Prince Ricardo The Unequal Scales of Border Justice

Episode notes

Episode Notes: In this explosive episode, we unpack the covert U.S. operation that allowed 17 members of El Chapo’s family—including Ovidio Guzmán López’s mother, siblings, and children—to cross the border near Tijuana without scrutiny. While the Sinaloa Cartel remains labeled a foreign terrorist organization for flooding the U.S. with fentanyl, its leaders’ relatives bypassed the same system that detained or deported over 700,000 migrants last year, many with no criminal records. We analyze leaked CBS News footage of the Guzmáns’ VIP treatment, juxtaposed with Title 42 expulsions and ICE’s targeting of nonviolent asylum seekers. Legal experts weigh in on how such backroom deals undermine the rule of law, and activists condemn the implicit message: Powerful criminals get pardons; the poor get punishment.

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Keywords

Sinaloa Cartel, Ovidio Guzmán López, El Chapo, U.S.-Mexico border crisis, Title 42 policy, ICE deportations, border hypocrisy, Trump administration deals, Claudia Sheinbaum, foreign terrorist designation, fentanyl epidemic, asylum seeker rights, cove