Trump, Mexico and Venezuela
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President Donald Trump said on Monday that he is open to bombing drug cartels in Mexico. The Trump administration has pressured Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum for months to do more to target drug lords funneling narcotics such as fentanyl into the United States,
‘I’d be proud to do it’: Trump says he is open to military operations in Mexico to stop drug cartels
US President Donald Trump said he is open to authorising strikes in Mexico and declined to rule out deploying troops to Venezuela, signalling a sharper military posture in the region.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he supports aggressive action against drug cartels and narcotics production in Mexico and Colombia, his latest sabre-rattling in the region after a series of strikes on small boats suspected of carrying narcotics in the Caribbean and Pacific.
A months-long King County investigation seized over a million dollars in drugs and linked two arrested mid-level dealers to a Mexico-based supply line.
Mexico on November 7 rejected U.S. and Israeli allegations that Iran plotted to assassinate Israel’s envoy in Mexico City, saying its ministries of foreign relations and security had “no report” of such an attempt.
Israeli and U.S. officials say Mexican authorities with assistance from the United States and Israeli intelligence agencies thwarted what they say was a plot by Iran to assassinate the Israeli ambassador to Mexico.
WASHINGTON – The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Nov. 13 the opening of a sterile fly dispersal facility in Tampico, Mexico, as the agency works to prevent New World screwworm (NWS) from entering the United States.
US President Donald Trump said Monday he is open to speaking with Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro and would not rule out deploying US troops, while also saying he'd be "OK" with launching anti-drug strikes inside Mexico – remarks that heighten tensions amid a major US military buildup in the region.