Today's guest is Matthew Thomas, Chief Deputy of the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona. Throughout his career, he has served in several specialty units—Detention, Patrol, Traffic, Training, the Police Academy, Motors, Narcotics, and Investigations.


He is also the author of the book Interceptors: The Untold Fight Against the Mexican Cartels.


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Cartels Infiltrating Reservations and Operating as Organized Crime Institutions (with Matthew Thomas)

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Each week, special operations combat veteran, actor, writer, and veteran BORSTAR Agent Vincent “Rocco” Vargas sits down with guests to discuss a different issue — and new stories — that shape our understanding of the border crisis.


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Today’s guests is Danitza “Dee” James.  

She was born in Sonora, Mexico, and moved to US at 15. She is a combat veteran, having served in Iraq on two combat tours. Today, she serves as Chief Executive Officer at Repatriate Our Patriots (ROP) a non-profit organization dedicated to aiding in the repatriation of deported veterans and preventing future deportations.

You can learn more at https://www.repatriateourpatriots.org/ 

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Why Is America Deporting Combat Veterans?

On today's episode, Vince talks to retired DEA agent, Derek Maltz about the realities of the fentanyl epidemic in the United States. 


Derek was also the Special Agent in Charge of the DOJ, Special Operations Division (SOD) for almost 10 years before he left the federal government, and previously held the position as the Chief of the New York Drug Enforcement Task Force, the oldest and largest drug task force in America.


Today, he is Executive Director at PenLink, which offers comprehensive solutions tailored for law enforcement, national security and defense sectors.


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The Fentanyl Pipeline into America (with Derek Maltz)

Today on Borderland, Vince talks with former Game Warden John Nores about how Mexican drug cartels operate in America's forests and public lands. 
John served as a Game Warden for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife for more than 25 years. He helped develop and lead the Marijuana Enforcement Team (MET), an elite tactical unit targeting cartel drug operations on California’s public lands and created the agency’s sniper capability. 
John's latest book, Hidden War, 2nd Edition, is out now: http://www.johnnores.com/hidden-war.html




How Cartels Operate in America's Forests (with John Nores)

Today on Borderland, Vince sits down with the 24th Sheriff of Pinal County in Arizona, Mark Lamb. 


He is also a candidate for the United States Senate. 


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How Traffickers and Cartels Take Advantage of 'Open Borders' with Sheriff Mark Lamb

Today Vince takes a deep dive into the fast and furious gun-running scandal with guest Pete Forcelli.
He is widely known as a whistleblower for the Operation Fast and Furious scandal and wrote the book The Deadly Path: How Operation Fast & Furious and Bad Lawyers Armed Mexican Cartels 
Pete served for 15 years with the N.Y.P.D prior to joining the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, where he retired as d Deputy Assistant Director.

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Cartels Infiltrating Reservations and Operating as Organized Crime Institutions (with Matthew Thomas)

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