The Trump administration is reportedly planning ground military operations in Mexico against drug cartels, as revealed by the American website NBC News on Tuesday. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum denied the possibility of any potential unilateral action on its territory and stated her opposition to U.S. interference in its internal affairs.
According to sources within the U.S. government as reported by NBC, the mission against Mexican cartels would involve sending troops and intelligence officers to the neighboring country, and CIA agents would also be part of the operations. The plan would entail drone attacks on ‘drug labs, members, and cartel leaders,’ as mentioned in the article.
The current context sees the Trump administration engaged in a military offensive against Latin American drug cartels, claiming to be at war with them. This has caused tensions to escalate with some countries. The primary target thus far has been Venezuela, with attacks on boats and a significant concentration of war vehicles in the Caribbean region threatening the Maduro regime, according to experts. Trump labeled Colombia’s President, Gustavo Petro, a ‘drug trafficker’ and imposed economic sanctions.
A potential U.S. military operation in Mexico, if authorized by the Trump administration, is not imminent and is still in the planning stages with troop training commencing, as reported by NBC. The four sources cited also stated that the goal of the operation would not be regime change, unlike the case with Venezuela.
Nevertheless, Sheinbaum insisted on Tuesday that a unilateral U.S. military action within Mexican territory ‘will not happen.’ The Mexican leader defended the country’s sovereignty in dealing with its problems and announced a security plan for the state of Michoacán, dominated by drug cartels designated as terrorist organizations by the U.S.
Trump administration has not officially commented on the plans for operations in Mexico as revealed by NBC News, as of the latest update. Sheinbaum launched a peace and security program to ease tensions in Michoacán, where powerful drug cartels operate and had a surge in protests following the murder of a mayor three days prior.
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