Retired Army Major Jeffrey Prather is a former special operative, former chief of global operations for the Defense Intelligence Agency, and special agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Maj. Prather's story is "surprisingly similar" to that of Mr. Ballard, he said.

Both studied political science and international relations. Whereas Mr. Ballard was part of the CIA, Maj. Prather became a "Psyop Soldier" in the Army's Psychological Operations branch, deploying with the Ranger Regiment and 7th Special Forces Group in Central and South America. Just before the Panama invasion, he was recruited by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

While Mr. Ballard spent 12 years working along the U.S.–Mexico border in Calexico, California, with Homeland Security, Maj. Prather spent a decade at the border in Nogales, Arizona, as part of the Defense Intelligence Agency's Human Services.
Retired Army Major Jeffrey Prather, a former Special Operations soldier, on the Honduras Border of Nicaragua in 1985 (Courtesy of Maj. Jeffrey Prather).
Retired Army Major Jeffrey Prather, a former Special Operations soldier, on the Honduras Border of Nicaragua in 1985 (Courtesy of Maj. Jeffrey Prather).

Maj. Prather said he also believes that Biden administration policies are enabling child sex traffickers.

While Maj. Prather has not had as much direct experience in rescuing large numbers of children from sex trafficking rings, his experience in Central and South America, working in drug enforcement, and along the border have given him enough first-hand experience to understand how current policies are making it easier for sex traffickers to conduct business in the United States.

"The cartels run the smuggling corridors completely," he explained, adding that "the Mexican police are in on it and the Mexican military is in on it."

He pointed out that the Department of Justice recently deleted entire blocks of information on child sex trafficking—specifically related to “International Sex Trafficking of Minors,” “Domestic Sex Trafficking of Minors” and “Child Victims of Prostitution”—from its website. The deleted information can still be seen in an image from the WayBackMachine.

CORRECTION: Patricia erred, I was on the border with DEA. -JP
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