US EditionFact Check Team: Military Intervention Against Drug Cartels Raises Legal Challenges
UNITED STATES, AUG 11 – The directive targets cartels designated as foreign terrorist organizations to combat fentanyl trafficking causing hundreds of thousands of American deaths with over 10,000 troops deployed at the border.
- This week, President Donald Trump reportedly signed a directive to authorize U.S. military force against Latin American drug cartels designated as foreign terrorist organizations, reportedly escalating efforts against fentanyl trafficking and transnational gangs.
- Earlier this year, the directive builds on the State Department's order to designate cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, framing their activity as a national security threat.
- Planning for strikes, U.S. officials say, the Pentagon is preparing operational plans targeting transnational cartels, including naval missile and drone options, in coordination with Mexican authorities.
- Friday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected any U.S. military involvement, saying `The United States is not going to come to Mexico with the military`.
- Floating the directive, analysts warn that missteps could recast the U.S. role in Latin America from partner to enforcer, risking security cooperation unraveling.
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The U.S. armed forces will be able to intervene directly, even outside the federal borders, against the cartels considered terrorist organizations, including those Sinaloa and the "Soles" , Mara Salvatrucha 13 and Tren de Aragua. This is established by a recent Executive addressed to the Pentagon signed by President Donald Trump and revealed by the New York Times, marking an escalation in the fight against the trafficking of Fentanyl and other d…
Hegseth says he’s ‘not tipping’ his hand on US troop deployment to Mexico - Washington Examiner
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he wouldn’t reveal whether the United States planned to deploy troops to Mexico. In an interview with Fox News’s Laura Ingraham, Hegseth was asked if he foresaw any deployment of U.S. troops into Mexico. “I can’t reveal anything, but I’m not tipping my hand that there will be U.S. troops in Mexico. That’s not what I’m saying,” Hegseth said. “We’re watching; we know a little bit more than they think we know abo…
Trump to send military forces after Latin American drug cartels - www.cairnsnews.org
BREAKING: President Trump has reportedly signed a military Directive to begin using Military Force against Latin American drug cartels. “The drug cartels are waging war on America, and IT’S NOW TIME to wage war on the cartels!” “Fentanyl, Heroin, meth, and other lethal drugs are pouring across our wide open border, stealing hundreds of thousands […] The post Trump to send military forces after Latin American drug cartels appeared first on www.ca…
‘How Deep Into Mexico Do You Intend To Go?’ Laura Ingraham Asks Cryptic Pete Hegseth About Potential Military Action on Mexican Territory
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth did not rule out U.S. military action in Mexico to combat drug cartels operating south of the border. On Friday, The New York Times reported that President Donald Trump directed Hegseth to use military force against Latin American drug cartels that the administration has deemed terrorist organizations. “U.S. military officials have started drawing up options for how the military could go after the groups, the pe…
The U.S. is approaching policies that could involve military actions against drug cartels in Latin America. According to a report published by the New York Times, President Trump secretly signed a directive to the Pentagon to start using military force against certain cartels in the region, more specific, to those classified as terrorist organizations. Already implementing U.S. military equipment, shows that the Trump administration is willing t…
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