Lindsey Graham to Introduce Bill Allowing Use of Military Force Against Mexican Cartels

Lindsey Graham to Introduce Bill Allowing Use of Military Force Against Mexican Cartels
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on July 30, 2021. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Madeline Lane
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Monday he will introduce legislation laying the groundwork to use U.S. military force against Mexican drug cartels and foreign terrorist organizations.

Graham was responding to the recent kidnapping of four Americans in the border town of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, and the flow of fentanyl from Mexico to the United States that has contributed to the increasing rise of American drug-overdose deaths.