{"id":2483,"date":"2025-11-18T06:39:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T06:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=2483"},"modified":"2025-11-18T06:39:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T06:39:32","slug":"trump-says-us-may-strike-mexican-drug-cartels-next-after-boat-attacks-donald-trump-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=2483","title":{"rendered":"Trump says US may strike Mexican drug cartels next, after boat attacks | Donald Trump News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>US President Donald Trump says he has been speaking with Mexico about a potential military intervention.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 18 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">18 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>United States President Donald Trump says he may expand his unprecedented strikes against Latin American drug cartels to include Mexico, the Reuters news agency and the TV network NBC report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWould I launch strikes in Mexico to stop drugs? It\u2019s OK with me. I\u2019ve been speaking to Mexico. They know how I stand,\u201d he told reporters at the Oval Office on Monday. \u201cWe\u2019re losing hundreds of thousands of people to drugs. So now we\u2019ve stopped the waterways, but we know every route.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Trump did not say how or when such strikes could take place. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has previously stated her opposition to any such attacks on her country\u2019s soil.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Garmany, an associate professor of Latin American studies at the University of Melbourne, told Al Jazeera opposition from Mexico City may fall on deaf ears. \u201cThere are several legal hurdles standing in the way, some of which are domestic and others of which are international. There are also basic protocols of international diplomacy that, while perhaps not bound by law, are generally respected by UN member states,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut nothing about Trump\u2019s second presidency suggests he would adhere to these laws and protocols. So, no, I\u2019d be surprised if Trump would wait for President Sheinbaum\u2019s sign-off if he really wants to carry out strikes in Mexico,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s remarks came two weeks after NBC, quoting two government officials, reported that the White House was preparing for the early stages of a ground operation in Mexico that would be jointly run with US intelligence agencies. The report said the operation would focus on drone strikes against drug labs in Mexico and cartel members.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks on Monday at the White House, Trump suggested the US already has a shortlist of targets. \u201cWe know every route. We know the addresses of every drug lord,\u201d Trump told reporters. \u201cWe know their address. We know their front door. We know everything about every one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He described the situation as \u201clike a war\u201d because cartels were killing \u201chundreds of thousands\u201d of Americans with drugs like<span style=\"font-size:22px\"> cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines and fentanyl.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Garmany told Al Jazeera that US strikes in Mexico could likely amount to very little due to the strength of the drug cartels there. The Mexican government has itself been embroiled in a long-running and deadly conflict after declaring a \u201cwar\u201d on drugs 20 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMexico\u2019s cartels are some of the strongest and most organised criminal organisations in the world. They have extensive resources and occupy a unique geographic position, lying between the US and the rest of Latin America. Carrying out targeted military strikes would be more of a PR stunt than anything else. It won\u2019t stop one of the world\u2019s most lucrative illegal supply chains,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Since retaking office in January, Trump has used executive orders and legal loopholes to justify military action against drug cartels without the approval of Congress. They include designating six drug cartels as \u201cforeign terrorist organisations\u201d, which means the White House can justify military strikes as a matter of national security.<\/p>\n<p>Since September, the White House has launched at least 20 strikes on boats that it said were transporting drugs in the Caribbean and the Pacific, killing at least 80 people, although it has yet to provide public evidence of their ties to drug cartels like Venezuela\u2019s Tren de Aragua.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:22px\">The Trump administration says the strikes are a \u201cnon-international armed conflict\u201d aimed at \u201cnarcoterrorists\u201d and \u201cunlawful combatants\u201d, reviving a controversial concept first coined during President George W Bush\u2019s \u201cwar on terror\u201d to justify actions against groups like al-Qaeda. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump says he has been speaking with Mexico about a potential military intervention. 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