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The Administration Trump would be planning military attacks against drug cartel facilities and leaders in Mexican territory, in what would be an expansion of its offensive against drug trafficking in the Caribbean and the Pacificas reported this Monday by the chain NBC.
The new deployment would include the sending troops and intelligence officers to Mexicowhose training may have already begun, although the start of the mission is not yet imminent, notes NBC, citing statements from two active US officials and two former senior officials with knowledge of the initiative.
Senior US military commanders and the White House are currently discussing the scope of the mission and have not yet made a final decision.
If the operation is carried out, the sources, the US forces in Mexico They would mainly use drones to dismantle drug laboratories and attack members and bosses of the cartels.. Some of this equipment requires “the presence of ground operators for its effective and safe use,” the aforementioned sources explain.
The mobilized troops would belong to the Joint Special Operations Command and would operate “under the authority of the US intelligence community, under what is known as Title 50 status, which refers to covert operations outside the traditional military framework.
The mission also plans to CIA agents participate and once approved, it would be treated by Washington with the greatest secrecysimilar to the one he has maintained in the recent attacks on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific coasts, which have left dozens dead in areas near Venezuela and Colombia.
Unlike a possible expansion of operations against drug trafficking in Venezuelan territory, the The mission that would be planned for Mexico would not have the objective of undermining the Government of President Claudia Sheinbaumthe officials detailed.
“The Trump Administration is committed to using a whole-of-government approach to address the threats that cartels pose to American citizens,” a senior official told NBC in response to the reports.
Rejection from Mexico
In April, Trump proposed Sheinbaum allow the entry of US troops to combat cartels in their territory. The president categorically rejected the offer..
Meanwhile, the US Army’s Northern Command has intensified its aerial surveillance on the border with Mexico, carrying out more than 300 reconnaissance flights.
The CIA There has also been an increase in the use of drones to locate laboratories fentanyl, although without using them for lethal purposes and in limited coordination with Mexican authorities.
Last September, The Washington Post reported that the White House and the Pentagon had stopped suggestions from DEA officials, who urged the Republican government at the beginning of the year to carry out a series of military attacks on drug cartels in Mexican territory.
Although Trump has hinted on several occasions his willingness to attack Mexican drug cartels in his territory, his Administration has so far refrained from doing so.
The Republican president has praised the cooperation of the Sheinbaum Government in joint operations against drug trafficking on the common border.