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Homeland Security Task Force says operations since August 2025 led to thousands of arrests of cartel and gang members tied to trafficking

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Operational summaries, arrest records, or public law-enforcement reports documenting the number and affiliation of arrests attributed to HSTF operations since August 2025.

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a press release announcing that President Trump declared January 2026 as "National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month" and highlighting DHS operations led by Secretary Kristi Noem. DHS says it has located 132,720 unaccompanied children and launched the UAC Safety Verification Initiative with ICE and 287(g) partners to check the welfare of children placed with sponsors. The release also credits Homeland Security Task Force operations with arrests tied to cartels and gangs (including Sinaloa, CJNG, MS-13, Tren de Aragua) and promotes the DHS Center for Countering Human Trafficking and reporting hotlines.
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Sources cannot be accessed or verified reliably at this time due to inconsistent reporting and limited authoritative public documentation directly corroborating the DHS claim. A follow-up review is recommended.

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  1. Scheduled follow-up · Jan 29, 2026overdue
  2. Completion due · Jan 29, 2026
  3. Update · Jan 22, 2026, 11:21 PMTech Error
    Sources cannot be accessed or verified reliably at this time due to inconsistent reporting and limited authoritative public documentation directly corroborating the DHS claim. A follow-up review is recommended.
  4. Original article · Jan 22, 2026
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