A dramatic story is racing through social media claiming that FBI and ICE teams have smashed a cartel‑run trucking network, arresting 61 suspects, seizing $67 million in drugs and cash, and even deploying “US Special Force” to help carry out the raids. It sounds like a made‑for‑Netflix operation — but the public record doesn’t match the script.

Searches of Department of Justice, FBI and ICE/HSI press releases, federal court dockets and major U.S. news outlets show no single, recent case in which 61 people tied to a cartel trucking ring were arrested at once with a clearly documented $67M seizure. Real investigations into cartel use of trucking do exist, and they have led to dozens of arrests and multi‑million‑dollar seizures, but they are spread across multiple operations, states and years.

The “US Special Force” claim is another red flag. Active‑duty U.S. Special Operations units do not run domestic arrests; that work is handled by specialized law‑enforcement teams such as FBI SWAT/HRT, ICE/HSI Special Response Teams, U.S. Marshals and local SWAT, operating under strict legal constraints.

What is true — and worrying — is that cartels routinely exploit commercial trucking and logistics to move narcotics across North America, hiding loads among legitimate freight and using shell carriers and corrupt brokers. Those networks are being slowly pieced apart in court, not in one spectacular, secret raid.

Until authorities release verifiable documents — names, dates, locations, charges and case numbers — this “61 arrested, $67M seized, US Special Force” story should be seen as a viral distortion built on real fears about cartels and the border, not as confirmed world news.