U.S. aviation authorities issued notices Friday (January 16, 2026) warning airlines to “exercise caution” in the airspace over Mexico and Central America due to “military activities”. “The FAA issued flight advisory Notices to Airmen for specified areas of Mexico, Central America, Panama, Bogota, Guayaquil and Mazatlan Oceanic Flight Regions, and in airspace within the eastern Pacific Ocean,” an FAA spokesperson said. President Donald Trump has also suggested he is planning land strikes on drug cartels in Mexico, in what would mark a provocative military action against a U.S. neighbour and major trading partner. “We are going to start now hitting land, with regard to the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico,” Mr. Trump told Fox News last week.

Source: The Hindu January 17, 2026 06:31 UTC