Mexico and Venezuela Scramble to Respond as Trump Tags Latin American Cartels as Terrorists

Mexico and Venezuela Scramble to Respond as Trump Tags Latin American Cartels as Terrorists - The Pennsylvania Daily Star

Latin America’s most cartel-plagued nations are freaking out over President Donald Trump’s crackdown against cartels. Trump authorized the U.S. military to target Latin American cartels as foreign terrorist organizations in early August, while the U.S. military followed up by deploying assets to the southern Caribbean sea to curtail cartel activity. In reaction, Mexico and Venezuela have been scrambling to put together a cohesive response to the…

Venezuela’s Maduro feeling the heat as 8 U.S. warships target narco-terrorists

by WorldTribune Staff, September 1, 2025 Real World News President Donald Trump’s deployment of eight U.S. warships to the Caribbean Sea near Venezuela’s coast were billed as routine enforcement efforts to keep drug cartels from getting their products into the United States, but a source close to the administration told the New York Post on […]

U.S. Threats and Attacks in Latin America - Community Alliance

In August, Trump secretly issued a directive approving use of military force in other countries “to target Latin American drug cartels.” This would give the Pentagon authority to invade other countries or to attack vessels of other countries at sea. This is illegal on multiple levels, of course, as “Congress” is supposed to have the power to declare war and in the absence of war, invasions and piracy are crimes. The excuse used by the United Sta…