From the Editorial
La Jornada Newspaper
Sunday, January 25, 2026, p. 3
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, assured that ground attacks against drug cartels could be carried out “anywhere,” including Mexico, Central America and South America, during an interview for the New York Post in the Oval Office yesterday.
“We know their routes. We know everything about them. We know their homes. We are going to attack the cartels,” declared the president.
When asked if such attacks could be carried out even on the soil of Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia, the president responded: “It could be anywhere.”
The US Department of Justice charged, without providing evidence, that most foreign-produced illicit drugs available in the United States are smuggled overland across the borders with Mexico and, to a much lesser extent, Canada.
The magnate boasted of having removed 97 percent of the drugs that enter by sea as a result of his military offensive against the alleged drug boats in the Pacific and the Caribbean, and stressed that he wants to see the same “success on land.”
The threat occurs in a context in which the Trump administration has pressured the Mexican government to allow the entry of US forces with the aim of “helping stop drug trafficking.”
Earlier this month, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo rejected speculation that Trump could launch military attacks in the country against cartels.
“I don’t believe in an invasion; I don’t even think it’s something they’re taking very seriously,” Sheinbaum declared. “On several occasions, (Trump) has insisted that the US army be allowed to enter Mexico. We have flatly refused, first, because we defend our sovereignty, and second, because it is not necessary.”
