MIAMI – A senior White House official declared Thursday that eliminating drug cartels throughout the Western Hemisphere requires military intervention rather than conventional law enforcement methods.
Stephen Miller, who serves as Deputy Chief of Staff at the White House, addressed Latin American defense officials during a gathering at the U.S. Southern Command headquarters in Florida.
“We have learned after decades of effort is that there is not a criminal justice solution to the cartel problem,” Miller stated during his remarks to the assembled defense leaders at the conference.
Miller’s comments represent a significant policy position regarding how the United States views the ongoing battle against organized crime networks operating across the Americas.
