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Trump is discussing military strikes against Mexican drug cartels, Pete Hegseth suggests

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump are open to using military force like airstrikes and special forces against drug cartels in Mexico.

Trump has long took issue with the criminal rings and he vowed during his campaign 'to wage war on the cartels.'

Just on Monday some suspected cartel members brazenly opened fire on U.S. Border Patrol who were monitoring a drug and human smuggling hot zone at the Texas-Mexico border. The agents returned fire into Mexico, though no on was injured.

For their role in producing deadly drugs bound for the U.S., like fentanyl, the president has said he would take the fight to the cartels to halt the drugs flowing into America.

Speaking with his former Fox News colleagues Friday morning, Hegseth revealed that Trump is instructing him to make available any resources needed to go after the cartels.

Host Brian Kilmeade asked Hegseth: 'If we find that they continue to fire at Border Control and they continue to put fentanyl into our country, as a secretary of defense, are you permitted now to go after them in Mexico or where they are?'

'Brian, I don’t want to get ahead of the president and I won’t,' the secretary started. 'That’s ultimately going to be his decision.'

'But let me be clear,' he said. 'All options will be on the table if we’re dealing with what are designated to be foreign terrorist organizations who are specifically targeting Americans on our border.'

Posted by Skidmark 2025-02-01 01:10|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top
File under: Narcos

#1
Given that we constantly hear the Cartels drugs
are killing 1,000's in the USA each year, and
the Mexican Gov isn't doing 💩.

Issue a 30 day warning, or we will handle it.

Posted by NN2N1 2025-02-01 04:24|| 2025-02-01 04:24|| Front Page Top

#2 When the Mexican army is allowed to fight the cartels head on they wipe the floor with them, every time. Ideally a lot of this should revolve around us supporting them while they do what they want to do anyhow.

Posted by Secret Master 2025-02-01 11:19|| 2025-02-01 11:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Although the cartels are getting upgunned, the problem is more about corruption than the ability to fight.

A guy badanov knows (heh) used to report regularly on the cartel wars. If memory serves, the Mexican Marines used to do quite well. Supporting their operations and providing services like Predator overwatch and drone zaps would be helpful.

Posted by SteveS 2025-02-01 11:41|| 2025-02-01 11:41|| Front Page Top

#4 They better have training on bags of cornmeal vs. bags of cocaine.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-02-01 16:17|| 2025-02-01 16:17|| Front Page Top

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