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U.S. Pressures Mexico to Deliver a Security Win Ahead of Midterm Elections

The Trump administration wants a public victory soon, as well as a potential path to U.S. military forces in Mexico.

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American soldiers awaited a visit by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the White House border czar, Tom Homan, last year near the United States-Mexico border at Sunland Park, N.M.
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U.S. Is Sending Hundreds of Troops to Latin America

The Pentagon is expanding its fight against drug traffickers, even as the plans recall a long and bloody history of U.S. intervention in the region.

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U.S. soldiers and Panamanian police officers took part in a jungle training exercise at Fort Sherman in Colón province, Panama, earlier this year.
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U.S. Sends Reaper Drones to Colombia and Ecuador to Hunt Cartels

MQ-9 Reaper drones — known for high-profile deadly strikes — have been shifted from Africa to Colombia and Ecuador, U.S. officials said.

© Heather Ainsworth for The New York Times

An MQ-9 Reaper drone at Hancock Field Air National Guard base near Syracuse, N.Y.
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