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Trump says US will start hitting drug cartels on land
President Trump plans to expand US counter-narcotics operations to land targeting Mexican cartels after maritime strikes reduced 97% of drug trafficking by sea, citing high US drug death tolls.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump said the United States will begin land strikes against drug cartels in Mexico, announcing the shift during a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity.
- Trump framed the move as a response to Mexican cartels `running Mexico` and cited 50,000–300,000 annual deaths, asserting maritime efforts stopped 97%.
- Maritime strikes since September have killed more than 100 people, and in August Donald Trump, President of the United States, signed a directive targeting cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations with U.S. forces conducting a land strike in Venezuela.
- Such strikes would raise major questions about sovereignty, congressional authority and could trigger displacement or migration pressure, experts warn.
- Public health data shows about 76,516 U.S. overdose deaths in the year ending April 2025, while regional analysts warn escalation could impact asylum seekers through `material support` laws.
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U.S. Ready to Start Hitting Mexican Cartels on Land: Trump.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump suggested the U.S. military could begin land strikes on drug cartels in Mexico.WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Trump, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, and Fox News host Sean Hannity.WHEN & WHERE: Comments aired on January 8, 2026, during an interview with Sean Hannity.KEY QUOTE: “We’ve knocked out 97 percent of the drugs coming in by water. And we are going to start now hitting land, with rega…
According to Trump, by sea, he also wants to fight the drug cartels by land.
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