The British are not going to be happy...

Editor's note: ...at all with the news the Trump Administration is going to start dismantling drug cartels using military operations on foreign soil. If anyone has read and comprehends the book Dope Inc. they will be able to quickly discern why. For example, the Essequibo region on the Venezuelan-Guyana (then British Guiana) border is a long standing dispute with Britain when the UK purchased the area from the Netherlands. Essequibo is a major transit point for drug trafficking into the US. This isn't to say there is direct British involvement. It's the drug money being laundered through banks. Triangular trade is a British invention: Drugs; weapons; sex trade.

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Trump Authorized Military Operations on Foreign Soil to Target Latin American Cartels

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a $50 million bounty on the Venezuelan President Maduro and said the US was prepared to crack down on cartels

by Kyle Anzalone | August 8, 2025

President Donald Trump has ordered the US military to take direct actions against Latin American cartels, including conducting operations on foreign soil. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has labeled Venezuelan President Maduro the leader of a cartel and is offering a $50 million reward for his capture.

The New York Times reports, “President Trump has secretly signed a directive to the Pentagon to begin using military force against certain Latin American drug cartels that his administration has deemed terrorist organizations."

The Times adds, "The order provides an official basis for the possibility of direct military operations at sea and on foreign soil against cartels."

Since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, the State and Treasury Departments have listed several Latin American cartels as Specially Designated Global Terrorists. The targeted gangs include Tren de Aragua (TdA), Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), and Cártel de Sinaloa. In July, Cartel de los Soles (Cartel of the Suns) was added to the list.

On Thursday, Rubio explained that placing cartels on the SDGT list allows for the use of "other elements of American power, intelligence agencies, the Department of Defense, whatever, to target these groups if we have an opportunity to do it."

He added, "We have to start treating them as armed terrorist organizations, not simply drug-dealing organizations."

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