{"id":1998506,"date":"2023-08-12T01:36:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T05:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-suggests-he-would-use-drone-strikes-against-mexican-drug-cartels\/"},"modified":"2023-08-12T01:38:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T05:38:46","slug":"desantis-suggests-he-would-use-drone-strikes-against-mexican-drug-cartels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-suggests-he-would-use-drone-strikes-against-mexican-drug-cartels\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis hints at employing drone strikes on Mexican drug cartels."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-suggests-he-would-use-drone-strikes-against-mexican-drug-cartels%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1998506&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Florida Governor Supports Drone Strikes Against Mexican Drug Cartels<\/h2>\n<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has made a bold statement, declaring his approval of using drone \u200cstrikes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-says-he-would-give-mexican-president-ultimatum-on-stopping-drug-cartels\/\" title=\"Chris Christie: Ultimatum to Mexican President on Drug Cartels\">combat drug\u200c cartels<\/a>\u200c in Mexico if he were\u2062 to become president. During a campaign event in Iowa, DeSantis was\u2062 asked about the possibility of military intervention on Mexican soil. His response was resolute.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, I have already said that.\u200c We will lean in against the drug cartels. We will absolutely reserve the right, \u2062if they&#8217;re invading our country and killing our people, we have the right to defend this country,&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis emphasized that\u200d the United States has the right to\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-pledges-action-and-lots-of-it-at-the-nations-borders\/\" title=\"DeSantis vows swift action at US borders.\">hold drug cartels accountable<\/a>, \u2063even if they do \u2064not directly cross the border. He expressed frustration with the Mexican government&#8217;s lack of \u200dassistance in combating the cartels, stating that if Mexico does\u200c not help, the\u2064 US will take matters into \u2063its own\u200b hands.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis went on to\u2062 compare Mexican\u200b drug cartels to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-consider-enacting-statute-to-increase-punishments-for-domestic-terrorism\/\" title=\"Lawmakers consider enacting statute to increase punishments for domestic terrorism\">foreign terrorist organizations<\/a>, highlighting their role in trafficking people, sexual abuse, and the smuggling of drugs like fentanyl into the United States. He firmly\u2064 believes that the cartels pose a significant threat to American lives \u200band that the Mexican government \u200dis not doing enough to address the issue.<\/p>\n<p>These remarks align with\u200b a proposal introduced by GOP senators earlier this year, which seeks to label Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs). This\u2063 designation would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-suggests-he-would-use-drone-strikes-against-mexican-drug-cartels\/\" title=\"DeSantis hints at employing drone strikes on Mexican drug cartels.\">grant law enforcement increased powers<\/a> to\u200c combat the cartels and their activities.<\/p>\n<h2>Mexican Cartels and the \u2064Fentanyl Crisis<\/h2>\n<p>The impact of Mexican cartels extends\u200c beyond \u2064border security. These criminal organizations are responsible for smuggling deadly narcotics, such as fentanyl, into the United States. \u2064Fentanyl, a highly addictive synthetic opioid, is \u2064the leading cause of\u200b death for\u200c Americans between the ages \u2062of 18 and 49.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Mexican cartels import fentanyl from\u2063 China and then distribute it in various forms, often disguising it as\u200d other medications. This \u2064illicit trade has resulted in a staggering number of \u2062overdose deaths\u2063 in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Given the \u200cseverity of the fentanyl \u2064crisis and the devastating consequences it has\u2064 on American lives, some GOP legislators have suggested military intervention \u2063to \u2064dismantle\u2063 Mexican cartel operations. Representative Wesley Hunt of Texas\u2062 even expressed support for \u2064using drones \u2062to target fentanyl\u200b production facilities in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>As the debate surrounding\u2062 the role of the United States in combating Mexican drug \u200bcartels continues, Governor\u200d DeSantis&#8217; stance on using drone \u200dstrikes\u200c has sparked both\u2063 support and criticism. Only\u2063 time will tell if this approach \u2062will \u2062become a reality in \u200bthe fight against drug cartels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis confirmed his support for using drone strikes against Mexican drug cartels if he becomes president. Speaking at an Iowa campaign event, he reiterated his stance on potential military interventions in Mexico, stating that he had previously expressed his approval for such actions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124,"featured_media":1998507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1998506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/124"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1998506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1998507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1998506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1998506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1998506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}