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EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblower Alleges Federal Government Acts as 'Middleman' for Cartel Child Trafficking
Joseph Lord

The U.S. government is taking an active role as “middleman” for international child trafficking, according to explosive allegations from a whistleblower.

U.S. Government ‘Absolutely’ Crucial to Cartel Human Smuggling
In her interview, Rodas explained that the U.S. federal government has become a crucial “middleman” for cartels in their human smuggling operations.
Asked how it took on this role, Rodas explained, “The easiest way to describe it would be beginning with something people are familiar with, which is drug trafficking.”
When it comes to drug trafficking, cartels have to track and protect the product from the point of origin in Central America up until the end user in the United States. Cartels regularly lose huge amounts of narcotics on the border due to customs and inspections. And even when they get the drugs over the border, a lot can go wrong before the product reaches the end user.
Not so with smuggled children, Rodas said.
“So now when we think of child trafficking, what happens is the trafficker leaves [Central America] with the child. They only have to guard the ‘product’ to the U.S. border,” she said. “So then they hand their asset to the U.S. government, who guards their product. They don’t have to worry about losing any product as they cross the border because the U.S. is taking their product and protecting it.”
Later, she emphasized again that “Once they’re over the border, they hand the child to the government. So we then take the ‘product’ so we are securing their investment. We then ship their product to the end user. This is something that I just find so very hard to even to accept.”
Asked whether this process has become a crucial aspect of cartel smuggling operations, Rodas replied “Absolutely.”
“I absolutely believe they see us as part of their business model,” she said. “We saved them a ton of money. We keep them from losing what they consider—I mean, to me, it’s horrific—but that they consider products or assets. We guard their products and their assets and we deliver them directly. It saves them a lot of money, and we are the middleman because we accept their product from the smuggler at the border. We then turn around and deliver the product to the trafficker on this side.”
But when she flew out to Pomona, California, Rodas had no idea that this was happening, in part due to the government failing to warn its agents about that prospect.