PRESIDENT Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to send troops and drones to Mexico in an effort to stop cartels from smuggling drugs into America.
Trump’s administration is reportedly training armed forces for the mission after bombing ships in the Caribbean in the war against so-called “narco-terrorists.”
Early planning stages are said to have already been conducted in Mexico, two US officials told NBC News.
However, deployment isn’t imminent, and US leaders are still discussing the scope of the potential mission, officials reportedly said.
Soldiers carrying out the reported mission will be working under the Pentagon’s Joint Special Operations Command, former and current officials told the outlet.
The personnel would operate under Title 50, which is America’s legal code for national security efforts, if the plan is approved.
Military crews would mainly use drones to strike cartels, with some soldiers needed on the ground to operate them safely close by.
The action would diverge from previous administrations, which have quietly supported Mexico’s fight against cartels with CIA agents and other manpower instead of taking direct action.
The Trump administration plans to keep the details of the mission under wraps and not publicize actions, unlike recent strikes in the Caribbean, officials told the outlet.
When asked for comment, a senior administration official told NBC News, “The Trump administration is committed to utilizing an all-of-government approach to address the threats cartels pose to American citizens.”
The bombshell report came as Trump has been ramping up military action south of the US in the so-called war on narco-terrorism.
He’s long vowed to address the flow of fentanyl into the US, which is the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18 to 45.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has shared several surveillance videos of drone strikes demolishing freighters in Caribbean waters that he says are carrying drugs.
He has made it clear that any foreign group found to be smuggling drugs onto American soil will be treated “exactly like Al-Qaeda.”
TENSION FEARS
Trump has insisted that, despite a strong-arm approach, he is trying to avoid sparking armed conflicts with neighboring countries.
However, international leaders have raised eyebrows at the moves and criticized the unwanted strikes.
In April, the Trump administration considered launching drone strikes on drug cartels in Mexico, NBC News reported at the time.
In response to the report, Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum said that her country would accept help from the US, but wouldn’t be second in command.
“We reject any form of intervention or interference,” she said a press conference at the time.
“That’s been very clear, Mexico coordinates and collaborates, but does not subordinate itself.”
CONGRESS CONTROVERSY
Trump has been criticized for failing to ask Congress for permission before approving military action against the drug cartels.
“I don’t think we’re going to necessarily ask for a declaration of war,” Trump previously explained to reporters.
“I think we’re just going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country, OK? We’re going to kill them.”
The president has stoked tension with the Venezuelan government for sending the world’s largest warship off the coast of the country to battle drug smugglers.
In a disturbing show of force, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro warned he has Russian missiles at the ready in case a conflict arises.
United Nations rights chief Volker Türk made a desperate plea to bring the strikes to an end on Friday as he said there’s no international law to justify the action.
Fun times ahead /s
These are just additional reasons to escalate domestic conflict in the U.S via acute, extra-legal means and accelerate self destruction
However we will vote instead, and organize what amount to hobby clubs / pantries that can only hold a candle to similar initiatives from grade schoolers
The fate of the most armed populace
idk wtf the Pentagon is cooking up trying to start wars with Nigeria, Venezuela, Cuba, and Mexico all at once but if they don’t stop they’re gonna set fire to the kitchen and burn the whole restaurant down
why do they think all these conflicts are a good idea
are they even thinking about this shit at all
They’re panicking. They know that East Asia is lost and they can’t win a conventional war against China anymore. In Europe, Russia has stalemated NATO by itself. The Middle Eastern states are considering alternatives, such as Saudi Arabia building defense pacts with Pakistan, after they saw what Israel is about. African countries are going through civil upheaval, with strong anti-imperialist leaninings. Oceania is struggling with slowing economic growth and lack of proximity to other markets.
So they’re turning on LatAm because it’s been historically repressed and not allowed to build up it’s forces to counter American aggression.
It’s the empire lashing out because it’s losing and it is unable to turn back time
Same thing I’m thinking, maybe they see Israel and its “ceasefire” with Hamas as a positive, along with the decapitatiob strikes and conflicts Israel keeps provoking. It seems as very bad strategy, the US population isn’t as supportive of massacring people, so they would likely see far more internal antagonisms to itself. Very idealist thinking, but it is capitalism, so I suppose it makes sense.
my god international law is a joke. I don’t even understand what the goal of this possibly coudl be other than pandering.
The US empire is the “narco-terrorists”. And the “religious extremists.” And so on.
They just have different flavors they fund based on the region and then when it’s convenient, they use the terrorist groups they funded as an excuse to kill civilians and destroy infrastructure in the given region, on a large scale. How the one is supposed to be a legitimate response to the other to begin with requires some heavy racism and dehumanization. But it’s also just a problem that the empire creates and then claims to solve (they don’t, they just try to destroy regions and peoples, and then hollow them out as another outpost to extract labor and resources from).
“The Trump administration is committed to utilizing an all-of-government approach to address the threats cartels pose to American citizens.”
So you’re going to stop funding and arming the cartels right?
Mexico is going to accept help?
How do the citizens feel about this?
The current ruling party in mexico, Morena, established themselves because of the massive failure of the war on drugs policy, what makes you think that people would want the americans to invade us lmao. The only ones that voice support for this stuff are the typical gusanos either living abroad or that live in a metropoli completely isolated from common people.
I remember that, I’m surprised President Scheinbaum said she’s willing to accept “help.”
Right wing grifters welcome it with open arms.
The general public opposes any kind of US intervention in our country. I dare to say it’s ingrained culturally.I would have thought so, but I don’t live there, so I didn’t really know. What is President Scheinbaum’s Goal by accepting this?
hi! mexican here. i hate this! every single attempt at violent crackdowns on crime has exponentially worse blowback. this cannot possibly end well.
I’m aware that pretty much every pie US sticks their fingers in was spoiled, including our own. I’m really sorry.
