Thread: Trump calls for 'war' against Mexican drug cartel 'monsters' after Americans murdered

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Trump calls for 'war' against Mexican drug cartel 'monsters' after Americans murdered

By Adam Shaw | Fox News


Trump offers support for 'war' on Mexican drug cartels after death of American family

The president tweets that it is time for Mexico, with the help of the U.S., to 'wage war' on the drug cartels after the execution of nine members of a Mormon family; Griff Jenkins reports.


President Trump on Tuesday offered U.S. assistance as he called on Mexico to “wage war” against the country's murderous drug cartel “monsters” in response to the brutal killing of multiple Americans a day earlier.

“If Mexico needs or requests help in cleaning out these monsters, the United States stands ready, willing & able to get involved and do the job quickly and effectively,” Trump tweeted. “The great new President of Mexico has made this a big issue, but the cartels have become so large and powerful that you sometimes need an army to defeat an army!”

US CITIZENS KILLED, KIDNAPPED IN CARTEL SHOOTING IN MEXICO

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A wonderful family and friends from Utah got caught between two vicious drug cartels, who were shooting at each other, with the result being many great American people killed, including young children, and some missing. If Mexico needs or requests help in cleaning out these.....

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....monsters, the United States stands ready, willing & able to get involved and do the job quickly and effectively. The great new President of Mexico has made this a big issue, but the cartels have become so large and powerful that you sometimes need an army to defeat an army!

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Officials say at least six children and three women, apparently all U.S. citizens living in a community of Americans in Mexico, were gunned down after their convoy came under fire during a daylight ambush Monday. Six children were found alive, five of whom have been taken to hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. One child is currently missing, and authorities are searching the mountainous area on the Sonora-Chihuahua border for the child.

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Those attacked were members of the LeBaron family, a well-known American clan who has lived in the community in the northern part of the country for decades, according to The New York Times. The attack targeted citizens who live in a community founded as part of an offshoot of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

"This is the time for Mexico, with the help of the United States, to wage WAR on the drug cartels and wipe them off the face of the earth," Trump tweeted. "We merely await a call from your great new president!"

Donald J. Trump

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This is the time for Mexico, with the help of the United States, to wage WAR on the drug cartels and wipe them off the face of the earth. We merely await a call from your great new president!

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President Andrés Manuel López Obrador refused that approach, however, saying at a Tuesday news conference, "The worst thing you can have is war."

"We declared war, and it didn't work," Lopez Obrador said, referring to the policies of previous administrations. "That is not an option."

Trump has repeatedly raised concerns about levels of gang violence and drug-related crime in Mexico, particularly as it relates to securing the U.S.-Mexico border. The two countries have stepped up cooperation on that front over the summer, with asylum seekers being returned to Mexico to await hearings, while Mexico has also increased its troop presence on both its northern and southern borders.

Early reports indicated the tragedy could have been a case of mistaken identity, but recent history also raises the possibility the LeBaron family was the intended target: only a decade ago, two members of the family opposed to local drug trafficking groups were kidnapped and murdered, according to the New York Times.

Mexico's federal Department of Security and Citizens' Protection said security forces were reinforced with National Guard, army and state police troops in the area following "the reports about disappearance and aggression against several people." The troops were searching for the missing community members, believed to include 11 children or more.

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, whose own father was born in a Mormon settlement in Mexico, also extended his condolences for the victims and called for the U.S. to get involved.

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Ann and I are heartbroken for the victims of the horrific attacks in Mexico. Our prayers are with their families who have suffered such an unspeakable tragedy. The U.S. must work with Mexican officials to hold accountable those responsible for this senseless violence.

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“Our prayers are with their families who have suffered such an unspeakable tragedy. The U.S. must work with Mexican officials to hold accountable those responsible for this senseless violence,” he tweeted.

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NO BOOTS ON THE GROUND!

SEND IN THE FIGHTER JETS AND GET IT OVER WITH IN ONE DAY AND GET OUT!

Backgroud article:

9/6/2009

Arrest made in slayings of U.S. citizens in Mexico

9/6/2009

"The LeBaron brothers belonged to the "Community of LeBaron" in Galeana, a township founded by excommunicated Mormons."

@ Arrest made in slayings of U.S. citizens in Mexico

Put Mexico and Central America on the TRAVEL BAN list!

That corrupt country is as bad as the Middle East and their crimes pour over our border and put OUR citizens in harms way.

They are destroying our country too!

Shut that whole border down! AMLO needs to solve this problem now!



They cannot come here!

They are full of cartel terrorists and their country REFUSES to take them out!

We do not want their people or their crime on our soil.

NO ASYLUM!

NO VISA TO COME HERE!

IT IS DECADES PAST TIME THAT THEY STOMP OUT THESE GANGS AND CARTEL COMPOUNDS!

IT IS MEXICO'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PUT THEIR OWN PEOPLE IN "SAFE ZONE" ON THEIR SOIL AND THEY PAY FOR IT!!!

Article with more info

More than a hundred years ago, Mormons — including Mitt Romney’s family — fled to Mexico so they could practice polygamy. They’ve been plagued by cartel violence, infighting, and murder ever since

A Family’s Legacy of Death : Ervil LeBaron said God told him to kill anyone who strayed from his polygamist cult. A tenacious Salt Lake investigator tracked the LeBarons for 15 years. Now, an anonymous tip may have helped him close a case that claimed as many as 30 lives.

@ Mormons fled to Mexico so they could practice polygamy

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