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Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a human smuggling news conference Sept. 4, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo\/Chris O’Meara)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In a rare media appearance, Vermont\u2019s top federal prosecutor joined U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi in Florida to tout successful arrests of alleged human traffickers smuggling people into the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont Michael Drescher, along with law enforcement peers from Texas and Florida, celebrated the expanding work of Joint Task Force Alpha<\/a>, a U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security partnership targeting human smuggling and trafficking operations in Mexico and Central America. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What once might have been considered a southern border issue has increasingly shown up at the country\u2019s northern border with Canada, according to the country\u2019s top law enforcement official. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are investigating and prosecuting their crimes more aggressively than ever, and Joint Task Force Alpha is the tip of the spear,\u201d Bondi said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drescher highlighted the recent arrest of Norma Linda Lozano<\/a>, charged with seven criminal counts including conspiracy to commit \u201calien smuggling.\u201d She allegedly attempted to profit off transporting people who were in Vermont illegally after they entered from Canada. Lozano\u2019s indictment was unsealed Wednesday, according to federal court records. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOffenses such as those charged pose a risk to the nation\u2019s security,\u201d Drescher said, noting Lozano allegedly trafficked children, one of whom was located alongside luggage in her vehicle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI especially want to thank you, Attorney General Bondi, for bringing attention to the extraordinary work that the men and women of the United States Border Patrol and Homeland Security Investigations are doing in Swanton Sector,\u201d he said, \u201cthe portion of the U.S.-Canada border that includes Vermont, northern New York and New Hampshire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bondi touted Joint Task Force Alpha\u2019s work, part of President Donald Trump\u2019s efforts to eliminate international drug cartels. The Trump administration has labeled some of these organizations as terrorist groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday, the U.S. military carried out an airstrike on a boat Trump said contained members of the Venezuelan cartel Tren De Aragua. Eleven people were killed, the NYTimes reported<\/a>, and Trump said the boat was transporting drugs.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the Thursday press conference, Bondi characterized the southern border with Mexico as \u201csecured,\u201d a change she said was shifting cartel activities to the U.S. border with Canada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs our U.S. attorney in Vermont knows,\u201d she said, then referencing the northern border, \u201cit’s gotten much worse.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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