I'm still not totally convinced that Trump would be so stupid and crazy to authorize any kind of military incursions into Mexican territory without prior authorization and cooperation given by the Mexican government. I mean, that would put him on the same level of insanity as Nero...
"The Trump administration has directed the military to prepare for lethal strikes against cartel targets inside Mexico, three military sources tell us. The Top Secret planning order, issued in late Spring, directs Northern Command (NORTHCOM) to manage the attack plans, which are to be ready by mid-September.
Though U.S.-Mexico military relations are broad and cooperative, any military action south of the border is considered extremely sensitive for both Washington and the Mexican federal government and is rarely discussed in public.
“Not only is Donald Trump uniquely focused on TCOs [transnational criminal organizations, the official name for cartels], having designated them terrorists in one of his first Executive Orders, but he has shown himself to be willing to take unilateral action despite potentially negative political ramifications,” says one senior intelligence official. He and the other sources say that military action could be unilateral — that is, without the involvement or approval of the Mexican government."
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/military-preparing-attacks-on-mexican
#USA #Mexico #Cartels #Northcom
