Since intervening in Venezuela, US President Donald Trump has escalated his threats to use direct military action against Mexico’s drug cartels. But this would be ineffective, because curbing the cartels’ power requires exposing their connections to the ruling Morena party.
MEXICO CITY – In several interviews after US forces extracted Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela, US President Donald Trump said that his administration will “have to do something about” Mexico, America’s southern neighbor. Trump again praised Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum as a “terrific person,” but reiterated his belief that drug cartels run the country. This notion was recently reinforced by the US indictment of Madurowhich alleged that he and other Venezuelan officials worked with Mexican cartels to traffic cocaine and launder drug proceeds.
