"If you don't do your job against drugs, we will do it," Trump warns Mexico
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, warned Mexican authorities this Wednesday that, "if you don't do your job" against drug trafficking, Washington will.
TL;DR
- Donald Trump warned Mexican authorities that the US will intervene against drug trafficking if Mexico does not do its job.
- Trump made these declarations amid bilateral tension, having previously hinted at intervening in Mexican territory.
- The US has prioritized combating drug trafficking, particularly fentanyl, since Trump's return to the White House.
- The Mexican government rejects US intervention, appealing to national sovereignty.
- Recent events straining relations include a US anti-drug operation in Chihuahua with CIA agents and accusations of drug trafficking against the governor of Sinaloa.