Mexico is extending “unprecedented” cooperation with the Trump administration in combating drug smuggling and illegal immigration along its 2,000-mile border with the United States, but House Republicans say it must do more.
If not, several said during a two-hour Dec. 17 hearing, President Donald Trump might militarily target Mexico-embedded narcotics cartels under his newly unveiled Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
“Mexico can do a lot more,” said Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.), House Foreign Affairs Committee Western Hemisphere Subcommittee chair, questioning the nation’s largest trading partner’s commitment to stemming cross-border drug smuggling and human trafficking.
“I understand it is very difficult for Mexicans to allow Americans to step on their soil,” she said, but she then asked what else the United States can do to keep fentanyl-laced narcotics from crossing the border….
Mexico Making Strides in Sealing Border, but GOP Panelists Say More Progress Needed
