On today's episode, journalist Hels Goethe joins Borderland to discuss reporting from the San Diego–Mexico border, including open corridors, cartel smuggling routes, and footage showing armed men in Mexican military-style uniforms crossing into the U.S., with questions over whether they were Mexican military or CJNG impersonators.

They also examine how border intelligence is collected on the ground, the challenges of identification and repatriation, and how global actors — including China — intersect with border security issues.

Borderland is an IRONCLAD Original

Chapters:

(00:00) Introduction

(02:25) Illegal Crossings, Abandoned IDs at San Diego Border

(02:27) Mexican Military or CJNG?

(10:24) Evidence of Crossings the Government is Missing

(18:41) Armed Men Crossed Same Day as Ryan Wedding Arrest

(20:25) Venezuela, China, and Russia

(27:51) The Language of the media and Politics

(33:16) How ICE's Mission has Evolved

(40:38) Humor in Government Agencies' Social Accounts

(49:36) The Threat of Terror Cells in the US

(50:23) China as the most dangerous country to the US

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