President Trump designated Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations for a reason.
The poison flooding across our border is killing Americans at record rates.
And one Florida man’s dog cage hid something that left Indiana police absolutely stunned.
Florida Man's Traffic Stop Turns Into Major Bust
Fort Wayne police pulled over 25-year-old Jordon Wayne Lanier on November 6 for speeding on U.S. 24.¹
Lanier was driving a black 2019 Chevrolet Silverado with Florida plates doing 82 mph in a 65 mph zone.¹
When officers asked him to step out of the truck, they spotted a loaded .45 caliber handgun in plain view.¹
That's when a K-9 unit arrived and the drug dog alerted to narcotics in the vehicle.¹
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What police found next shows exactly why Trump is taking the gloves off against these cartels.
In the bed of Lanier's truck sat a large metal dog cage with a dog inside.¹
Nothing unusual about that.
Except this wasn't just any dog cage.
Officers noticed something off about the underside of the cage and took a closer look.¹
The cage had been modified with a sophisticated after-market hidden compartment underneath.¹
When detectives opened the secret panel, they found approximately 30 individually packaged kilograms of cocaine.¹
That's 66 pounds of pure poison with a street value between $600,000 and $800,000.¹
Police also found two marijuana blunts and multiple THC vape cartridges in the vehicle.¹
Cartels Use Sophisticated Methods To Bypass Detection
Lanier's story about his travel route didn't add up.¹
He claimed he was traveling from Peoria, Illinois to Kentucky but had crashed in Indianapolis and taken a wrong turn.¹
Fort Wayne Detective Anthony Smith noted the travel pattern made zero sense.¹
Lanier faces federal charges of dealing in cocaine and misdemeanor marijuana possession.¹
The dealing charge carries up to 30 years in prison.¹
His initial hearing was held November 10, and he was released on $100,000 bond with permission to return to Florida under pretrial services.¹
The hidden compartment under the dog cage wasn't some amateur operation cobbled together in a garage.
These are professionally manufactured "traps" or "hides" that drug trafficking organizations install in vehicles specifically to evade law enforcement.
Florida remains a major entry point for cocaine entering the United States, with an estimated 10% of the nation's cocaine supply coming through the state's coastline and ports.²
The Trump administration has made dismantling these sophisticated trafficking networks a top priority since taking office.
In February 2025, the administration designated eight major cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, including the Sinaloa Cartel and Jalisco New Generation Cartel.³
That designation gives law enforcement new tools to prosecute anyone providing material support to these organizations, with penalties up to life in prison if deaths result.³
The Justice Department announced in July 2025 that DEA had seized more than 201,500 pounds of cocaine since January 20, 2025.⁴
Attorney General Pam Bondi made it clear the administration is "targeting the Sinaloa and CJNG cartel networks that are poisoning the American people with fentanyl."⁴
Trump designated these cartels as terrorists because they are terrorists.
They're killing over 100,000 Americans per year with their poison, using increasingly sophisticated methods to evade detection.
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The Fort Wayne bust shows these aren't small-time dealers.
These are well-funded criminal organizations with the resources to manufacture hidden compartments, coordinate interstate trafficking routes, and move hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of drugs at a time.
Every parent should be terrified because this poison ends up in their communities, their schools, and potentially in their kids' hands.
The days of treating drug trafficking as just another law enforcement problem are over.
Trump is treating it like the national security threat it actually is.
¹ Devan Filchak, "Florida man arrested after police find more than $600,000 worth of cocaine in vehicle," The Journal Gazette, November 10, 2025.
² "Florida's History of Crime and Drug Culture," Recovery First Treatment Center, June 20, 2025.
³ "Trump Administration Announces Designation of International Cartels," Holland & Knight, February 2025.
⁴ "Justice Department Highlights DEA Drug Seizures for First Half of 2025," U.S. Department of Justice, July 15, 2025.
