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Trump vows military strikes on cartels, rallies Latin allies at UN

At the General Assembly, Trump casts drug trafficking as hemispheric threat and previews expanded regional coalition.

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What to know

  • Trump invoked a revamped Monroe Doctrine (dubbed the "Donroe Doctrine") to assert US military dominance across the Western Hemisphere against drug cartels.
  • US military strikes on alleged drug boats since 2025 have killed more than 220 people; rights groups classify them as extrajudicial killings.
  • Trump's Shield of the Americas coalition includes governments closely aligned with his administration, including Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, Colombia, and Peru.
  • Trump cited the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro as evidence of US willingness to enforce its interests militarily in the region.

“For decades, other administrations allowed much of this region to be dominated by vicious gangs and bloodthirsty drug cartels, destabilised by uncontrolled migration, and infiltrated by hostile foreign adversaries - foreign sick, demented adversaries - but not anymore.”

Donald Trump, US President · Straits Times ↗ · Sep 21

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Trump vows military strikes on cartels, rallies Latin allies at UN
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    Trump holds Shield of the Americas meeting with regional leaders

    Trump met with leaders and foreign ministers from the Shield of the Americas coalition to rally Latin American nations behind a more aggressive cartel-fighting approach. The coalition includes governments closely aligned with Trump such as Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, Colombia, and Peru.

    “Our actions in Venezuela are proof that the United States will no longer permit threats to America to gain a foothold anywhere in the Western Hemisphere, and if necessary, we will use our unmatched military might to secure the vital national interests of the United States.”
    — Donald Trump, US President · source
    1. 3 outlets Trump vows ‘unmatched military might’ as he rallies regional anti-cartel allies

      first by Straits Times, 1d ago · also Reuters, ThePrint

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    Trump addresses UN, casts cartels as hemispheric threat — At the UN General Assembly, Trump vowed to reassert US dominance in the Western Hemisphere and use "unmatched military might" against drug cartels. He cast them as "the ISIS of the Western Hemisphere" and cited the US raid capturing Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro as proof of US willingness to act.

  3. background

    Trump's National Security Strategy revamps Monroe Doctrine — Trump's late 2025 National Security Strategy outlined plans for a revamped Monroe Doctrine asserting US primacy across the Americas. Trump began calling it the "Donroe Doctrine" in conservative media.

  4. background

    Trump launches Shield of the Americas anti-cartel coalition — Trump gathered more than a dozen regional leaders in Florida to form the Shield of the Americas coalition, building an alliance for an expanded campaign against drug cartels.

  5. background

    Trump designates cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, launches military strikes — Since returning to power in early 2025, Trump has designated drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and launched dozens of deadly strikes on boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific allegedly carrying narcotics. Rights groups say the strikes, which have killed more than 220 people, amount to extrajudicial killings.