ACTION ALERT:
Our Neighbor Is Not Our Enemy.
Tell Congress: No War with Mexico!
Win Without War

https://act.winwithoutwar.org/act/fto-designation

(February 21, 2025) — On the campaign trail, Trump stated military strikes against drug cartels in Mexico would “absolutely” be on the table. Gar, as president he just took a dangerous step toward making that terrifyingly bad idea a reality.

On Thursday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated eight cartels and criminal groups as ‘Foreign Terrorist Organizations’ (FTOs). It’s a move capable of sparking a diplomatic crisis with our southern neighbor and largest trading partner, spurring incredible instability within Mexico, and directly entangling U.S. servicemembers in cartel crossfire.

If we don’t act fast, the Trump administration could tip the scales toward the kind of violence that ultimately empowers cartels and other violent actors and will absolutely fail to reduce the flow of drugs and keep people safe, on either side of the border.

That’s where you come in. We need to ensure every member of Congress is aware of the deep unpopularity and dangers behind misguided proposals like war in Mexico — and they will, if they hear from constituents like you now.

ACTION: Sign now to stop Congress from allowing Trump to slow-walk us to an unnecessary and completely avoidable war in Mexico.

The solutions the Trump administration is selling people in the face of a harrowing crisis that has devastated their communities and torn families apart — at the same time it dramatically rolls back public health programs and infrastructure here at home — are simply snake oil.

For well over four decades, the U.S.-led “war on drugs” has been a catastrophic failure. It’s meant more violence, more corruption, more discrimination, and it hasn’t gotten drugs off our streets or supported people struggling with addiction.

But if the hawks get their way, what happens next would be a war on drugs on steroids.

As we speak, tension is building toward a perilous tipping point. In addition to the FTO designation, the CIA has recently ramped up surveillance drone flights over Mexico, Trump has deployed an additional 1,500 troops to the border, and there are reports that U.S. Special Operations Command, which oversees the most secretive and elite military units in the country, is training Mexican troops on Mexican soil.[1]

Military action has consequences, and millions of people in Nogales, El Paso, Ciudad Juarez, San Diego, Tijuana and more will be caught in the crossfire if we don’t pull back from the misguided path we’re on.

Communities struggling in the face of violence and addiction don’t need a rinse and repeat of bad drug or violence-first policy. We all deserve better than a government that would slow-walk us to an unnecessary and completely avoidable war on Mexico. That’s why we’re calling on you to speak out today.

The best time to stop a war is before it begins, and activists like us can play a critical role in pushing Congress to oppose U.S. military action in Mexico. Sign now.

We all deserve better than hawkish armchair generals in DC who would slow-walk us to another unnecessary and completely avoidable war.

People in the United States and Mexico alike face real challenges that require cooperation, diplomacy, and smart policy, not threats of bombs and invasion. Let’s shut down dangerous rhetoric about U.S. strikes in Mexico now before it’s too late.

Thank you for working for peace,
The Win Without War team

1. The New Republic, “Green Berets and Reaper Drones: Trump’s Shadow War in Mexico”