Cartels Profit from Drug and Human Trafficking: Rep. Kat Cammack at CPAC Combating Narco-Terrorism Summit

Narco-terrorism and human trafficking constitute a multi-billion-dollar criminal enterprise for cartels, generating an estimated $1.2 billion per month through the systematic exploitation of the world's most vulnerable.

U.S. Representative Kat Cammack (R-FL) joined the CPAC Combating Narco-Terrorism Summit to expose how cartels operate elaborate networks and infrastructure that fuel narco-terrorism and human trafficking, devastating American communities and brutally exploiting the most vulnerable.

Drawing from her firsthand experience working alongside border law enforcement, often accompanying officers on patrols along the southern border, Rep. Cammack has witnessed the human cost of trafficking operations up close and heard directly from survivors.

She presented a testament to the brutality and dehumanization used by cartels: a jar filled with wristbands collected by the millions at the southern border. Each band bears a cartel designation and identification number used to track victims as they are transported across Latin America and into the United States. "This jar represents, in its most disturbing form, what the cartels think of individual human beings," Cammack explained. "They treat them like cattle."

Rep. Cammack's appearance at the CPAC Combating Narco-Terrorism Summit brought attention to the massive scope of cartel operations and the dehumanizing treatment of trafficking victims. Cammack's firsthand knowledge from working with border patrol and the wristbands demonstrated how cartels have turned human exploitation into a billion-dollar enterprise. Cammack remains a vocal advocate for the resources needed to dismantle these networks, fighting to ensure that no human being is ever again treated as a labeled commodity.