Guatemala rejects agreeing to US strikes against drug traffickers

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Guatemala outlines deal for US aid against drug trafficking Guatemala Agrees to Joint Drug Gang Strikes With U.S., Expanding Trump’s Campaign Guatemala has requested US military cooperation spanning access to equipment, training and experts to assist Guatemalan operations against drug trafficking, the country’s president, Bernardo Arévalo, said on Thursday. The joint plans stopped short of US military operations on Guatemalan soil and fall within existing bilateral agreements, the government noted. “There is no agreement authorizing foreign military operations on national territory,” the government said in a statement.