The United States is intensifying pressure on Mexico to allow U.S. military forces to conduct joint operations to dismantle fentanyl labs inside the country, according to American officials.

The push comes as President Trump presses on the Mexican government to grant the United States a larger role in the battle against drug cartels that produce fentanyl and smuggle it into the United States.

The proposal was first raised early last year and then largely dropped, officials said. But the request was renewed after U.S. forces captured President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela on Jan. 3 and has involved the highest levels of government, including the White House, according to multiple officials.

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The thing about Venezuela is that the USA doesn't actually share a border with it. Not the case with Mexico. I wonder what kind blowback, no pun intended, could result from US forces operating in Mexico. The US could be quite vulnerable.

34 minutes ago, Alan Zweibel said:

The thing about Venezuela is that the USA doesn't actually share a border with it. Not the case with Mexico. I wonder what kind blowback, no pun intended, could result from US forces operating in Mexico. The US could be quite vulnerable.

Yeah Mexico is a military giant. They better pray we dont cut off remittances.