United States began to mobilize its Armed Forces in the southern Caribbean Sea with the aim of confronting threats from Latin American drug cartels, two sources familiar with the decision told Reuters on Thursday.
According to their statements, President Donald Trump proposed using the military to attack drug trafficking organizations classified as terrorists globally, and the Pentagon received instructions to develop possible operational options.
The increase in actions against the cartels constitutes a central axis of Trump's policies to strengthen security on the southern border of the United States. In recent months, the Republican administration mobilized at least two warships in order to reinforce border control and combat drug trafficking, according to one of the sources.
According to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, the U.S. Department of Defense ordered the deployment of troops and naval units to the southern Caribbean Sea. "This deployment aims to address national security threats to the United States originating from specially designated narco-terrorist organizations in the region," stated one of the sources cited by Reuters.
In February, the Trump administration included the Sinaloa Cartel from Mexico, Tren de Aragua from Venezuela, and other criminal gangs on the list of international terrorist organizations, a measure that reinforced migration control actions and the prosecution of members of these organizations.
