The CIA helped kill Mexican drug lord El Mencho — and it’s far from the only US mission in Latin America

Source: New York Post

The CIA aided in the capture of Mexican drug lord El Mencho last week — but it was far from the only mission being undertaken by US forces in Latin America. Joining President Donald Trump’s war on drugs and the cartels who manufacture them marks a huge turnaround for many of the administrations in the region, which has seen increased enforcement and co-operation with the US in Colombia, Bolivia and Ecuador, in particular. One day after a closed-door White House meeting with President Trump on Feb.