Sec. Hegseth on Cartels: “All options are on the table”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announces that the U.S. Military can now perform special ops against Mexican cartels, following President Trump’s designation of them as terrorist organizations.

President Trump signed an executive order designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. This designation allows the U.S. military to target them with lethal force.(https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/designating-cartels-and-other-organizations-as-foreign-terrorist-organizations-and-specially-designated-global-terrorists/)