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US Forces Deployed to Southern Caribbean to Target Drug Cartels
Reuters via Newsmax ^ | 14 August 2025

Posted on 08/14/2025 9:13:03 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

The United States has ordered the deployment of U.S. air and naval forces to the Southern Caribbean Sea to address threats from Latin American drug cartels, two sources briefed on the decision told Reuters on Thursday.

The sources had few details of the operation, but President Donald Trump has wanted to use the military to go after Latin American drug gangs that have been designated as global terrorist organizations. The Pentagon had been directed to prepare options.

Trump has made cracking down on drug cartels a central goal of his administration, part of a wider effort to limit migration and secure the U.S. southern border.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: caribbean; china; iran; navy; outstanding; russia; smuggling

1 posted on 08/14/2025 9:13:03 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

100% for this.


2 posted on 08/14/2025 9:16:02 AM PDT by crz
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To: Mr. Mojo

Right about now the left is filling its Jockeys and Depends. Trump took over law enforcement in DC. He brought White South Africans into the country. A White girl’s jean ads are wildly popular. And now Trump is going after drug cartels responsible for bringing death and destruction of lives into the country. They are losing their minds, and I’m having a great time watching it all.


3 posted on 08/14/2025 9:18:10 AM PDT by I want the USA back (America is once again GREAT! Blue Lives Matter! White lives matter. )
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To: Mr. Mojo
Hmmmmm ... ... ... A Clear and Present Danger???
4 posted on 08/14/2025 9:18:10 AM PDT by budj (Combat Vet, second of three generations.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

I LOVE this man!! Go, President Trump. Destroy the cartels.

Millions upon millions of Americans dead due to the cartels (and Purdue Pharma).


5 posted on 08/14/2025 9:21:37 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Mr. Mojo

And you can bet the Cuban government is knee-deep in it.


6 posted on 08/14/2025 9:23:44 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: budj
Clear and Present Danger (1994): The cartel gets bombed scene

In a world…. Where drug cartels act without fear…

7 posted on 08/14/2025 9:29:15 AM PDT by OldHarbor
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To: Mr. Mojo

It’s the late 80s again! We did this when I was in the Navy back then. Should never have stopped.


8 posted on 08/14/2025 10:08:56 AM PDT by 3RIVRS
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To: budj

First thing I thought of too.


9 posted on 08/14/2025 10:57:19 AM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: budj

Good book.


10 posted on 08/14/2025 10:59:12 AM PDT by Cobra64 (ECommon sense isn’t common anymore. )
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To: Mr. Mojo

Good news for Florida and other southeastern coastal states. I voted for this!


11 posted on 08/14/2025 11:17:17 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: 3RIVRS

https://www.southcom.mil/EnhancedCounterNarcoticsOps/

On April 1, 2020, U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) began enhanced counternarcotics operations in the Western Hemisphere to disrupt the flow of drugs in support of Presidential national security objectives.

Note the date.


12 posted on 08/14/2025 11:24:34 AM PDT by delchiante
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