights the real power that cartels have in Mexico. Look at this map.

It shows how much territory Helisco New Generation has in Mexico. You can see here's the American southwestern border. The Sinaloa cartel in this shade of blue is traditionally the largest cartel in the world. world. You can see historical cartels like the Gulf cartel and the Zetas controlling different parts of Mexico. Here's Cabo and here's Port of Ayurta. And this turquoise stretch is C.J. N.G. That's the Halisco Cartel, new generation, right there. All right. So the story today is not necessarily about this retaliation attack from the cartels towards their own country of Mexico, but that Americans are actually caught there in the crossfire in a sense. Some of them can't

even leave. Airports are shut down. Travel is shut down literally. And people are having to shelter in place. So please keep your thoughts and your prayers with them so they can make it back home safe. I don't think that should be a partisan issue, of course. Now, in case you missed a couple of clips, let me show you someone who's actually on the ground, who was one of the Americans who are stuck. Here's what she had to say. Reporting live from Mexico, about 25 minutes from Puerto Verita where there's a massive cartel war happening right now. Pull. Last night, one of the biggest cartel bosses was captured. There was a 10 million bounty on his head. Now, Porta Vallarta is on fire. The airport is shut down. All local businesses and transportation shut down. And along the highway, all the way from Porta Vallarta, there's one major highway from there to all the little towns. Along the highway, buses, transports, Uber's, taxis are all being lit on fire on the highway. So we have been told not to leave. We're seeing.

safe at our condo. I will report back with more information. Okay, so number one, it is great news that the leader of this cartel has been killed. Number two, it does not mean their business is going to essentially stop. Okay, the cartels run that country. That is not changed here. And three, we know that because President Scheinbaum. It wasn't too long ago where she said going to war with the cartel was a non-starter. Okay. If we're talking about human rights, we would not go. go to war with the cartels. That's her own words. So again, great news, but the reality is

not much is really going to change from this at this point. Now, here's a correspondent on the ground in Mexico City. She says everything is under control. Take a listen. Well, Casey, Mexican officials say order has been restored after the search of this cartel violence that erupted following this operation targeting Nemesio Osegera-Servantes, better known as El Minchu. Now, Mexico's defense secretary is shedding light on how authorities were able to find him. According to officials, the breakthrough came

when intelligence teams began tracking the movements of a woman described as being romantically linked to the cartel leader. And that trail led investigators to his inner circle and to the location where he was hiding. And this operation that followed is being described as one of the most significant blows to organize crime in recent years. I want to shout out a new clothing brand that I just discovered.

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Unconfirmed reports have already said that the chief of logistics regarding the cartel organization is the one to step up next. So we'll see. I mean, obviously, that's all based on speculated reporting. But one thing is for sure. I hope the Americans are able to make it back safe. It might seem like that at this point if they're sheltered in place. but it's also based on where they're located as well that might play a big role here. Now, here's a different perspective from a former Secret Service agent about what's really going on here. Take a listen. Well, the actions of President Scheinbaum in Mexico has caused a great deal of different reactions.

And let's start with the fact that, by the way, none of this is possible without the significant change in strategy by President Trump and his administration towards the Mexican. cartels by first designating them as foreign terrorist organizations. So she's responding to his pressure, basically. And then the pressure campaign on Mexico to take action or risk potential intervention by the United States in Mexico. All of this has had an effect. When you go after the leader of the cartels, in this case, the Holisco cartel, CJNG, you now have a war within all of the cartels that fall under because now they want to replace El Mention, who is taken out of commission here. So now somebody wants to be the new leader of these cartels. But you're going to see this

type of reaction. The cartels are everywhere. And by the way, they're all paramilitary. Why? because under former President Calderon, he shifted from using the law enforcement agencies because of corruption and invoking the military to go after the cartels. And with that came a lot of defections from the military in Mexico to the cartels. Now, the interesting thing about this entire situation, if America was going to get involved, I think the average citizen walking down the street would absolutely support it, because we know the damage that's been done by cartel organizations. And I don't think that gets enough attention.

