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And that’s exactly what they’re doing. Not just arresting foot soldiers, but dismantling leadership, finances, logistics—and everything in between.
This elite operation reads more like a special forces novel than a bureaucratic memo.
In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, the FBI is teaming up with the Department of Defense and U.S. Army Special Forces to form tactical units designed to locate and capture high-value cartel operatives. These aren’t paper-pushing agents—they’re warriors trained for battle.
The agents undergo intense combat readiness training—including trauma medical support, survival tactics, and rapid response under fire.
“This helps everybody have the best chance possible to go home alive,” Mike explained.
This isn’t theory—it’s reality. Some agents have already made the ultimate sacrifice. They’ve died in the field, standing shoulder to shoulder with their partners, pushing into dangerous cartel-controlled regions.
So far, TOC-West teams are active in Colombia, Mexico (with two teams), Guatemala, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic—with Panama next on the list. And they aren’t just chasing dope.
They’re targeting the entire criminal syndicate—bankers, enforcers, traffickers, even digital operatives behind money laundering and online scams.
One Colombian deputy superintendent said, “To anticipate their modus operandi, routes, and the steps they take when moving their drug shipments.”
His insight has helped direct operations that led to major drug seizures before the shipments ever made it near U.S. soil.
“This insight enables me to guide field investigators, helping them carry out the major seizures we’ve successfully achieved,” he continued.
Already this year, two fugitives from the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list have been captured by TOC-West teams.
One high-profile sting in the Dominican Republic led to two arrests in a single day—both of whom were tied to international fraud rings and trafficking.
“The defendant was convicted on all counts,” Mike said regarding a notorious criminal who lured Americans to the Dominican Republic using fake dating profiles—eventually receiving a 25-year prison sentence.
This kind of success doesn’t happen by accident. It’s the result of years of groundwork, coordination, and bold leadership.
While TOC-West began quietly over a decade ago under earlier administrations, it’s under Trump’s leadership that it’s taken on a much more aggressive, boots-on-the-ground posture.
“Transnational organized crime actors are integrated and diversified,” Mike stated. “They don’t respect arbitrary boundaries like national borders or administrative boundaries that the governments or law enforcement agencies may impose on themselves. They operate where they can profit, and that means we have to do the same thing.”
Trump’s return to the Oval Office has breathed new life into the mission—and given law enforcement the green light to treat cartels like what they really are: terrorist organizations.
President Trump vowed to designate the cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations—and the FBI is already moving like they’ve been declared.
Eric Geressy, a U.S. Army veteran now serving with the Department of Defense, said it plainly: “Training and working together is how we can best protect the people of the United States and all our partner nations.”
Cartels have grown rich while devastating American families with deadly fentanyl, trafficking, and violence.
But now the tables are turning. Trump’s FBI, teamed with America’s most elite warfighters, is sending one message:
Run. Because we’re coming.
And this time, we’re not playing defense—we’re bringing the war straight to your doorstep.
