President Donald Trump intensified his pressures on the government of Mexico to allow the entry of US troops into national territory with the aim of fighting drug trafficking cartels, he revealed this Friday The Wall Street Journal. The petition, which has been repeated in different high -level meetings, has generated deep discomfort in the Mexican government and threatens to seriously tighten the bilateral relationship.
According to the US newspaper, Washington raises a direct intervention strategy that, if completed, would break with the security cooperation framework that both countries have built for more than three decades.
Mexican officials consulted by the WSJ They warned that a military operation in Mexico would not only violate the sovereignty of the country, but would put key agreements in intelligence, coordinated patrols and joint work to curb drug trafficking and irregular migration.
“An American military action in Mexico would threaten the economic and cultural ties that have improved in the last three decades,” said the newspaper, which highlighted the consequences for the close collaboration between the armies of both nations, who currently share strategic operations, intelligence data and border security protocols.
Mexican officials also criticized the lack of transparency of the Trump administration regarding advances in the fight against drug trafficking. As revealed Wall Street Journalthe US government has not provided clear indicators of success in its anti -drug policies, despite the increase in military and security spending.
