Overview
- President Donald Trump said he would consider authorizing strikes inside Mexico to target drug cartels, left open intervention in Venezuela, and indicated he could speak with Nicolás Maduro.
- The USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group is now operating in the Caribbean, with roughly 12,000–15,000 U.S. personnel and about a dozen warships deployed.
- U.S. forces have conducted 21 attacks on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific with 83 reported deaths, operations officials say targeted drug traffickers though public proof has not been presented.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the pending designation of the ‘Cartel de los Soles’ as a foreign terrorist organization effective Nov. 24, and the U.S. maintains a $50 million reward for Maduro.
- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said foreign military intervention in Mexico “will not happen,” and Maduro invited face-to-face talks while rejecting the use of force.