What would happen if the US military went after cartels on Mexican soil?
What would happen if the US military went after cartels on Mexican soil?
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Experts say any incursion could come with serious repercussions, include violence against US tourists. Evan Hafer, a popular veteran and founder of Black Rifle Coffee, was on Joe Rogan’s podcast after the November election. As with any Maga acolyte, the US-Mexico border figured prominently in his mind.
“If we declare war on the cartel, these dudes are not going to understand what the fuck is going on. They are in for a world of ultra-violence,” said Hafer, who served in the Green Berets and the CIA. “JD [Vance] or Trump had said something with the new guy from Ice, like: ‘We’re going to mobilize tier one units against the cartel.’”.
Referring to some of the most secretive parts of the American special forces, Hafer was forecasting the next chapter in the war on drugs – actual war inside Mexico, targeting the Sinaloa, Jalisco and other major narcotics-trafficking cartels with the same famed units of the war on terror.
“Yes, that is a real thing,” he said. While it sounded like a scene out of Sicario, Hafer’s video garnered several million YouTube views. It raises the question: what would that type of combat south of the border actually cost the US?. Now, it is a possible reality.
In one of Donald Trump’s first executive orders on Monday, he officially designated Mexican cartels terrorist organizations, joining the likes of al-Qaida and the Islamic State (Isis) – chief adversaries in more than two decades of expensive and bloody American wars.
