US EditionTrump orders military action against Latin American drug cartels: NYT
LATIN AMERICA, AUG 8 – The Pentagon is directed to combat cartels labeled as terrorists, focusing on fentanyl trafficking linked to U.S. opioid addiction, with potential military deployment on land and sea.
- President Donald Trump has authorized military action against drug cartels in Latin America, a move reported by the New York Times on Friday.
- This move follows earlier designations of cartels as terrorist groups and rising concerns about opioid trafficking and cartel violence in Mexico and Venezuela.
- U.S. military officials have begun drafting options for operations against the cartels involving land and sea deployments, while Mexico strongly rejected any military intervention on its soil.
- A White House spokesperson emphasized that safeguarding the homeland remains President Trump’s highest priority, while Attorney General Pam Bondi increased the reward to $50 million for information leading to the capture of Nicolás Maduro.
- The directive signals an intensified campaign against cartels but raises legal and sovereignty issues, as Mexico insists on respecting its territory and denies U.S. troop presence within its borders.
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Already marked as foreign terrorist organizations, the United States agrees that they would like to use all the resources available to them to work on drugs before they reach the country, but without further details.
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The US under President Donald Trump is crafting a confrontational approach toward Latin America that signals a willingness to use military force against drug cartels, discarding the Biden administration’s preference for carrots over sticks to coax countries into alignment with US interests.
·United States
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The US President is said to have ordered the State Department to take military action against cartels in Latin America. Intelligence agents could also be deployed.
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