{"id":8946,"date":"2026-01-17T06:10:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T06:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=8946"},"modified":"2026-01-17T06:10:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T06:10:47","slug":"us-air-authority-warns-of-military-activities-over-mexico-south-america-aviation-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=8946","title":{"rendered":"US air authority warns of \u2018military activities\u2019 over Mexico, South America | Aviation News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Warnings come as Mexico\u2019s Sheinbaum says \u2018compelling results\u2019 in tackling drug cartels, following Trump strike threats.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"byline byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/021059e7440d45cba3c79e9ae03f3bbf_6.jpeg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 96px) 96px, 96px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 17 Jan 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">17 Jan 2026<\/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>The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued notices to airlines, urging them to \u201cexercise caution\u201d over Mexico and other Central American countries, as well as Ecuador and Colombia, due to \u201cmilitary activities\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the FAA released a series of advisories that come amid an ongoing US military buildup in the Latin America region, including US military attacks on Venezuela, and US President Donald Trump\u2019s warning to Cuba and threats of strikes against drug cartels in Mexico and Colombia, leaving many in the region on edge.<\/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>The FAA issued warnings of a \u201cpotentially hazardous situation\u201d in a number of areas, including above parts of the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California, also known as the Sea of Cortes.<\/p>\n<p>The warnings issued on Friday will last 60 days, the FAA said.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, a JetBlue passenger jet bound for New York took evasive action to avoid a midair collision with a US Air Force tanker plane near Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>JetBlue Flight 1112 had departed the Caribbean nation of Curacao and was flying about 64km (40 miles) off the coast of Venezuela when the Airbus plane reported encountering the Air Force jet, which did not have its transponder activated.<\/p>\n<p>Following the US military\u2019s January 3 attack on Caracas and the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Trump has raised the possibility of other military actions in the area, including against Colombia.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said last week that cartels were running Mexico and that the US \u201cwill now start hitting land\u201d to combat them, in one of a series of threats to deploy US military force against drug traffickers.<\/p>\n<p>After the attack on Venezuela, the FAA restricted flights throughout the Caribbean, which forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights by major airlines.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mexico-records-compelling-results\">Mexico records \u2018compelling results\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday that efforts to crack down on Mexico\u2019s drug cartels and slow migration north were showing \u201ccompelling results\u201d following Trump\u2019s recent threats of strikes targeting drug cartels inside Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Sheinbaum has sought to placate Trump and has worked to build a strong relationship between the Mexican and US administrations.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Mexican Foreign Secretary Juan Ramon de la Fuente released a joint statement after a phone call, saying they agreed \u201cmore must be done to confront shared threats\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Sheinbaum, mentioning the call on Friday in her morning news briefing, said that Mexico\u2019s government had made significant progress, citing a steep drop in the homicide rate, much lower fentanyl seizures by US authorities at the border and sparse migration.<\/p>\n<p>The president also reiterated her call for Washington to stop the trafficking of weapons into Mexico from the US and highlighted drug use in the US as a key factor heightening cartel violence in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe other side also has to do its part. This consumption crisis they have over there also has to be addressed from a public health perspective, through education campaigns,\u201d Sheinbaum said.<\/p>\n<p>Sheinbaum and Trump also spoke by phone last week, with the Mexican leader telling her counterpart that US intervention in Mexico was unnecessary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warnings come as Mexico\u2019s Sheinbaum says \u2018compelling results\u2019 in tackling drug cartels, following Trump strike threats. 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