Trump Says U.S. Ground Forces Will Fight Mexico's Drug Cartels: 'If They’re Not Gonna Do the Job, We Will.'
- President Donald Trump warned that if Mexico does not combat drug cartels effectively, the U.S. will deploy ground forces, citing prior naval attacks that reduced cartel smuggling by 97 percent.
- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum strongly opposes any U.S. military presence on Mexican soil and stated that Mexicans would resist foreign forces operating in their country.
- The U.S. Department of Justice indicted Sinaloa Governor Ruben Rocha Moya and nine allies on drug trafficking and weapons charges linked to the Sinaloa Cartel, escalating tensions with Mexico.
- Trump designated major Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, enabling expanded U.S. military and financial actions and marking a significant escalation in countercartel efforts.
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Trump Puts Mexico on Notice: Send In Troops If Cartels Aren't Stopped
President Donald Trump escalated his administration’s cartel crackdown Thursday, warning that U.S. ground troops will enter Mexico to fight drug cartels if the Mexican government refuses to act. “If they are not going to do the job, we are going to do the job,” Trump said during a speech this week, delivering his sharpest threat yet toward America’s southern neighbor. Trump said moving ground forces into Mexico would be simpler than the naval op…
Trump Says U.S. Ground Forces Will Fight Mexico's Drug Cartels: 'If They’re Not Gonna Do the Job, We Will.'
The post Trump Says U.S. Ground Forces Will Fight Mexico’s Drug Cartels: ‘If They’re Not Gonna Do the Job, We Will.’ appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Quick Read Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Lockheed Martin (LMT), and RTX (RTX) are defense contractors positioned to benefit from increased spending on drones, surveillance, and AI systems if military operations against Mexican drug cartels expand. Mexico is America’s largest trading partner with …
The Mexican president has responded to Washington's new warning asking the US to improve its cooperation and to play its part in the fight against drug trafficking, in the prevention of addictions and in arms trafficking.
Trump Threatens Use of Ground Troops to Fight Mexican Cartels -- If They (Mexico) Won't Do it, We Will
United States President Donald J. Trump has once again increased the pressure on Mexico by declaring that if they won't fight cartels head-on, his government will and threatened the use of ground forces, which he claimed are easier to move than the ongoing attacks on cartel boats at sea. | Border / Cartel Chronicles
U.S. amag with attacking, even terrestrial, drug cartels in case Mxico or any 'government complece', do not do the same.
Today, Donald Trump's response came and was forceful: We're going to find them and we're going to kill them. So he referred to the members and collaborators of the Mexican drug cartels declared as terrorists; that is, characters like former governor Rubén Rocha Moya, Senator Enrique Inzunza and eight other officials and police, pointed out to have links with the Sinaloa Cartel. Trump revives threat of intervention and launches direct warning to …
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