The Trump administration announced dramatic plans to send US troops and intelligence officers into Mexico to target drug cartels, according to two US officials and two former senior officials familiar with the effort.

The potential mission would include ground operations in Mexico and two current US officials said early stages of training had begun, according to NBC News. However, a final decision on the scope of the mission has not been made, the sources said.

The two current officials also claimed that the US troops would operate under the authority of the U.S. intelligence community, known as Title 50 status. Many of the troops would be from Joint Special Operations Command, and officers from the CIA would also participate, according to the sources.

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