The idea is not new. Even action against the cartels wouldn’t necessarily be new, nor would cooperation with Mexico’s government to fight them. The scale contemplated for a new war against the Mexican drug and trafficking cartels would be unprecedented, however, as would be the open possibility that Donald Trump might not bother to engage Claudia Sheinbaum’s government in order to defenestrate the organized-crime rings plaguing the American border.
For now, NBC reports, Mexico’s on board — and the war could use a new weapons platform to soften up the cartels:
The Trump administration is considering launching drone strikes on drug cartels in Mexico as part of an ambitious effort to combat criminal gangs trafficking narcotics across the southern border, according to six current and former U.S. military, law enforcement and intelligence officials with…
