Trump Says US Will Begin Land Strikes on Cartels in Mexico

‘We knocked out ... the drugs coming in by water, and we are going to start now hitting land with regard with the cartels,’ the U.S. president said.

Sonora State Police officers conduct an operation in the deserts of Sonora, Mexico, on April 15, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

President Donald Trump announced in an interview aired Jan. 8 that the United States would begin launching strikes on cartels in Mexico.

“We knocked out 97 percent of the drugs coming in by water, and we are going to start now hitting land with regard with the cartels,” Trump told Sean Hannity from Fox News.