Former US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he had come up with a plan to fight drug cartels if he is elected president, APA reports citing Sputnik.
"The drug cartels are waging war on America - and it's now time for America to wage war on the cartels. The drug cartels and their allies in the Biden administration have the blood of countless millions on their hands. Millions and millions of families and people are being destroyed. When I am back in the White House, the drug kingpins and vicious traffickers will never sleep soundly again," Trump said in a video message.
A statement accompanying the video said Trump will use a counter-terrorism approach.
"As Joe Biden prepares to make his first-ever trip to the southern border that he deliberately erased, President Trump announced that when he is president again, it will be the official policy of the United States to take down the drug cartels just as we took down ISIS [Islamic State terrorist group banned in Russia]," the statement said.
Transnational criminal organizations have become experts at avoiding law enforcement interdiction and facilitating drug smuggling operations at the US border. In Fiscal Year 2021, US border officials seized 221,000 pounds of drugs – a nearly 40% increase over Fiscal Year 2019.
Earlier, President Joe Biden said he will visit El Paso, Texas on Sunday in his first trip to the southern border since taking office after the White House released a plan to alleviate the immigration crisis.
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