The White House brushed off calls for a military response to cartel violence in Mexico following an incident in which two Americans kidnapped by gunmen in Mexico were found dead.
President Joe Biden’s press secretary defended the administration’s handling of the border, telling reporters Tuesday that U.S. officials are coordinating with Mexico.
Asked whether Biden would consider using the U.S. military to disrupt the cartels or support designating cartels as terrorist organizations, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre demurred.
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“I’m just not going to get into the military and how it’s being used,” she said.
Jean-Pierre said border authorities had seized historic quantities of fentanyl as a result of the president’s security crackdown, curtailing the flood of a drug killing record numbers of Americans.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has urged stronger action, saying that he was prepared to introduce legislation to “set the stage” for U.S. military force in Mexico during an interview with Fox News.
Four Americans were kidnapped last week after crossing into Mexico seeking medical treatment.
