Trump Urges Latin America to Use Military Against Cartels (1)

President Donald Trump told a group of Latin American leaders that they need to work with the US to target drug trafficking cartels as he sought to bolster US leadership in the region.

“Every leader here today is united in the conviction that we cannot and will not tolerate the lawlessness in our hemisphere any longer,” Trump said Saturday as he hosted the Shield of the Americas summit at his golf club near Miami. “The only way to defeat these enemies is by unleashing the power of our militaries.”

He added, “We have to use our military, you have to ...