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The press secretary of White House Sarah Huckabee Sanders has been criticized for suggesting a border wall would have stopped Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman bringing drugs into the United States. Sanders implied the conviction of the Mexican drug lord found guilty of 10 charges related to narcotics trafficking in a U.S court. On Monday, it has been proved that the threat posed by cartels south of the border was “Real”.

The senior Trump administration official tweeted, “El Chapo’s reign of terror is over. He’ll spend the rest of his life in a maximum security prison. The threat of violent drug cartels is real. We must secure our border”. Some commentators ridiculed her attempt to connect the court case with the border wall issue. They pointed out Guzman constructed underground tunnels and flew drugs into the U.S and construction of a wall will not stop it.

Some said on social media that his arrest wasn’t the result of a hard border, but co-operation between U.S and Mexican authorities. The cartel leader was arrested in Los Mochis, Sinaloa in 2016. He was then extradited to stand trial in Brooklyn, New York. The Republican lawmaker has drafted a bill entitled “Cruz’s Ensuring Lawful Collection of Hidden Assets to Provide Order (EL CHAPO) Act” that would direct money forfeited by convicted drug lords to building “border security assets”. Cruz tweeted, “I urge my Senate colleagues to take swift action on this crucial legislation.”

El Chapo’s reign of terror is over. He‘ll spend the rest of his life in a maximum security prison. The threat from violent drug cartels is real – we must secure our border https://t.co/1iyRKAi91i

— Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived (@PressSec45) February 13, 2019

Lawmakers to a deal that it might provide nearly $1.4 billion for border barriers and keep the government funded for the rest of the fiscal year, ending on 30 September. This agreement will allow 55 miles of new fencing using existing designs such as metal salts. It is less than the 215 miles the White House demanded in the month of December. The fencing would be built in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.