President Donald Trump declared that he is not “happy” with Mexico for the fight against drug trafficking, so he does not rule out an attack against the cartels in that country.
“Would you authorize the launch of attacks in Mexico to stop drugs? That’s fine with me,” the president said at a press conference at the White House, adding: “I’m not saying I’m going to do it. But I would be proud to do it.”
Trump assured that he is holding talks with the Government of Mexico and that the country “knows” what his position is.
“Let’s put it this way: I am not happy with Mexico,” declared the president, after pointing out that hundreds of thousands of people have died in the United States from drugs.
Trump’s words represent a change in tone, since until now he has praised President Claudia Sheinbaum for her cooperation with the United States in the fight against drug trafficking.
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The president gave these statements to the press in the Oval Office in the midst of Operation Southern Spear that he has ordered to combat drug trafficking in Latin America and that has especially raised tension with Venezuela in the face of a possible US attack within its territory.
Since September, the US Army has destroyed around twenty boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific, near Venezuela and Colombia, extrajudicially killing more than 70 people, whom it describes as “narcoterrorists.”
In the same press conference this Monday, Trump said that he does not rule out any option regarding a possible military intervention in Venezuelan territory and that he is open to speaking with the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro.
“I’m not ruling anything out, we simply have to take care of Venezuela,” he said.
With information from EFE
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