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Why did the US target Venezuelan criminals over Mexican cartels?

Séamus Bellamy
Sep 03, 2025
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The U.S. Military put down 11 souls who allegedly belonged to Tren da Aragua: everyone's favourite transnational criminal enterprise based out of Venezuela. As he was unable to pin this achievement to the White House kitchen's fridge door with magnets, President Trump called a press conference to blather on about this l…

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