Adding:
>An FBI operation to capture former Olympian turned suspected cocaine trafficker Ryan Wedding in Mexico has shaken relations between the U.S. and its southern neighbor.
>Last week, the U.S. deployed the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team to Mexico to capture Wedding, who once was protected by the powerful Sinaloa cartel. But that was supposed to be kept secret, especially since Mexican law prohibits foreign law enforcement officers from being physically present in operations on Mexican soil, let alone take part in raids and arrests.
>On Friday, however, FBI Director Kash Patel announced the joint operation publicly on X. “Our FBI HRT teams executed with precision, discipline, and total professionalism alongside our Mexican partners to bring Ryan James Wedding back to face justice,” he wrote, sending shock waves through Mexico.
>Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum scrambled to perform damage control, as foreign intervention in Mexico is politically toxic. She said that there was no U.S. involvement in the operation and that U.S. agents in Mexico are limited by law.
>“I’m not going to get into a debate with the FBI director, nor do I want there to be a conflict,” Sheinbaum said at a press conference Tuesday. “What they, the U.S. authorities, told the Mexican authorities is that it was a voluntary surrender.” >She pointed to a picture Wedding posted to his Instagram account at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico announcing that he was turning himself in.
>Wedding’s lawyer Anthony Colombo disputes that account, saying that Wedding was handcuffed by FBI agents and transported to California.
>“He was arrested, he didn’t surrender,” Colombo told The Wall Street Journal, adding, “If the U.S. government is unilaterally going into a sovereign country and apprehending somebody, you can understand the concern that sovereign entity might have.”
malfunkshunned on
I know of someone in my orbit that is an FBI agent and a high-ish position, just from secondhand conversations they’ve apparently said it’s become too politically driven, too toxic, and a lot of senior employees are about to just quit. When you’ve gone your entire career with how things are supposed to work (an apolitical branch of government) and are suddenly lambasted with paranoid Trump-kissing sycophant leaders, you just don’t even want to work through that.
KnowMatter on
Kash Patel looks at all times like a stoned teenager who is worried the cop can tell he is high.
wengelite on
Always looks like he trusted a fart he shouldn’t of.
Tyrofinn on
Can someone explain to me why so many in the FBI are “just following orders”?
Going into Mexico, not investigating ICE murders, the Epstein files…
VaguelyArtistic on
Creating an incident with the Mexican government is one thing. But did he just fuck with the cartels?
CajunAsianTexan on
Old crazy eyes watched Sicario too many times.
cybah on
CashApp PayPal rides again
GnomeChodeski on
This while administration is “a diplomatic incident.”
EternalAngst23 on
Isn’t this the same arsehole who posted a photo on social media featuring British intelligence informants which MI5 had explicitly requested *not* be published?
He’s an incompetent fucking moron.
Ursus_Unusualis_7904 on
It is amazing what happens when the Senate approves incompetent people for critical jobs.
swedething on
Lemme guess, he watched season 2 of Lioness, didn’t he?
curves-left on
Social media influencer administration.
Valuable_Falcon6330 on
Man, remember back when the FBI and all the other 3 letter institutions of the US were actually fucking competent at their jobs and good at keeping things under wraps? we wouldn’t have learned about this until 60 years later when all the people involved were long dead if it was Nixon or FDR’s FBI! not that this is a bad thing, its always good to hear how incompetent the FBI really is.
iIdentifyasGrinch on
Sigh. Is there anything left on the planet that Chump and his Insane Klown Posse haven’t fucked up?
peche-mortelle00 on
As an adult, one of the lessons you learn is that everyone is making it up as they go, and true leaders who lead with wisdom and empathy are rare. This fake it till you make it administración are all bottom feeders. Fungus gnats that need to be ostracized from society and put in jail where criminals and other ne’er do belong
PricklyPear85 on
I swear he’s so dumb I’ve honestly thought he’s just a paid actor
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google eyes intensifying
He’s an idiot, just like Noem and the rest. Unfortunately that doesn’t mean he is harmless.
Everyone in this administration is Cosplaying
_The FBI director couldn’t stop himself from posting news that shouldn’t be public._
Who says it shouldn’t be public? If my government is going to be playing games like this I want to know about it.