I think this administration has been very surgical of how they've been approaching the cartels, of course. But I don't think it's a stretch to see or to at least entertain the idea of our involvement, which is what the White House did confirm yesterday, that their intelligence was a part of helping Mexico forces pull this off. So I think the bottom line to this story, it's another great deal. I guess for karma, that is. But long term, will this actually change things? I'm not too sure about it. And the fascinating thing is you had a Democrat on CNN earlier today

complaining that they were not giving a heads up in regards to this operation. Take a listen. This cartel was one of the most violent and militant cartels out there. And so this was predictable. I think one of the things I'm disappointed about is that Mexican authorities did not alert at least our country in advance of this so that we would know to at least put out some form of travel advisory. But clearly they wanted to do this discreetly. And by doing this, they've actually put a lot of folks in the harm's way. Well, I suppose the congressman doesn't understand the word

covert and that you wouldn't be able to catch someone of his statue if it wasn't a covert operation. But maybe that's just me. All right, let's go to our next update. And this one's more of an emotional one. The president hosted Angel, families at the White House today to celebrate not only just Lincoln Riley and her sacrifice, but all the other families out there that have had loved ones killed by illegal aliens. I want you to go or to hear the police officer who actually arrested the criminal legal alien who killed Lincoln Riley in his particular story because I think it's a stunning one. Take a listen.

President, it's an honor to be here today. It's an honor to be speaking with you guys. My name is Ethan Carrari. I'm a police officer in Palm Beach County, Florida and a former New York City. police officer. While serving the New York City Police Department, I personally arrested Jose Ybarra for endangering the welfare of a child. A few months later, I saw his face again in the news after he viciously murdered Lake and Riley. I did my job. I put him in custody. The system failed. No detainer, no accountability, no deportation, and an innocent American life was taken.

If you enter our country illegally, there will be consequences. under this administration. The American citizens must always come first. To Lake and Riley's family, your law should have never happened. We owe it to you and every American family to enforce our laws, secure our border, and protect innocent lives. You see, that's why we love showing you guys both sides in the full picture of these stories,

because if we left it up to mainstream media, you would never hear a story like that. Did you know who that was? Have you ever heard of them? Have you ever seen them? Maybe once. Why is that exactly? Well, the people running cable news, that's not what's at the top of their priority lists.

It's anti-Trump, anti-ice rhetoric. So they're only going to show things and talk about things that supports that narrative. They will never talk about the innocent lives, particularly American citizens, and the thousands that have been killed by illegal aliens. That's the full picture. All right, here's what Lincoln Riley's mom had to say. Take a listen. President Trump is maybe different than the version I've gotten to know.

And I just can't thank you enough. You have said from the beginning, literally the day after this happened, that you would not forget about Lakin. You weren't president at that time, and you have not forgotten. You have fought a fight that most people would not want to have. fought a fight that most people would not want to have to fight. Most people wouldn't. They would just say it's just easier not to do this.

And President Trump has, you are doing a thankless job that most people just wouldn't do. And I just can't thank you enough. There are just not enough words to say. Because if you live the nightmare that we have lived, you understand the important. and so the job that he's doing and securing our nation and fighting for our families, because this could be any family. This happened to my family. This could be any one of your families.

How many people would disagree with her in public, officially? I don't think a lot of people would, but if there's going to be people who would disagree with her, it would definitely be people on the left. So it begs the question, for the people who agree with her, why would you support the idea that we should abolish ICE? Isn't that interesting? Now, instead of saying, let's abolish ICE, what they should be saying, hey, can we change the laws regarding the policies that ICE are allowed to enforce? That's a more high IQ criticism, of course, but that's not what they've been doing.

They want to remove the agency as we know it. You guys want proof of that? Listen to this senator, as he says, we need to go back to pre-9-11. Take a listen. The problem is that ICE is not keeping our borders safe. They're making our cities unsafe. especially the blue cities that Donald Trump wants to target. The violence is the point right now with ICE.

