Trump Orders Pentagon to Target Mexican Drug Cartels With US Forces

President Trump signed an executive order directing the Pentagon to use U.S. military forces to target Mexican drug cartels operating in Mexico, framing the move as a counternarcotics operation. Mexico City condemned the order as a flagrant violation of Mexican sovereignty and threatened to expel U.S. diplomatic personnel. Pentagon officials scrambled to define the operational scope without triggering a formal armed conflict with a neighboring ally.