Foreign Affairs Department in the United States has so far been terrorist listed a number of criminal organizations from Latin America, including Mexican cartels.
Donald Trump believes that the United States will respond to an ongoing “invasion” of drugs in the same way that IS responded. When he stamps the drug leagues as terrorists, it raises questions and fears about what means he is prepared to take in an escalated war against the drugs.
Can strike to militarily
During the electoral movement, Trump swore that the United States, under his leadership, will put in “all the military abilities required” in a war against the mighty foreign cartels that bring drugs into the country.
– Violence gives birth to violence. So it will hit us all. Because we do not know who they attack and who they sound, says human rights defender Carmen Sepúlveda.
The Presodent has talked openly about special forces, cyber warfare and to have the fleet establish a sea block. During his last term, he repeatedly highlighted the opportunity to bomb drug factories in Mexico, according to former employees.
Recently, however, Mexican authorities have made record seizures of fentanyl. Therefore, the question remains whether it is enough to calm Trump.
SVT’s broadcast has visited the Mexican state of Colima, which has become a central hub for trading in fentanyl, which made the area one of the world’s most violent.