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, but what else” can the U.S. do to stop fentanyl-laced narcotics that the administration maintains kill 80,000 Americans a year from crossing the border? she asked….
Mexico Making Strides in Sealing Border, but GOP Panelists Say More Progress Needed
