In a new act of military interference and interventionism , US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that his country is about to begin “ground” attacks in Mexican territory under the pretext of fighting drug cartels .
The US president’s announcement came days after the US was set to launch a military attack against Venezuela and kidnap President Nicolás Maduro along with First Lady Cilia Flores.
Hours after the US military operation against Venezuela, Donald Trump stated that Mexico, as well as Cuba and Colombia, could be Washington’s next targets .
Furthermore, he declared his intention to “do something about Mexico ,” asserting, without presenting any evidence, that drug cartels are in power in the country .
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has responded to Donald Trump’s interventionist statements by arguing that Mexico is a sovereign country and that her administration is committed to a peaceful solution .
In turn, Claudia Sheinbaum urged people to advocate for "collaboration, coordination, but not subordination . "
Since the beginning of his second term, Trump has maintained an interventionist and military agenda in the region under the argument of combating drug trafficking .
Video link -> https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2009464620642390018/vid/avc1/1916x1080/_P5cMAqnva-MwUiT.mp4
Source -> https://www.telesurtv.net/donald-trump-ataques-terrestres-mexico/
As a kinda unrelated note, homicides went down 30%(!) in a single year, because repression/violence isn’t the only way(, nor the best i.m.o.,) way to lower criminality, at least she adds social policies to her repression : https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mexico-homicide-rate-2026
(AMLO was awesome, and Ecuador proved among other countries that repression without social measures is less efficient than the right depicts it, they should just look at what works, e.g. many studies point to abortion in order to explain the diminution of criminality in the 90s, people aren’t genetically predestined to sin, it’s almost entirely a result of the environment, of course)
Anyway, D.Trump shouldn’t strike territories that don’t want his “help”.
If we(sterners) want less crimes in poor countries, then having a relatively same standard of living in all of them should be our first priority(, but we’d lose our advantage when buying/investing abroad, as well as our disadvantage when exporting products made in the west, a disadvantage that we’ve shouldered until now through our monopoly on highly complex manufactured products).
Also, perhaps attack the american buyers instead of the mexican makers ? I don’t get it. Just like for the american druglords, one less mexican drug-maker would leave room for a new one to arrive.
If i understood correctly, they’d need to work 3-4 times more in order to buy the same thing :
So much “justice”.