Bunch of nincompoops.
Sheinbaum should arrest him and hold him
That’s what happens when you hire a podcaster.
He got the laws of Valhalla confused with the laws of Mexico. Easy mistake
Kash Patel is my migraine aura.
Walleyed 1000cm staring idiot
So that’s the second international incident in what, two or three days? Or maybe the third? It’s getting hard to keep track.
At this point, Trump is Vince McMahon and he’s doing a new plot line to take heat off Noel so he gets Kash to go start shit.
[de-paywalled](https://archive.ph/pMK8K)
Adding:
>An FBI operation to capture former Olympian turned suspected cocaine trafficker Ryan Wedding in Mexico has shaken relations between the U.S. and its southern neighbor.
>Last week, the U.S. deployed the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team to Mexico to capture Wedding, who once was protected by the powerful Sinaloa cartel. But that was supposed to be kept secret, especially since Mexican law prohibits foreign law enforcement officers from being physically present in operations on Mexican soil, let alone take part in raids and arrests.
>On Friday, however, FBI Director Kash Patel announced the joint operation publicly on X. “Our FBI HRT teams executed with precision, discipline, and total professionalism alongside our Mexican partners to bring Ryan James Wedding back to face justice,” he wrote, sending shock waves through Mexico.
>Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum scrambled to perform damage control, as foreign intervention in Mexico is politically toxic. She said that there was no U.S. involvement in the operation and that U.S. agents in Mexico are limited by law.
>“I’m not going to get into a debate with the FBI director, nor do I want there to be a conflict,” Sheinbaum said at a press conference Tuesday. “What they, the U.S. authorities, told the Mexican authorities is that it was a voluntary surrender.” >She pointed to a picture Wedding posted to his Instagram account at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico announcing that he was turning himself in.
>Wedding’s lawyer Anthony Colombo disputes that account, saying that Wedding was handcuffed by FBI agents and transported to California.
>“He was arrested, he didn’t surrender,” Colombo told The Wall Street Journal, adding, “If the U.S. government is unilaterally going into a sovereign country and apprehending somebody, you can understand the concern that sovereign entity might have.”
I know of someone in my orbit that is an FBI agent and a high-ish position, just from secondhand conversations they’ve apparently said it’s become too politically driven, too toxic, and a lot of senior employees are about to just quit. When you’ve gone your entire career with how things are supposed to work (an apolitical branch of government) and are suddenly lambasted with paranoid Trump-kissing sycophant leaders, you just don’t even want to work through that.
Kash Patel looks at all times like a stoned teenager who is worried the cop can tell he is high.
Always looks like he trusted a fart he shouldn’t of.
Can someone explain to me why so many in the FBI are “just following orders”?
Going into Mexico, not investigating ICE murders, the Epstein files…
Creating an incident with the Mexican government is one thing. But did he just fuck with the cartels?
Old crazy eyes watched Sicario too many times.
CashApp PayPal rides again
This while administration is “a diplomatic incident.”
Isn’t this the same arsehole who posted a photo on social media featuring British intelligence informants which MI5 had explicitly requested *not* be published?
He’s an incompetent fucking moron.
It is amazing what happens when the Senate approves incompetent people for critical jobs.
Lemme guess, he watched season 2 of Lioness, didn’t he?
Social media influencer administration.
Man, remember back when the FBI and all the other 3 letter institutions of the US were actually fucking competent at their jobs and good at keeping things under wraps? we wouldn’t have learned about this until 60 years later when all the people involved were long dead if it was Nixon or FDR’s FBI! not that this is a bad thing, its always good to hear how incompetent the FBI really is.
Sigh. Is there anything left on the planet that Chump and his Insane Klown Posse haven’t fucked up?
As an adult, one of the lessons you learn is that everyone is making it up as they go, and true leaders who lead with wisdom and empathy are rare. This fake it till you make it administración are all bottom feeders. Fungus gnats that need to be ostracized from society and put in jail where criminals and other ne’er do belong
I swear he’s so dumb I’ve honestly thought he’s just a paid actor
Buncha goons running this circus.