Mexico after Venezuela  – Inter-American Dialogue

Mexico after Venezuela  – Inter-American Dialogue

The January 3 U.S. operation to arrest Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro on drug trafficking charges sent shock waves throughout Latin America. These were particularly pronounced in Mexico, given President Trump’s associated comment that the U.S. needs to “do something about Mexico”, where drug cartels “run the country”. He later added a now oft-repeated promise: “We are going to start now hitting land, with regard to the cartels.”  These deve…