Inside Trump’s ‘Title 50’ operation unfolding south of the border

President Trump is planning to send US troops to Mexico in the latest escalation against drug cartels.

The mission is in early stages but plans would include ground operations inside Mexico and drone strikes on drug labs and cartel leaders, four sources familiar with the effort told NBC News.

If green-lit, the plan would exponentially expand on the administration’s ongoing military campaign against drug cartels, which have so far focused on Venezuela and Colombia with drone strikes against suspected drug cartel vessels in the Caribbean and Atlantic.

Past US administrations have quietly deployed military, law enforcement and intelligence forces to support Mexican police and army units fighting drug cartels.

But current plans would be stronger and would see the US taking direct action against them – maybe even without Mexican cooperation.

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