And I've even talked to ICE officers who are ashamed. The problem is that ICE is not... Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. I'm going to play it over again. Because I need you to hear the first four words, I believe it is. Listen to this. The problem is that ICE is not keeping our borders safe. The problem is ICE is not keeping our borders safe.

What world does he live in? It's the safest border known to history. at this point. What is he talking about? The problem is that ICE is not keeping our borders safe. They're making our cities unsafe, especially the blue cities that Donald Trump wants to target. The violence is the point right now with ICE. And I've even talked to ICE officers who are ashamed by their organization, by ashamed of what their organization has become. The bottom line is that ICE was created by George W. Bush after 9-11. It should be put back in the Department of Justice.

It should cease to exist. It should cease to exist in the Department of Homeland Security. It's been a disaster. I was on the ground in Minneapolis. I saw it firsthand, and it's clear to me that ICE needs to be abolished. Now, if you replace the word ICE with agitators, and I think at that point what he was saying would be accurate, because it's agitators who are actually targeting ICE agents.

It's agitators that were looking for chaos. It's agitators that want to get shot. That's what Minneapolis showed us. And there is some truth that this current version of ICE is doing things that have never been done before, pushing the bounds of the law as it pertains to enforcement. There is a lot of truth to that. And I think some of that stuff is going to end up in court. But that doesn't mean ICE needs to be abolished. I mean, again, they say.

they care about American citizens. They sure have a funny way of showing that. They don't care. They want votes. That's exactly what they want. Everyone in this room not only suffered an infinite loss. There were the victims of politicians who put the comfort of foreign criminals before the safety of American citizens and American patriots.

Their stories were censored and suppressed like maybe almost never before so that the politicians could open our borders and allow our nation to be invaded. We didn't win the election. Our nation would right now be destroyed. But under the Trump administration, their suffering is forgotten no longer. In just a few moments, I officially signed a proclamation that I've been waiting to sign for a long time, including my first administration. There were so many different legal roadblocks.

It was incredible. We got it done. And I'm doing it today. February 22nd is going to be national, angel, family day. I don't know why the news doesn't want to hear it. The Democrats don't want to hear it. The radical left, they don't want to hear it. What's not to hear?

We want to stop murderers and criminals from coming into our country. I watch the mayor of... Minneapolis. I watch these people saying, we want to protect murderers? I don't get it. Something sick. They're sick. Can't have a country like that. So we appreciate the bravery of everybody in this room, actually. So depending on what channel you were watching, maybe you knew about this ceremony. Maybe you did it. Bottom line is, I think families like that should be recognized. I think these are needless or unnecessary deaths. and if people want credibility or moral authority regarding immigration enforcement, they need to recognize the amount of American citizens killed by illegal aliens. If they could do that and be consistent, then I'm on board.

But something tells me they won't be. Now, let's go to our next story if you want to talk about consistency. So Gavin Newsom's been very consistent when making his rounds across the country. And last night, he was in Atlanta speaking to the mayor and a crowd. and he made some comments that I guess now he's caught in hot water because they believe what he was trying to do was pander to black voters again. And I'll play the clip and you tell me if you see it the same way.

Watch this. I'm not, you know, I'm not trying to impress you. I'm just trying to impress upon you. I'm like you. I'm no better than you. You know, I'm a 960 SAT guy. And, you know, you know, And I'm not trying to offend anyone, you know, trying to act all there if you got 940.

But literally a 960 SAT guy. I cannot, you've never seen me read a speech because I cannot read a speech. Now, as you guys know, we like to pride ourselves and giving you guys both sides of the story. So the left side claims, nope, the governor was not trying to pander to black people. He was actually trying to relate to anybody out there who has struggled to. to read in their life and scored low on math tests or the SAT test. So that's their rhetoric. And then the right is saying, oh, there's Gavin again, pandering to the black community,

trying to get votes, trying to come off as if he wasn't this kid who grew up with a silver spoon and didn't have things paved his way. Yeah, that's their rhetoric. So I guess you have to make up your mind of what you believe. All right. That's getting some criticism from folks like musician Nikki Minaj, who posted on acts, quote, his way of bonding with black people is to tell them how stupid he is and that he can't read. Newsom's office telling Fox Digital, quote, first MAGA mocked his dyslexia.

