The U.S. State Department designated two Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations on Thursday following the Trump administration’s crackdown on narco-terrorists.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the designation of the Juárez cartel and Los Viagras as foreign terrorist organizations and specially designated global terrorists in a July 16 news release. The State Department noted that the designations will prevent the cartels from accessing resources needed to carry out attacks that harm Americans.
Trump previously urged Mexico and other Latin American countries to take steps to reduce drug trafficking. The president has also repeatedly offered to send U.S. troops to Mexico. However, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has declined Trump’s offers.“The United States is not going to come to Mexico with the military. We cooperate, we collaborate, but there is not going to be an invasion,” Sheinbaum said last August.The Trump administration previously carried out dozens of strikes on drug trafficking vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing hundreds of people who U.S. authorities said were drug traffickers engaging in narco-trafficking operations.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.
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