A presidential directive has shifted parts of the drug war from police work to armed conflict, directing the Pentagon to target foreign cartels with maritime interdictions and precision strikes. The…
A coordinated set of actions reclassifies major transnational traffickers as terrorist entities and pairs that legal shift with a national emergency that broadens military and federal roles at the southern…
A recent package of executive actions and funding concentrates military, financial, and diplomatic levers on drug cartels and trafficking routes. The measures designate some criminal groups for terrorism-style sanctions, expand…
The administration’s border plan combines resumed wall construction, stepped-up port inspections across 328 entry points, expanded military support and terrorism-style designations for major cartels. Implementation uses contractor-led construction, Navy and…
