Report: US Pushing to Have Troops in Mexico

US officials are pushing a plan that would send either Special Operations troops or CIA officers out on raids alongside Mexican soldiers, in what would be a major expansion of the American role in Mexico's drug war, officials tell the newspaper. Instead of US combat forces on the ground, Mexico has offered expanded intelligence-sharing and a bigger US role inside Mexican command centers, where American advisers already help direct Mexican units to suspected labs, relying in part on CIA drone flights. But on the flip side, allowing US forces to take part in ground operations could trigger the same result, the Times reports.

Author: Arden Dier with Newser.AI

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