"Just as we formed a coalition to eradicate Isis, we now need a coalition to eradicate the cartels. We must recognize that the epicenter of cartel violence is Mexico, where the cartels are fueling and orchestrating much of the bloodshed and chaos in this hemisphere."
"The cartels are running Mexico. We can't have that. Too close to us, too close to you. He also complimented Delcy Rodriguez, Venezuela's interim president, who has offered to collaborate with the Trump administration."
"Less that two weeks ago, US law enforcement provided intelligence assistance in a raid in Jalisco, Mexico, to capture Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho, the leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel (CJNG) and one of the world's most wanted drug traffickers."
Trump hosted the Shield of the Americas summit at his Miami golf club, bringing together leaders from 12 Latin American nations to address regional cartel violence. He proposed forming a counter-cartel coalition comparable to the anti-ISIS coalition, emphasizing Mexico as the epicenter of cartel violence. The summit occurred two months after a US military operation targeting Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and shortly after El Mencho, leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel, was killed in a Mexican raid with US intelligence assistance. Outgoing homeland security secretary Kristi Noem was appointed special envoy to the coalition. Trump praised Mexico's president Claudia Sheinbaum and Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez while asserting that cartels are increasingly controlling Mexico and threatening regional stability.
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