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Henry Cuellar
Henry Cuellar"It [the idea of military strikes in Mexico] sounds good, but it's not real."Feb 05, 2025
Axios
Axios
Tom Homan
Tom HomanPresident Trump is committed to "using the full might of the United States special operations to take them [drug cartels] out [of Mexico]."Nov 21, 2024
NPR Online News
NPR Online News
Jorge Ventura
Jorge Ventura"I believe it's not going to happen."Feb 05, 2025
Youtu
Youtu
Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth"If it takes military action [against Mexico], that's what we'll have to do."Feb 05, 2025
Lavocedinewyork
Lavocedinewyork
Max Blumenthal
Max BlumenthalAn invasion of Mexico is "something I could actually see Trump doing."Feb 05, 2025
Youtu
Youtu
Leon Krauze
Leon KrauzeTrump "has long considered the possibility of delivering to his electorate images of unilateral incursions into Mexican territory."Dec 23, 2024
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
William Barr
William BarrUsing the US military to attack cartels in Mexico is "a necessary step and puts the focus where it must be."Mar 03, 2023
Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal
Jesus Garcia
Jesus GarciaCongress "rejects armed intervention as a serious solution to the complex problems that our two countries face."Feb 05, 2025
Castro
Castro
Lopez Obrador
Lopez Obrador"We won't allow it."Apr 21, 2023
Vox
Vox
Donald Trump
Donald TrumpUS sending troops into Mexico "could happen."Jan 21, 2025
Newsweek
Newsweek
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey GrahamWe will not send military "to invade Mexico."Mar 15, 2023
United States Senator Lindsey Graham
United States Senator Lindsey Graham
Radley Balko
Radley Balko"Trump's history with this threat [to invade Mexico] suggests we should take it more seriously."Aug 09, 2024
by Radley Balko
by Radley Balko
Duncan Wood
Duncan Wood"There is no evidence that the U.S. is considering military action against Mexico or election interference."Mar 05, 2024
USA Today
USA Today
Claudia Sheinbaum
Claudia Sheinbaum"There won't be an invasion."Feb 05, 2025
Wsj
Wsj
Emma Ashford
Emma Ashford"[T]he possibility that the Trump administration will engage in military action in Mexico in 2025 is a threat to be taken both seriously and literally."Jan 09, 2025
Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
Carlos Perez-Ricart
Carlos Perez-Ricart"It could happen."Dec 24, 2024
EL PAÍS English
EL PAÍS English
Donald Trump
Donald Trump"Mexico is gonna have to straighten it out really fast, or the answer [if he'd consider strikes against drug cartels operating in the country] is absolutely."Nov 25, 2024
World Politics Review
World Politics Review
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro"The United States respects Mexico's sovereignty and that Congress does not support dangerous calls for war at our Southern border."Feb 05, 2025
Castro
Castro
Marcelo Ebrard
Marcelo Ebrard"It's a fallacy to argue in favor of sending an armed force to Mexico when in the United States you have fentanyl circulating everywhere."May 14, 2023
Guardian
Guardian

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