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DeSantis Vows to Use US Military to Go After Drug Cartels

by Elizabeth Weibel
September 27, 2023 at 10:27 pm
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DeSantis Vows to Use US Military to Go After Drug Cartels

SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 27: Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis delivers remarks during the FOX Business Republican Primary Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on September 27, 2023 in Simi Valley, California. Seven presidential hopefuls squared off in the second Republican primary debate as former U.S. President Donald Trump, currently facing indictments in four locations, declined again to participate. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed to use the United States Military to go after drug cartels, pointing out that they are “killing our children.”

During the second Republican primary debate held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California on Wednesday evening, DeSantis compared the Mexican drug cartels to being “foreign terrorist organizations.”

“As commander-in-chief, I will use the U.S. military to go after the Mexican drug cartels – they are killing our children,” DeSantis said.

Ron DeSantis vows to go after drug cartels:

“As commander-in-chief I will use the US military to go after the Mexican drug cartels — they are killing our children… Mexican drug cartels are going to be treated like the foreign terrorist organizations that they are.”#GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/JCicJPEi15

— Conservative War Machine (@WarMachineRR) September 28, 2023

“Mexican drug cartels are going to be treated like the foreign terrorist organizations that they are,” DeSantis continued.

Roughly 79,770 Americans died from opioid-related drug overdoses in 2022, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This represented a decrease from 80,997 deaths reported the previous year.

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) and DeSantis are among the candidates who have expressed that they would use military force against the drug cartels in Mexico to stop the increased flow of opioid fentanyl into the U.S.

Roughly 25,591 lbs. of fentanyl have been seized during the 2023 fiscal year, an increase from the 2022 fiscal year which saw 14,699 lbs. of fentanyl seized, according to data from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.

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