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Earlier this week, suspected Mexican drug cartel gunmen fired on U.S. Border Patrol agents in Texas, who fired back. This took place on a strip of land in the middle of the Rio Grande called Fronton Island, also known as “Cartel Island” because it was previously used as a staging area for cartel smuggling operations. Texas authorities took over the island as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star and declared it Texas territory in November 2023.

The incident illustrates why it’s time to start treating Mexico as a hostile foreign power that represents a direct threat to the American homeland — not just for the way the Mexican state has facilitated and encouraged illegal immigration, but also because it has allowed the cartels to take control of vast swaths of Mexican territory, infiltrate the Mexican government at the highest levels, and carry out sophisticated operations on both sides of the Rio Grande.

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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
https://thefederalist.com/2025/01/30/its-time-to-start-treating-mexico
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And as I’ve argued elsewhere, those operations should include cross-border incursions into Mexico, whether to capture or kill cartel leaders, establish a buffer zone to protect U.S. border communities within range of small arms fire from Mexico, or to disrupt and destroy the cartels’ drug and migrant trafficking operations across northern Mexico. The only way to reestablish our southern border is to make war on those who control it, which means taking the fight directly to the cartels. Christopher Landau, who served as Trump’s ambassador to Mexico during his first term and has now been tapped for deputy secretary of state, has said that up to 40 percent of Mexican territory is controlled by the cartels. And where the cartels don’t exercise direct control, they collude and cooperate with the Mexican government, which has effectively synthesized with the major cartels. It’s not too much to say that Mexico has become a narco-state.

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Originally posted by second:
When does Trump go to Congress to get the necessary Declaration of War against Mexico? Or does Trump invade without Congress's permission?

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Originally posted by second:
When does Trump go to Congress to get the necessary Declaration of War against Mexico? Or does Trump invade without Congress's permission?

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I didn't say we go to war with Mexico, stupid.

This is why nobody can have a debate with you. Whether intentional or not, every argument you ever make is a logical fallacy.

This is called a Straw Man.

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Originally posted by second:
Your life story and Trump's is an offense against decency.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
The Mexican government would probably like its power back, too.

Unfortunately, just like here in the states, those with the money control the game. Here, it's transnational and banks. There, it's drug money.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Maybe Trump should ask theMexican President if she would like help restoring the national government`s authority. I'm sure she's not too happy that her nation is hostage to drug cartels.

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US Special Forces Deploy To Mexico For "Training" Mission Following Spy Plane SIGINT Operations

Monday, Feb 17, 2025 - 08:00 PM

After two weeks of US Air Force RC-135V/W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft conducting multiple signals intelligence (SIGINT) operations along the US-Mexico border and in international waters off southern Baja California—areas controlled by heavily armed drug cartels— the Mexican Senate Commission has approved the deployment of US Special Forces operators to the country for "training missions."

SOFREP's Guy D. McCardle reports that the Mexican Senate Commission has already approved the US Army's 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Green Berets to conduct training exercises at a naval facility in Campeche, a Mexican port city on the Gulf of Mexico.

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