Mexican drug gangs are a driving force behind the U.S. fentanyl crisis and Trump vowed to crack down on cartels during his successful presidential campaign.
President Donald Trump has floated the possibility of sending U.S. troops into Mexico to combat the country's powerful drug cartels.Trump's comments came in response to a question about whether he would consider deploying U.S. special forces to target cartels if they were designated as foreign terrorist organizations.'Could happen,' he said in the Oval Office after his inauguration. 'Stranger things have happened.
Representative Dan Crenshaw, who serves Texas' 2nd Congressional District, is pushing for a specialized committee on cartels, seeking to bolster efforts to combat the escalating violence along the U.S.-Mexico border.The proposed legislation would allow the use of military force against the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels as part of a broader strategy to suppress cartel activity and cross-border crime.What People Are SayingPresident Donald Trump said in the Oval Office: ' killing our people.
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