I have one observation?
How many Americans travel TO Mexico EVERY DAY?
How many American’s LIVE there?
The Trump administration is considering launching drone strikes on drug cartels in Mexico as part of an ambitious effort to combat criminal gangs trafficking narcotics across the southern border, according to six current and former U.S. military, law enforcement and intelligence officials with knowledge of the matter.
Discussions among White House, Defense Department and intelligence officials, which are still at an early stage, have included possible drone strikes against cartel figures and their logistical networks in Mexico with the cooperation of Mexico’s government, the sources said.
Still, the administration has made no final decision and reached no definitive agreement about countering the cartels. And unilateral covert action, without Mexico’s consent, has not been ruled out and could be an option of last resort, the sources said. It is unclear whether American officials have floated the possibility of drone strikes to the Mexican government.
If Mexico and the United States proceed together with drone strikes or other action, it would not be the first time they have launched a joint effort to take on the cartels, nor would it be the first time that American military and intelligence worked in concert with Mexico’s law enforcement and army.
But what the Trump administration is contemplating could be unprecedented both in the number of U.S. personnel involved and in the use of American unmanned aircraft to bomb cartel personnel and assets…
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The drug is so concentrated and portable that it does not require the large-scale logistical networks associated with plant-based drugs, experts said.
“You’re talking about something that a person could put in the trunk of their car,” said Annie Pforzheimer, a former senior U.S. diplomat who worked on counternarcotics.
Mike Vigil, former chief of international operations for the DEA, said the Trump administration would be likely to struggle to find suitable targets for drone bombing raids.
The cartels do not operate large pharmaceutical labs to produce fentanyl; instead, they use “nothing more than a metal tub,” with chemicals mixed with a shovel or a long stick, Vigil said. Most of the smugglers ferrying the fentanyl across ports of entry are U.S. citizens, who easily move back and forth across the border.
“It’s not a military problem. It’s more of a law enforcement problem,” Vigil said. ….
Note…
The Mexican President WOULD have too deal with internal political issues with American military attacking targets IN Mexico….
Of course this would help President Claudia Sheinbaum with dealing with the Trump’s Tariff’s and Import taxes …
Hmmmmm?
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