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Trump deploys 600 troops to Panama, Colombia and Honduras as Pentagon expands war on drug cartels

Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division, now deploying to a new jungle training facility in Panama, as part of Trump's widening military campaign that has already killed at least 239 people identified as drug traffickers.
Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division, now deploying to a new jungle training facility in Panama, as part of Trump's widening military campaign that has already killed at least 239 people identified as drug traffickers.

The 10th Mountain Division battalion has begun deploying to a new jungle training facility in Panama, with soldiers set to train alongside local forces in Colombia and Honduras as the Trump administration widens its military campaign against drug-trafficking networks. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has established a dedicated Pentagon office to oversee counter-cartel operations, and MQ-9 Reaper drones have been relocated from Africa to Colombia and Ecuador to support the push.

The yearlong Caribbean and Pacific campaign has already seen 71 strikes on boats, with at least 239 people the US identifies as drug traffickers killed.

SOUTHCOM commander General Francis Donovan has said land strikes are also now on the table: 'Those actions might be strikes, arrests, or the takedown of a safe house.'

Hundreds of additional 10th Mountain Division soldiers are expected to staff a new Western Hemisphere operations command in Miami, with 19 regional partners now part of the US-led coalition.

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