Right-wing independent journalists claim to have insider knowledge.
Unconfirmed reports from several X (formerly Twitter) users who claim to have insider knowledge from employees within the US Customs & Border Patrol began to circulate on social media Friday that as many as 9 surface-to-air missiles had been smuggled across the southern border in New Mexico.
Ann Vandersteel, a right-wing journalist and host of ‘Operation Burning Edge,’ first posted the claims on X on September 26, stating, “Intelligence just in from the southern border that 9 surface-to-air missiles have been smuggled into the U.S. across the New Mexico border. Intended target: Trump Force One. Unconfirmed [p]ossible Iranian origin Three 3 man teams were intended to take delivery of the missiles.”
Vandersteel also suggested the missiles could be of Iranian origin and that the operation was linked to the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, but did not provide verifiable evidence to back these claims, only stating that “a confidential human source relayed [the information] to Doc Pete Chambers and Baz ARC.”
