EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The New York Times reported in August that President Trump signed a secret directive for the Pentagon to use military force against Latin American drug cartels.

The U.S. military on September 2 struck a speedboat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing 11 people purportedly associated with Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang. Trump reported two additional strikes on cartel boats this month.

As Democrats in Congress question the legality of the strikes, one Senate Republican and the head of the FBI this week spoke on why the U.S. should engage in tactics it used against Al-Qaida in the 2000s to go after cartels designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.

“Do you think a law enforcement model for dealing with these narco-traffickers is adequate t

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