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Trump Urges Mexico to 'Step up' Efforts Against Cartels, Drugs
- President Donald Trump urged Mexico to increase efforts against drug cartels following a major operation against the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
- Mexican federal security forces conducted a military operation in Tapalpa, targeting the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, resulting in the reported death of cartel leader El Mencho.
- After the operation, several states including Jalisco experienced road blockades and vehicle and business arsons, possibly as retaliation by the cartel.
- The Jalisco state government urged residents to stay home, suspended public transportation, and issued a 'red alert' due to escalating violence and threats to public safety.
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Trump urges Mexico to ‘step up’ efforts against cartels, drugs
President Donald Trump on Monday called on Mexico to boost its efforts targeting drug cartels as widespread violence spread across the United States' southern neighbor one day after a military raid killed a notorious Mexican drug lord.
Trump urges Mexico to 'step up' efforts against cartels, drugs
President Donald Trump on Monday called on Mexico to boost its efforts targeting drug cartels as widespread violence spread across the United States' southern neighbor one day after a military raid killed a notorious Mexican drug lord.
For years, the cartel war in Mexico and in the south of the United States was largely under the radar of the world's public. ... The post After Trump printing: Now Mexico reluctantly escalates its war against the drug cartels appeared first on Apollo News.
US President Donald Trump today called on Mexico to step up its action against cartels
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Mexico's authorities must "intensify their efforts" against drug cartels. He said this after Sunday's military operation against the head of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG), Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias El Mencho."Mexico must step up its efforts against cartels and drugs!", he said in a social media message after echoing an interview by the director of the Drug Control Administration, …
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