npr | President Trump says he plans to designate Mexican drug cartels as
foreign terrorist organizations, a move that is stoking fears in Mexico
that American authorities would use the label to justify a military
response across the border against the cartels.
"I will be designating the cartels," Trump said
in an interview with former Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly, who
raised the issue of the U.S. sending drones into Mexico. Trump did not
comment on the idea, but he said the terrorist designation is underway.
"I have been working on that for the last 90 days. You know,
designation is not that easy, you have to go through a process, and we
are well into that process," Trump said.
Former diplomat and
Mexico expert Jana Nelson told NPR that as Trump's comments have spread,
worries have deepened in Mexico that the designation could lead to
military action.
"It has generated some concern in Mexico that
the U.S. will actually send the military into Mexico, and if not boots
on the ground itself, then perhaps drones to combat drug cartels," said
Nelson, a Wilson Center political analyst who is based in Mexico City.
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