NBC: White House Plans Military Operation In Mexico

• 3.11.2025, 19:16

U.S. troops could be stationed in the country to strike drug labs and cartel leaders.

The administration of US President Donald Trump has begun detailed planning for a mission to send US troops and intelligence officers to Mexico to fight drug cartels. This is reported by NBC News citing sources.

The channel said that the preparation stage for the mission, which will include ground operations in Mexico, has already begun. However, the final decision on the mission has not yet been made, and discussions on its scope are ongoing.

The channel notes that the planned mission will be very different from the actions of previous U.S. administrations, which "quietly" sent military and law enforcement agencies to Mexico to support local police and army units fighting the cartels, but not to take direct action against them.

If the mission is approved, it will be kept secret and not publicize the actions related to it, unlike the sith In April, NBC News reported that the Trump administration was considering drone strikes against drug cartels in Mexico.

In August, The New York Times wrote that Donald Trump had privately approved a directive authorizing the Pentagon to use military force against Latin American drug cartels. Then the United States sent seven ships to the coast of Venezuela - on their board were about 4.5 thousand servicemen.

Since September, the U.S. military began to launch missile strikes against Venezuelan naval vessels. In particular, on October 3, according to the Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, a boat was destroyed, presumably carrying a large shipment of drugs. On the same day, Venezuelan air defenses detected at least five U.S. warplanes near its airspace over the Caribbean Sea.

Trump called Venezuelan drug cartels "confirmed narco-terrorists" and emphasized that they pose a threat to U.S. national security and foreign policy. In late October, Trump said he was prepared to move to land strikes following attacks from ships to stop the flow of drugs into the country.