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18.11.25 - 02:42
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Trump Suggests Airstrikes On Cartels In Mexico, Colombia: ′Okay With Me′ (ZeroHedge)
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Trump Suggests Airstrikes On Cartels In Mexico, Colombia: 'Okay With Me'
President Donald Trump told reporters gathered in the Oval Office on Monday that potential military strikes in Mexico to disrupt the drug trade would be "okay with me".
He expressed rare openness to direct Pentagon action inside America's neighbor to the immediate south, at a moment of ongoing deadly drone strikes on alleged drug boats off the coast of Venezuela. This is sure to turn US-Mexico relations in a more negative direction, but Trump doesn't seem overly concerned with this as he ramps up the pressure, also on Colombia.
CFR via AFP/Getty Images
He said he'd be willing to do this to prevent drugs from entering the United States, and further he'd be proud to "knock out" cocaine factories in Colombia.
On Colombia, where the president, his family and top officials have recently been hit with US sanctions, Trump said as follows:
"Colombia has cocaine factories where they make cocaine....
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13.11.25 - 11:18
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Colombia Joins Britain In Suspending Intel-Sharing With US (ZeroHedge)
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Colombia Joins Britain In Suspending Intel-Sharing With US
Following the UK announcement it would not cooperate with the US military's 'illegal' actions targeting alleged drug boats off Venezuela, Colombian President Gustavo Petro is the latest to announced the suspension of intelligence sharing with the United States.
This development is less of a surprise, however, given Colombia's relations with Washington have been severely strained since nearly the start of the Pentagon's Caribbean adventurism which began in September.
via CBS
Petro made the announcement on X on Tuesday, vowing that intel-sharing would be blocked so long as these US operations continue.
"The fight against drugs must be subordinated to the human rights of the Caribbean people," Petro wrote, also following UN officials blasting the actions as tantamount to extrajudicial killings.
He confirmed the immediate end of "communications and other agreements with U.S. security agencies" - a relationship wh...
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