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US touts collaborative plan to tackle Mexico’s drug cartels – but initiative is met with denial and mistrust south of the border

  • Written by Aileen Teague, Assistant Professor, Department of International Affairs, Texas A&M University
US touts collaborative plan to tackle Mexico’s drug cartels – but initiative is met with denial and mistrust south of the borderMembers of the Mexican army drive on a road after an anti-cartel operation in Sinaloa state, Mexico, in 2023.Juan Carlos Cruz/AFP via Getty Images

A new plan to dismantle cartel-run drug-smuggling corridors along the U.S. southern border was announced by the U.S. administration in mid-August 2025 to great fanfare.

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