US designates 2 new Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations - AP News
The U.S. government has officially designated the Juárez Cartel and Los Viagras as foreign terrorist organizations. This move expands the Trump administration's aggressive strategy to combat Latin American criminal groups.
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This designation grants U.S. authorities broader legal powers to target these organizations and increases diplomatic pressure on the Mexican government.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government has designated two new Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
They are the Juárez Cartel, on the border with Texas, and Los Viagras, a criminal group from the western state of Michoacán. The Federal Register, the U.S. government’s gazette, published the designation on Thursday.
They joined six other Mexican criminal organizations that the U.S. considers terrorist groups, including the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Gangs in other Latin American countries, including Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador and El Salvador, also have been designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the Trump administration.
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