Overview
- Mary Anastasia O’Grady published a Wall Street Journal column titled “No bombardee México, señor Presidente” urging President Trump to abandon plans for U.S. strikes in Mexico.
- O’Grady contends that kinetic attacks would fail to stem fentanyl flows because the drug’s high potency allows small shipments to sustain large illicit markets.
- She warns that unilateral military action would violate Mexican sovereignty, provoke public backlash and weaken key U.S. allies in Mexico’s security apparatus.
- The column argues for a strategy focused on bolstering bilateral security cooperation, intelligence-sharing, judicial reform and institutional capacity over forceful interventions.
- Her intervention comes against the backdrop of recent U.S. measures including Foreign Terrorist Organization designations, Pentagon contingency planning, surveillance flights and cross-border detainee transfers.