Republicans increase pressure to “capture or kill” the leaders of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. A Republican senator and representative send to Congress a bill for the Pentagon to explain its efforts against the powerful Mexican criminal group.
The proposal is an indicator of the mood in Congress over Mexican cartel violence and the rise of fentanyl addictions, says Tom Williams. Republicans have frequently mixed drug trafficking with illegal immigration in the domestic US political debate, since they believe that the southern border has not been secured.