According to the American newspaper The New York Times, which published revelation, The decision to involve the army in the fight against cartels is the most aggressive step that Trump has given so far in this matter.
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The order, the NYT adds, provides an official basis for the possibility of carrying out direct military operations in the sea and in foreign soil against the drug cartels.
This year, after his arrival to power on January 20, Trump classified the Mexicans Cartel de Sinaloa, Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación, Cartel del Nortores, Gulf Cartel, New Michoacana Family Cartel and United Cartels. Also to the Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) of El Salvador and the Venezuelan Train of Aragua.
Not just that. In July he added to his list to Los Soles Cartelan alleged mafia where the military dome of Venezuela It would have an active participation. United States said It is directed by Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduroand by other senior officials of his government.
The name comes from the badges that Venezuelan generals carry in their uniforms.
In addition, on Thursday of last week the departments of justice and state announced that The United States had doubled up to 50 million dollars the reward for information that leads to the arrest of Madurowho has been charged with positions of drug trafficking.
The United States offers 50 million dollars for the capture of Nicolás Maduro. (State Department).
About RipeGENERAL TAX Pam Bondi He said that “he will not escape justice and will have to account for his despicable crimes.”
At this point, it should be noted that the designation of “terrorist organizations” For cartels enables the use of military force under the legal framework that the United States uses against groups such as the Qaeda terrorist network or the Islamic State. This implies less authorization requirements of the US Congress and more margin for unilateral actions, even if they are contravene the international legal system.
After the revelation of the NYT, Trump defended the measure and said it was to “protect” the United States.
“Latin America has many cartels. There is a lot of drug trafficking. We want to protect our country. We have to protect our country. We have not done it for four years “said.
Above international law
Andrés Gómez de la Torrespecialist in defense and intelligence issues, he said to Commerce that the designation of terrorists to drug cartels enable measures such as the use of the United States military and intelligence infrastructure for combat.
He added that American history in this matter is loaded with unilateralism. Put as an example the Operation Cause 1989 in Panama, to tear down the dictator regime Manuel Antonio Noriega.
American soldiers monitor their security post in front of the Vatican embassy in Panama City, where Panamanian General Manuel Noriega requested asylum, during the fair cause, on December 25, 1989.
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That year, President George HW Bush sent more than 20,000 soldiers to Panama to stop him and take him to the United States, where he was charged with drug trafficking.
To justify the action, William Barr, who then directed the legal advisor’s office, wrote a controversial memorandum where Bush had authority to order fugitive arrests abroad without the consent of third states.
“In general, performing a military operation in a third country is a clear violation of sovereignty. But we are in a world where public international law is, to say at least, come less,” Gómez de la Torre said.
In this regard, the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaumfirmly rejected the end of Semanna any US military operation in his country by defending national sovereignty, and stressed that There will only be cooperation without direct intervention of the United States Army.
Maduro and the Los Soles Cartel
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The Secretary of State, Marco Rubiohe said in an interview in The World Overde program, by EWTN, to classify that Venezuelan organization as a terrorist not only redefines the legal scope to combat it, but enables the use of military and intelligence resources that until now were reserved for other national security threats.
Rubio stressed that, in general, You cannot continue treating the members of these cartels as simple criminalsbecause “they have armament like that of terrorists or even armies.”
“These cartels extend from the Maduro regime in Venezuela, which is not a legitimate government; We do not recognize the legitimacy of the Maduro regime. It is a criminal organization, which covers even the various cartels that operate in Mexico and other places (…) What changes is that it gives us legal authority to attack them in ways that cannot be done if they are only a group of criminals. It is no longer a matter of application of the law. Becomes a national security issue ”, said.
In Colombiathe president Gustavo Petro He warned Sunday that a military operation against Venezuela without the approval of “sister countries” will be an aggression against Latin America and the Caribbean.
On this subject, Gómez de la Torre said: “If we see the history, these apparent operations of anti -drug military interdiction and use of the armed forces and intelligence services also have a very important political burden, particularly when there are some cartels that are associated as operational arms of a government, as is the case of Venezuela”.
The analyst said USA I could also appeal to the use of private military contractors In this context of war against cartels.
He recalled that a few years ago the company Silvercorp It was hired to perform a physical elimination and liquidation operation of the regime of Nicolás Maduro In Venezuela, something that failed.
“You have to notice that a great military contractor very close to President Trump, Eric Prince, is giving up Ecuador and has come to Peru,” Gómez de la Torre said.
