The War Department is preparing for additional attacks across Latin America as President Donald Trump escalates his military campaign against drug cartels. The expanding effort could include direct strikes inside countries throughout the region.

Gen. Francis Donovan, the four star Marine appointed by Trump to lead U.S. Southern Command, discussed the possibilities with the Wall Street Journal. He said direct military action inside Latin American countries is among the options under consideration.

“Do I see land strikes as options? Yes,” he said. “We want all options at the table.”

The warning follows more than a year of air strikes against suspected narcotrafficking boats in the Caribbean Sea. Legal experts have warned that those attacks likely amount to violations of international law.

The latest developments suggest Washington is considering taking the campaign beyond operations at sea. Donovan described potential actions that could unfold on land and involve both military force and law enforcement operations.

Around 50 American military and law enforcement personnel participated in raids alongside police in Ecuador last week, according to the Journal. The raids targeted a suspected cocaine network with alleged connections to a Mexican cartel.

Ecuadorian officials said the raids marked the first operation of their kind involving U.S. troops in the country. The operation adds Ecuador to the growing list of places where Washington has assisted or participated in missions targeting suspected trafficking operations.

Washington has also helped Ecuador attack a suspected trafficking base. In Venezuela, the United States assisted with an operation that killed a high profile cartel leader.

The United States has also supplied intelligence for missions conducted in Colombia. Together, the reported activities show the campaign already stretching across several countries even as more direct strikes are placed on the table.

Donovan indicated that the emerging strategy could include military action, arrests and raids. The range of potential operations would not be limited solely to attacks from the air or missions targeting boats.

“Those actions might be strikes, arrests, or the takedown of a safe house,” he said.

The campaign appears broadly designed to provide Trump with a conspicuous foreign policy victory before the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Those elections have been overshadowed by Trump’s disastrous war on Iran, which has continued without an end in sight.

Trump, who is 80 years old, predicted earlier this month that the conflict with Iran would end “immediately after” the election. That prediction joined a shifting series of statements from the president about how long the war might continue.

Since launching the campaign on Feb. 28, Trump has said at various points that the war would last a “few weeks” and that it was already “over.” He has also suggested that the same conflict could continue “forever.”

Seven months after the war began, its consequences have battered Trump politically. The conflict and its resulting effects on gas prices and unaffordability have driven his approval ratings to historic lows.

Democrats now hold an 8 point advantage on the generic congressional ballot, according to the account. Despite Trump’s repeated declarations about the war’s duration, there remains no end in sight to the conflict.

Against that backdrop, the administration is considering additional operations across Latin America. Donovan’s remarks place strikes, arrests and raids among the possible next steps as Trump searches for a foreign policy victory before voters head to the polls.