Now they're calling him racist for talking about his low SAT scores. This is MAGA manufactured outrage, they say. So let's bring in Noah Rothman, National Review Senior Writer and Richard Fowler, Fox News contributor. Good to have both of you with us. And I just want to put into the mix here. This is Senator Tim Scott. He said this on X. Black Americans aren't your low bar.

We've built empires, created movements, outworked, out hustled, and outsmarted people like you. Stop using your mediocre academics as a way to patronize communities. It's ridiculous. Now, I'll actually tell you what's ridiculous. It doesn't matter if he was speaking to black people or trying to relate to them. What matters is we have one of the fakes politicians plus a governor who has a terrible failed record running to be the next president of the United States. Absolutely.

The only thing Gavin Newsom's been successful at is being able to essentially get elected by the powers that be. He's not successful in making California better, by the way. He never has been. Okay. He's been successful at being the golden boy for the establishment. That's his accomplishments. And the fact that people still don't see that. that today, who claim to be Democrat, who claim they are all about democracy and the rule of law,

and they want to see a better America, there's no reason to vote for Gavin Newsom, if that's the case. All right, so why don't we go to CJ Pearson, and here's his reaction? So Gavin Newsom thinks it because he's a dumbass and scored less than a thousand the SAT that he can relate to the Black experience. That's what he said to a room of Black and Brown people in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, just this past weekend. And this man said this with a straight, basic because he scored a 960 on the SAT. He was just like me. Well, Gavin, let me tell you something.

I didn't score a 960 on the SAT. I scored a lot higher than that on the SAT. And by the way, a lack of academic performance or the ability to excel within school doesn't make you black. But what it does do, if you think that that does make you black, is that it makes you a racist, right? So it's so funny to me that the Democrats, while they no longer were those white-hitted rogues that the KKK would run around in as they terrorized black, people, they still find a way to remind us in ways big and small that they did used to wear those robes. Apparently, Gavin Newsom's heart still wears that robe because he thinks that being a dumb ass makes you black. And you know what the fascinating thing about Gavin Newsom? Since he wants to rage against the president, maybe he should learn from him for a change. The president has never

acted like he was some broke hustler, came from the ghetto. He was born rich, has always been rich, and will continue to be rich, and he's never shied away from that fact. And that's why people can relate to him because we know we're getting the authentic version of Donald J. Trump. We're not getting the authentic version of Gavin Newsom. He has the same problem as Kamala Harris. They feel they need to change their mass depending on who they're talking to. Just be who you are.

It's fascinating. Speaking of that, I'll show you that this is a problem within the Democrat Party, by the way. This is Kathy Hokel, remember going back to 20, 2024 leading up to the election, she said this about black kids in New York City. Young black kids growing up in the Bronx who don't even know what the word computer is. They don't know. They don't know these things. And I want the world open up to all of them because when you have their diverse voices, innovating solutions through technology, then you're really addressing society's broader challenges.

All right. So bottom line is white liberals continue to act like they know more about black people than black people themselves. Two, as a black person, I won't pretend like I understand what it's like to be Irish because I don't. So I'm going to stick to things that I know and stick to the things that actually matter in the end, which is getting results for the American people, right? Isn't that what they should be focused on? I don't know. Give me your thoughts in the comments section below, too, what happened with Gavin Newsom,

what you think about the ceremony from the president regarding Lincoln Riley and the Angel families, and then what's going down in Mexico, all your thoughts and everything you got in the comments section below. All right, let's go to our next video where I got to, interview a ex-FBI special agent Nicole Parker. What she has to say about what's happening inside the FBI is nothing short of shocking. So if you guys missed out on that interview and more, just click on that video because it's coming up right now.